Collection of items relating to Yeats' play Deirdre,
1907-1911.
The collection consists of: a copy of the first edition of Deirdre (Maunsel, 1907), heavily revised in ink by the publisher, A.H. Bullen, for a new edition; three handwritten pages headed "To Follow Persons and Players. Note on the Scene", also in Bullen's hand, but with a note at the end by Yeats; eight mimeographed pages entitled "Alterations in 'Deirdre'"; printed four-page leaflet entitled "Alterations in Deirdre", which was inserted in published copies of the play; a copy of this four-page leaflet inlaid into a folio sheet, for the purpose of revision, with extensive ink revisions in Bullen's hand; a copy of Bullen's edition of Deirdre, published in 1911.
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Format: | Manuscript |
Language: | English |
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Notes: | With bookplate of Major W. Van R. Whitall in the copy of "Deirdre". The collection is in a green slip case. Physical description: 6 items. more |
Arrangement: | Sub-fonds |
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Deirdre : being volume five of plays for an Irish theatre /
by W.B. Yeats.
In Collection: | Collection of items relating to Yeats' play Deirdre, 1907-1911 |
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London : Dublin :
A.H. Bullen ;
1907.
Maunsel & Co. Ltd., |
Language: | English |
Extent: | 47, [1] p. ; 20 cm. |
Format: | Manuscript |
Call Number: |
MS 42,199/1
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |