Life
?-? [pseud. of John William Calcraft]; writer on Irish stage and theatre
in DUM; Iphigenia in Aulis, a trag. (Dublin 1847); contrib.
numerous articles on theatre to Dublin University Magazine, incl.
a serial biography of Tyrone Power for in Issue 40 (1852) pp.257-76; 557-81;
715-34. PI
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Notes
Brian McKenna, Irish Literature (1978), p.58, Essays
on Irish Theatre by ‘J. W. C.’ in DUM, ‘The Dramatic
Writers of Ireland, no. 8,’ DUM, 46 (1855) [Aubrey de Vere,
Charles Robt. Maturin, and Thom. Moore]; ‘Do. ... No. 9’
[John Banim, Gerald Griffin, and Richard Lalor Sheil]; ‘do.
... no. 10’ [Maria Edgeworth, Edward Groves, and Sidney Morgan];
‘Do. no 11’ [discussion of Carleton and Samuel Lover
included in this article.]. NOTE also [McKenna, under Power], John W.
Cole [Calcraft] ‘Tyrone Power, a Biography’, in DUM 40,
1852.
Belfast Public Library holds Life and Theatrical Times of John Kean, 2 vols. (1859); 1950 Catl adds Pebbles from the Brook (Belfast 1910).
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)