Balloon: a Poetical Comedy in Three Acts circa 1920

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Balloon: a Poetical Comedy in Three Acts circa 1920

MS 073


Collection Summary
Creator:	Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972.
Collection Name:	Balloon: a Poetical Comedy in Three Acts
Inclusive Dates:	circa 1920
Physical Description:	.1 linear feet
Abstract:	Carbon typescript of Balloon, a Poetical Comedy in Three Acts. The first page contains the holographic inscription: "Early version of Balloon, my own typing. For the Thomas Wood Stevens Collection, a tribute to a valued friendship, Padraic Colum." The play is set at the Dadaelus Hotel in Nagalapolis, changed to Megalapolis in the published version, and is a satire of industrial society.
Collection Number:	MS 073
Language:	Materials are in English.
Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Biographical Note

Poet, playwright, folklorist, and author of children's books.

Scope and Content Note

Carbon typescript of Balloon, a Poetical Comedy in Three Acts. The first page contains the holographic inscription: "Early version of Balloon, my own typing. For the Thomas Wood Stevens Collection, a tribute to a valued friendship, Padraic Colum." The play is set at the Dadaelus Hotel in Nagalapolis, changed to Megalapolis in the published version, and is a satire of industrial society.

Bound in agent's folio: Samuel French Plays, New York.

Arrangement

This collection is organized by acts.

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Copyright

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Related Material

Later version was published by Macmillan Company, 1929, and retitled: Balloon, a Comedy in Four Acts.

Access Terms

Personal Name(s)

Colum, Padraic 1881-1972 -- Manuscripts.

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Balloon: a Poetical Comedy in Three Acts (MS 073). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Processing History

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