Reference code
IE CA CP/3/16/10/13
Title
Flier for ‘Easter 1916’ Play by Montagu Slater
Date(s)
- 1936 (Creation)
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2 pp; printed
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(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
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A flier for a performance of ‘Easter 1916’, a play by Montagu Slater, an English poet and playwright. The play covers the period from the 1913 lock-out to the 1916 Rising by chronicling the life of James Connolly, described as ‘Ireland’s first Socialist martyr’. A performance of Slater’s play was produced by the Left Theatre Company at the La Scala Theatre in Dublin in April 1936.
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Note
For biographical information on Montagu Slater (1902-1956) see https://grahamstevenson.me.uk/2010/12/26/slater-montagu/