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Denis Johnston collection
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Book reviews

Book Reviews

  • photocopy of book review of Nine rivers from Jordan from: O'Brien, Eoin. Reading for pleasure. British Medical Journal. 27 May 1978.
  • photocopies of pages from: Deane, S., Carpenter, A., & Williams, J. (1991). The Field Day anthology of Irish writing. Lawrence Hill, Derry, Northern Ireland: Field Day Publications.
  • photocopies of pages from: Location register of twentieth-century English literary manuscripts and letters: A union list of papers of modern English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh authors in the British Isles. (1988). Boston, MA: G.K. Hall.
  • photocopies of pages from: Jeffares, A. N. (1982). Anglo-Irish literature. History of literature series. New York: Schocken Books.

Correspondence

The accrual consists of correspondence from Denis and Betty Johnston to Bill and Mary Harbold from 1973-1982; a signed photograph of Johnston; photocopies of book reviews and book chapters re Johnston; a copy of Nine Rivers from Jordan with final corrections; and a copy of the libretto of Nine Rivers from Jordan.

Correspondence, Manuscripts

The files consist of: 1. tls to Ann Saddlemyer from Johnston 15 May 65 1 l; 2. material from Denis Johnston's visit to U of T including: poster for Irish Drama and Politics (Seminar?) at Hart House Theatre (U of T) March 1976, programme for Johnston's play "The Scythe and the Sunset" at Hart House Theatre, and programme for Johnston's play "The Moon in the Yellow River" at Seneca Studio Theatre; 3. 2 clippings re Johnston from "The Irish Times" 12 Feb 77; 4. 2 photocopies of "The Brazen Horn" (Lenaea 6) see 1982-038.

Denis Johnston collection

  • CA UVICARCH SC063
  • Collection
  • 1926 - 1992

The collection consists of Johnston's second typescript draft (as finally rejected) of "Shadowdance", later called "The Old Lady Says No!", with holograph corrections by W.B. Yeats and others. Also included are photocopies of several early drafts of this play, including the aforementioned. In addition, there is the author's proof copy, with corrections, of "The Brazen Horn, Lenaea 5" (1968) [probably for 2nd ed. 1969, amended to Lenaea 6]. The collection also consists of correspondence from Denis and Betty Johnston to Bill and Mary Harbold from 1973-1982; a signed photograph of Johnston; photocopies of book reviews and book chapters re Johnston; a copy of Nine Rivers from Jordan with final corrections; and a copy of the libretto of Nine Rivers from Jordan.

Johnston, Denis, 1901-1984

General correspondence from Denis and Betty Johnston to Bill and Mary Harbold

General correspondence from Denis and Betty Johnston to Bill and Mary Harbold, 1973-1982:

  • TLS, 20 September 1973, 1 l.
  • ALS, 9 December 1973, 1 l.
  • TLS, 19 March [1974], 1 l.
  • TLS, 26 March 1974, 1 l.
  • ALS, 28 [April] 1974, 2 l., with envelope
  • ALS, 28 September 1974, 1 l., with envelope
  • ALS, 29 September [1974], 1 l.
  • TLS, 30 January 1975, 1 l.
  • ALS, [March 1975], 1 l.
  • ALS, 29 September 1975, 5 l., with envelope and receipt
  • ALS, 22 October 1975, 1 l.
  • ALS, [1975], 1 l.
  • ALS, 13 December 1977, 1 l.
  • ALS, 13 September 1978, 1 l.
  • ALS, 25 May 1980, 1 l.
  • ALS, [December 1980], 1 l.
  • ALS, [July 1981], 1 l.
  • ALS, 5 September 1981, 1 l.
  • ALS, 5 January 1982, 1 l.
  • ALS, [March 1982], 1 l.
  • ALS, [April 1982], 1 l.
  • ALS, 21 December 1982, 1 l.
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