Plays (Stage)

Component identifier:

Series 4

Content Summary:

It was mainly during periods of illness that Dymphna Cusack wrote her plays, many of them prize winners. Amongst the prizes were two W.A. Drama prizes and a Special Prize of Playwrights Advisory Board. Her plays have been produced in several countries.

Though the majority of the drafts are typescript one is handwritten and other typescript with handwritten alterations. A list of translations of novels and plays may be found in Box 29, File 19.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Dymphna Cusack's papers were acquired in many consignments between 1959 and 1983. The last consignment was received after her death, from her stepson-in-law, Mr Jim McGrath.

Names:

Dymphna Cusack

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