Timbuktu : playscript and letter
Summary
| Creator: | Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 |
| Date(s): | [1959] |
| Call Number: | MSS 0099, F0643 |
| Language: | Materials entirely in
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| Abstract: | Playscript for Padraic Colum's "Timbuktu" and letter from Colum to "Kornfeld." Letter was laid in the playscript. |
| Physical Description: | 2 items |
| Source: | Purchase, 2000. |
| Processing: | Processed and encoded by Debra Johnson, February 2007. Further encoded by George Apodaca, October 2015. Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard |
Biographical and Historical Notes
Padraic Colum (1881-1972)
Irish writer Padraic Colum (1881-1972) published over fifty books of poetry, fiction, drama, nonfiction, children's literature, and folklore during his lifetime. Colum developed close relationships with other members of the Irish Literary Renaissance, including W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, George Russell [AE], James Stephens, and James Joyce. Colum was an original signer of the charter for the Abbey Theatre and wrote several of the Abbey Theatre's earliest plays, but he is primarily remembered for his poetry.
"Kornfeld" in this collection may refer to Lawrence Kornfeld (b. 1930), a theatrical figure at The Living Theatre from 1957-1961.
Sources
"Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972." Literature Online. http://lion.chadwyck.com (accessed February 6, 2007).
"Lawrence Kornfeld (American theatrical director, 1930-)." Biography Resource Center. http://galenet.galegroup.com (accessed February 8, 2007.)
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains an undated letter from Padraic Colum addressed to "Kornfeld" which is laid in the playscript of Colum's "Timbuktu." "Kornfeld" may refer to Lawrence Kornfeld (b. 1930) a theatrical figure at The Living Theatre from 1957-1961. On the first page of the playscript, there is an autographed inscription "This was given to The Living Theatre by Padraic Colum in 1959/ Julian Beck/ NYC/ Feb 1985." The play is subtitled "A Comedy in Three Acts."
Using these materials
Shelving Summary
Box 39, F0643: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.
Access Information
The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
MSS 0099, F0643, Padraic Colum, Timbuktu : playscript and letter, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Related Materials in this Repository
This item forms part of MSS 0099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.
MSS 0147 Padraic Colum papers.
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Container List
| Padraic Colum "Timbuktu" playscript and letter, [1959] | Typescript and autograph letter signed. | Box 39, F0643 |