Life
1915-2006; b. Iniskeen, Co. Monaghan, younger br. of Patrick Kavanagh (1904-67);
ed. locally; proceeded to St. Patrick'’s Teaching Training College,
Drumcondra, Sept. 1935; completed PhD. at TCD and published Irish Theatre
(Tralee 1946); appt. Prof of English , Loyola University, Chicago; issued
The Story of the Abbey Theatre (1950); ed. Kavanagh’s
Weekly with Patrick Kavanagh, 1952; issued Irish Mythology: A Dictionary
(1958-59); ed. Patrick Kavanagh, Collected Pruse (1967); also
issued Beyond Affection (NY 1977). DIW
Works
The Irish Theatre Being a History of the Drama in Ireland from the
Earliest Period up to the Present Day (Tralee: The Kerryman 1946);
Story of the Abbey Theatre (NY 1950); Irish Mythology; A Dictionary
(NY 1958-59); ed. Patrick Kavanagh, Collected Pruse (1967);
Beyond Affection (1977).
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Criticism
Robert Greacen, Even Without Irene (1969; rep. 1995), p.164-65.
Stephen McKinley, ‘His Brother's Keeper [...]’, in Irish Echo Newspaper (18-24 Sept. 2002) [infra].
Books Ireland (May 1987), p.93.
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Notes
Christopher Murray praises Peter Kavanagh’s attempt to revive
interest in pre-revival theatre in Ireland in the introduction to his
edition of William Philips, St Stephen’s Green, or the Generous
Lovers, [Dolmen Texts 6] (Dublin: Dolmen Press 1980).
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)