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Purple dust : essay
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Irish writer Sean O'Casey (1880-1964) authored essays and autobiographical works but is best known for his plays.
"O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964." Literature Online. http://lion.chadwyck.com (accessed March 19, 2007).
This handwritten manuscript is an early draft of an essay titled "Purple Dust in Their Eyes," published in
Under a Colored Cap, in response to Kenneth Tynan's negative review of O'Casey's 1943 comedy Purple Dust.Box 8, F0167: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.
Purchase, 1987.
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- University of Delaware Library Special Collections
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- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Finding Aid Date
- 2007 March 19
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The collection is open for research.
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Collection Inventory
Holograph essay, 5 pp.