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Lennox Robinson
Esmé Stuart Lennox Robinson (4 October 1886 – 15 October 1958) was an Irish dramatist, poet and theatre producer and director who was involved with the Abbey Theatre. Life Robinson was born in Westgrove, Douglas, County Cork and raised in a Protestant and Unionist family in which he was the youngest of seven children. His father, Andrew Robinson, was a middle-class stockbroker who in 1892 decided to become a clergyman in the Church of Ireland in the small Ballymoney parish, near Ballineen in West Cork. A sickly child, Robinson was educated by private tutor and at Bandon Grammar School. In August 1907, his interest in the theatre began after he went to see an Abbey production of plays by W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory at the Cork Opera House. He published his first poem that same year. His play, ''The Cross Roads'', was performed in the Abbey in 1909 and he became manager of the theatre towards the end of that year. Shortly after joining the Abbey Theatre, he was sent to Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Travers Smith
Dolly Robinson (born Dorothy Travers Smith; 26 October 1901 – 4 November 1977) was an Irish artist and theatre designer. Early life Dolly Robinson was born Dorothy Travers Smith in Dublin on 26 October 1901. She was the daughter of Richard Travers Smith MD, FRCPI and Hester (née Dowden). Her maternal grandfather was Edward Dowden, a noted literary critic. Robinson initially studied art with Estella Solomons, going on to attend Chelsea College of Arts in London, living with her mother at Cheyne Gardens. Career She moved into theatre design, and in 1926 designed the set of the Abbey Theatre's staging of ''The Emperor Jones'' by Eugene O'Neill. In 1927 the Abbey commissioned her again to design the costumes for George Bernard Shaw's ''Caesar and Cleopatra''. As a result of this work the Abbey commissioned her to produce set and costume designs, and she worked with the Theatre continuously between 1927-1935. For the Abbey's first attempt at a Shakespeare play, ''King Lear'', in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama At Inish
''Drama at Inish'' is a comic play by the Irish writer Lennox Robinson which was first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin on 6 February 1933. The storyline of the play serves as a parody of the plots and atmosphere of the plays being performed within it. Plot The play is set in Inish, a small Irish seaside resort town, in the early 1930s. The dull routine of the town is plunged into chaos by the arrival of a repertory company led by the De la Meres, a husband and wife team of actor-managers, who have been contracted to take over the local theatre for a season. They plan to put on plays by Chekhov, Ibsen and Strindberg to improve the minds of the townspeople. Surprisingly, the plays prove to be a success, and the theatre is constantly sold out. This appears to validate the De La Meres in their view that given the opportunity to see great art ordinary people will respond. This burst of success comes after many years of struggle for the company who have been travelling from one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the " Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed in the Munich air disaster in West G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, London. * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boule De Suif
Boule may refer to: ;Ball games * Boules, a collective term for games involving players throwing balls at a smaller target ball ** Pétanque, a common variety originating in France and sometimes loosely called "boules" in English ** Boule Lyonnaise, another boules game of French origin ** Boule de Bois, a Belgian boules game ** Boule Bretonne, a boules game from Brittany * Boule (gambling game), a game similar to roulette ;People * Boule (community), an Akan people in Côte d'Ivoire, Africa * The Boulé, a reference to the Sigma Pi Phi fraternity, its chapters or meetings * Auguste-Louis-Désiré Boulé (1799–1865), French playwright * Marcellin Boule (1861–1942), French palaeontologist ;Politics * Boule (ancient Greece), a citizens' council appointed to run daily affairs of a city * Hellenic Parliament, transliterated as Vouli or Boule from Greek ;Science and geography * Boule (crystal), an ingot of synthetically produced crystal * Boule (gene), an alias for the gene BOL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy De Maupassant
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms. Maupassant was a protégé of Gustave Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, seemingly effortless ''dénouements''. Many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s, describing the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught up in events beyond their control, are permanently changed by their experiences. He wrote 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. His first published story, " Boule de Suif" ("The Dumpling", 1880), is often considered his most famous work. Biography Henri-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant, born on 5 August 1850 at the late 16th-century Château de Miromes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clancy Name
''The Clancy Name'' is a 1908 play by Irish playwright Lennox Robinson. It was his first produced play. It was produced under the name SL Robinson. Production history The play was first produced by the Abbey Theatre in 1908. The play was produced by the Abbey Theatre in August 1924 for 7 performances as part of a double bill with ''The Two Shepherds'' by Gregorio Martinez Sierra. The production was directed by Michael J. Dolan Michael J. Dolan (born 1884) was an Irish actor known for '' Scrooge'' (1951), ''Captain Horatio Hornblower'' (1951) and '' Saints and Sinners'' (1949). He died on 21 October 1954 in Dublin, Ireland at the age of 70. He was a distinguished acto .... The play was produced by the Abbey Theatre in December 1942 for 13 performances. The production was directed by Frank Dermody. References Irish plays 1908 plays 1900s debut plays {{1900s-play-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoghan Harris
Eoghan Harris (born 13 March 1943) is an Irish journalist, columnist, director, and former politician. He has held posts in various and diverse political parties. He was a leading theoretician in the Marxist-Leninist Workers' Party of Ireland, previously 'Official' Sinn Féin. Harris was a fierce critic of 'Provisional' Sinn Féin, from which they had split, and became an opponent of Irish republicanism. For much of the Troubles, from the 1970s until the 1990s, Harris worked in Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and was influential in shaping the current affairs output of Ireland's national broadcaster. Later he began writing for the '' Sunday Independent'' newspaper. In the 1990s, he left the Workers' Party and was a short-lived adviser to Fine Gael leader John Bruton, before Bruton became Taoiseach; then an adviser to the Ulster Unionist Party. In the 2000s he supported the Fianna Fáil-led government of Bertie Ahern. Ahern nominated him to Seanad Éireann in 2007, where he se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Dowden
Edward Dowden (3 May 18434 April 1913) was an Irish critic, professor, and poet. Biography He was the son of John Wheeler Dowden, a merchant and landowner, and was born at Cork, three years after his brother John, who became Bishop of Edinburgh in 1886. Edward's literary tastes emerged early, in a series of essays written at the age of twelve. His home education continued at Queen's College, Cork and at Trinity College, Dublin. He contributed to the literary magazine ''Kottabos.'' He had a distinguished career, becoming president of the Philosophical Society, and won the vice-chancellor's prize for English verse and prose, and the first senior moderatorship in ethics and logic. In 1867 he was elected professor of oratory and English literature in Dublin University. Dowden's first book, ''Shakspere: A Critical Study of His Mind and Art'' (1875),Dowden 1875, ''Shakspere: A Critical Study of His Mind and Art'': Online editionin HathiTrust Digital Library. resulted from a revis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hester Dowden
Hester Dowden (1868–1949), also known as Hester Travers Smith, was an Irish spiritualist medium who is most notable for having claimed to contact the spirits of Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare and other writers. Dowden's writings were published by various authors. She wrote ''Voices from the Void'' (1919), an account of her life as a medium, and ''Psychic Messages from Oscar Wilde'' (1923). Dowden was the daughter of the Irish literary scholar Edward Dowden. She used both her maiden name and her married name Hester Travers Smith.Helen Sword, ''Ghostwriting Modernism'', Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY., 2002, pp. 13. Her husband was a prominent Dublin physician. Dowden was closely linked to the Irish literary world through her father, knowing, among others W.B. Yeats and Bram Stoker. She was probably the model for the medium in Yeats's play, ''The Words upon the Window Pane''. Her daughter, the AbbeyTheatre stage designer Dorothy Travers-Smith, married the playwright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Library Of Trinity College, Dublin
The Library of Trinity College Dublin () serves Trinity College and the University of Dublin. It is a legal deposit or "copyright library", under which, publishers in Ireland must deposit a copy of all their publications there, without charge. It is the only Irish library to hold such rights for works published in the United Kingdom. The Library is the permanent home to the Brian Boru harp which is a national symbol of Ireland, a copy of 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic, and the Book of Kells. One of the four volumes of the Book of Kells is on public display at any given time. The volumes and pages shown are regularly changed; a new display case installed in 2020 will allow all pages to be displayed including many not seen in public for several decades. Members of the University of Dublin also have access to the libraries of Tallaght University Hospital and the Irish School of Ecumenics, Milltown. Constituent buildings The Library proper occupies several buildings, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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