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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A BOOK OF THIS NATURE can scarcely be assembled without the active cooperation of many people. In particular , we would like to acknowledge the kind and invaluable assistance of Ronald Ayling; of Ernest Blythe of the Abbey Theatre; of Mrs. M. M. F. Boothroyd who allowed us to quote letters from her father-in-law, William Boyle; of Paul Vincent Carroll; of Padraic Colum; Sister MarieTherese Courteney; Elizabeth Coxhead; of Gerard Fay for permission to quote letters from his father, Frank J. Fay, and uncle, \Villiam G. Fay; of Dermot Guinan; of the Rt. Hon. Lord Hemphill for permission to quote letters from Edward Martyn; of Professor J. J. Hogan; of Denis Johnston ; Mrs. Eileen Judge (Eileen Crowe); of Bernard Kelly; Michael J. Lennon and Ignatius Lyons; of Mary Frances, Isabel, and Florence McHugh for permission to quote letters from their father, Martin J. McHugh; of Dr. Roger McHugh; of Dr. Mich6a1 Mac Liamm6ir and the late Anew McMaster (whose death was a great loss to the Irish stage) for helpful reminiscences; of Eva Murray for much help and for permission to quote letters from her father, T. C. Murray; of Seumus O'Brien; of Sean O'Casey for much kind discouragement and for permission to quote various letters to the press; of Frank O'Connor ; Frank Hugh O'Donnell; Sean O'Faolain; Eoin O'Mahony, KM.; Myles Purcell; John and Dorothy Robbie for innumerable kindnesses; of the late Lennox Robinson and of Mrs. Dolly Robinson for permission to quote viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS material by her husband; of Diarmuid Russell for permission to quote letters from his father, AE; of Dr. Owen Sheehy-Skeffington for much helpful information and for permission to quote some letters to the press written by his mother, Mrs. Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington; of Professor John L. Synge for great courtesy and trouble; and of Mrs. W. B. Yeats for permission to quote various materials written by her husband. We are also indebted to the London Express News and Feature Services for allowing us to include material that originally appeared in The Daily Express and The Sunday Express, and to The Irish· Times for permission to use materials which originally appeared within its pages, and to The Dubliner (now called The Dublin Magazine) where appeared in somewhat different form the Introduction to this volume. We owe a special debt to Mr. Holloway's niece, Mrs. E. M. Gordon, for permission to edit the journals and for much helpful information about her uncle. Of the various officials of the National Library of Ireland , in which the Holloway papers are housed, we made extraordinary demands 'for facilities and information, and we received every kindness and courtesy. We are particularly indebted·to the Council of Trustees for permission to publish this extract from the Holloway papers, to the Director of the Library, Dr. R. J. Hayes, to Patrick Henchy, and Alf. Mac Lochlainn. This volume could not have come into existence without a Guggenheim Fellowship avvarded to Robert Hogan and a United States Government GI Grant awarded to Michael J. O'Neill. To both of these benevolent institutions , our deepest gratitude. Finally, we must mention our wives, Betty Hogan and Delia O'Neill, whose contribution was of such a nature that it probably should have been listed first. R.H. M. J. O'N. ...