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Chosen and introduced by Wolfgang Zach
Contains: The Turn of the Road, The Drone, Red Turf, The Troth, Phantoms, Bridgehead and Peter, bibliographical checklist. Two articles 'The Ulster Literary Theatre' and 'Meet Rutherford Mayne' were accidentally omitted from the volume, but the texts are obtainable by clicking HERE. (PDF) Samuel J.Waddell (1878-1967), who wrote under the pseudonym of Rutherford Mayne, was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institute, qualified as an engineer at the Royal University, (as Queen’s University was then known), and worked for the Irish Land Commission until his retirement as its head, in 1950. He acted and wrote for the Ulster Literary Theatre and his play The Drone was its first major success in 1908. He was probably the best known of the Ulster playwrights of the first half of the 20th century and his plays were for the most part popular. Irish Drama Selections 13 0-86140-292-8 £32.00 0-86140-293-6 paperback £8.95 20/01/05 |
