| ID | 2456 |
|---|---|
| Reference | Ms2259 |
| Description | Ten letters from Miss A E Horniman and one on her behalf to Revd. J O Hannay relating to the disturbances at the Abbey Theatre's' production of Synge's 'The Playboy of the Western World', for example: 'One point in regard to the lively times at the Abbey Theatre has been passed over by everyone. The Directors are in a position of trust in regard to my property & when there was a cry to "pull down the curtain", they were in duty bound to send for the police (for whom I pay as a rate-payer) to protect my property', 12 February 1907. 'After my Dublin experiences I feel as if anything away from Ireland would be quite simple. My poor dull Anglo-Saxon brain cannot grasp the reasons (or want of reasons) for the absolute absence of ambition and self-respect I have met there', 14 July 1907. She discusses her own role: 'I am one of those people who cannot produce anything myself & fortunately I know this - so I have made up my mind that wherever there seems a likely opening, I'll do what I can to help others to do something or to aid them to do it better'. She gives advice on play-writing and remarks on the Gaelic League,`I have come into collision with it on its restrictive side mostly'. Scenario of a play with observations possibly by Horniman. |
| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1907 |
| Century | 20th |
| Keywords | |
| Repository Name | National Library of Ireland |
| Address | National Library of Ireland Department of Manuscripts 2-3 Kildare Street Dublin 2 |
| Eircode | D02 TR76 |
| Telephone | (01) 603-0386 |
| Email Address | mqueries@nli.ie |
| Email Address 2 | info@nli.ie |
| Repository Web Address | https://www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx |
| latitude | 53.34186 |
| longitude | -6.25441 |