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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Alterations in "Deirdre",
[1907]
| In Collection: | Collection of items relating to Yeats' play Deirdre, 1907-1911 |
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| Description: | The pages contain Yeats alterations to scenes from his play "Deirdre" for the production with Mrs. Patrick Campbell. He says, at the beginning, "When ... Mrs. Campbell offered to play the part my imagination began to work again". |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 8 pages. |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 42,199/3
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |