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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791237703321

Titolo

Joseph Holloway's Abbey Theatre [[electronic resource] ] : a selection from his unpublished journal : impressions of a Dublin playgoer / / edited by Robert Hogan and Michael J. O'Neill ; with a preface by Harry T. Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-280-69779-2

9786613674753

0-8093-8667-4

1-4416-4589-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Collana

A Chicago Classic

Altri autori (Persone)

HoganRobert Goode <1930->

O'NeillMichael J. <1913-2000.>

Disciplina

792.094183

792/.09418/3

Soggetti

Theater - Ireland - Dublin - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Book Title""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Harry T. Moore's Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Joseph Holloway's Preface""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""

Sommario/riassunto

Until his death in 1944, Holloway attended almost every performance of the Abbey Theatre and daily recorded in his journal his reactions to plays and players and his comments about and conversations with literary and theatrical people. From the journal's 221 bulky volumes, housed in the National Library of Ireland, Mr. Hogan and Mr. O'Neill have compiled this book of extracts from the approximately 25,000,000 words written by the Irishman. The years from 1899 to 1926 were chosen because they are generally considered to be the significant ones for the Abbey Theatre: the year of its founding to