Liam O'Flaherty Darkness manuscripts
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Liam O'Flaherty Darkness manuscripts
- Date
- circa 1925 (inclusive)
- Creator
- O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984
- Extent
- 0.02 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Authors, Irish.
- Plays.
- Theater -- Ireland
- O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged chronologically.
- Preferred Citation
- 2019ms019: [identification of item], Liam O'Flaherty Darkness manuscripts, circa 1925, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Liam O'Flaherty (1896-1984) was an Irish author known for writing novels, plays and short stories during the period of Irish literary renaissance following Irish independence in 1921. O'Flaherty chose to write about controversial subjects, such as war, famine, independence, and religion, and five of his works were censored by the Irish Censorship of Publications Board. The first novel to be censored in Ireland was O'Flaherty's novel The House of Gold, in 1930.
- Scope and Content
- The Liam O'Flaherty Darkness manuscripts (dated circa 1925; 0.02 cubic feet; 2 folders) comprise two original Irish manuscripts of the three-act tragic play Dorchadas, known as Darkness in English, that Liam O'Flaherty wrote and was performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1926. The manuscripts are handwritten in the Irish language in two red notebooks that are labeled as exercise books. One notebook contains acts two and three, while the other notebook contains all three acts of the play.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
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