Letter from Thomas MacGreevy to George Yeats. 30 December 1926

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Original Source
Letter from Thomas MacGreevy to George Yeats Letter dated 30 December 1926. Thomas MacGreevy National Library of Ireland. Autograph letter signed. NLI MS 30,859

Abstract
Apologizes for mentioning Yeats to her mother; mentions Dolly trip to Dublin in relation to sets she is designing for the Abbey's production of Emperor Jones; discusses his difficulties with his mother when he mentions his non-Catholic friends; visit to Stephen McKenna; interrupted by an auditor who comes to determine his taxes; writes again about moving to France; would like to write a short play entitled The Woman Taken in Adultery by Giorgione, after that, a a three-act play about St. John Chrysostom; pleased with his work on Lambert's Vertumnus and Pomona; hopes that Lambert will finish the ballet and honour his financial arrangements; ends with an anecdote about Pádraic Pearse and WB as related by Stephen McKenna.

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Keywords
Domestic Life
Career and Finances
Irish
1990-1999
MacGreevy-GeorgeYeats
PersonalLetter

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