| Collection | Calthrop Boucicault Collection |
| Description | Originally call Daddy O'Dowd; or, The Turn About is Fair Play, this play was first produced at Booth's Theatre, New York, on 17th March 1873. Revised as The O'Dowd; or, Life in Galway, the play was produced at the Adelphi Theatre, London in October 1880, then was published as Suil-a-Mor; or, Life in Galway, by Samuel French in 1909, in another revision.
The material on this play comprises two photocopies of photographs of Dion Boucicault as Dennis O'Dowd, two programmes from the 1880 Adelphi production and letters to Christopher Calthrop, one soliciting a copy of the text of the play. |