Charlotte Brontë, who dazzled the world with some of literature’s most vital and richly-drawn characters, spent her brief but extraordinary life in search of love. She eventually found it with Arthur Bell, a reserved yet passionate Irishman. After marrying, the pair honeymooned in Ireland – a glimmer of happiness in a life shadowed by tragedy. We're delighted to welcome Martina ...
In the year of the centenary of the inaugural production of Juno and the Paycock we welcome Shivaun O'Casey, daughter of playwright Sean O'Casey and actress Eileen Carey, to speak at the Society to give insight into growing up in the O'Casey household, her father's work and her own work as a theatre director:"My parents never encouraged me to go ...
The Annual Noel O'Connell Memorial Lecture, a joint venture of the Irish Literary Society and Irish Texts Society will be delivered by Dr. Mary MacDiarmada on 'Art O'Brien and Irish Nationalism in London, 1900-25'. London-born and reared, Art O’Brien’s journey from wealthy electrical engineer to leader of Irish militant nationalism in London was, by any measure, quite extraordinary. In her ...
