<> Boyd Letters Boyd Estate 1977 Dec 6th Linen Hall Library Wednesday, March 16, 2016 TIFF Boyd085 Letter Play, Dublin English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/boyd085 Linen Hall Library Linen Hall Library Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Boyd085_1.jpg LHL Archive  Cor. With Eileen O'Casey re french Translations 6th December 1977 Dear Eileen, I should have- written to you before this, but I have been finishing a new play; my wife has been in hospital for a minor operation and 1 have been visiting her every day and evening, air. attending hospital myself for eye trouble - not serious. First I want to thankk you for putting me in touch with Emile Dumay, who has just completed a translation of The Flats and seems very pleased with it. I have not of course read it yet. However, a couple of french theatres are already interested in it. It was very kind indeed of you to mention my name to . Dumay. My trouble about marketing my play, is that I have not an Agent, and it's time that I got one. The other thing I wanted to tell you was that 'The Plough' is doing tremedous business at The lyric. The theatre is packed and the audiences art most enthusiastic. I understand there was an article in 'The Listener' comparing the lyric production with the National Theatre(London) production, but I haven't read it yet. Probabiy you have. 'Juno' also got an excellent reception during its short visit here. So, all in all, it has been an o'Casey time in Belfast. I hope we can meet on my next visit to Dublin, and that you will have a meal with me somewhere; the fact is I have been so busy here I have hardly got beyond the suburbs of belfast. when I am tempted to go on a trip, 1 remember Sean's words 'Get on with the bloody play'! With many thanks again, and very best wishes for Christmas to your self - and all the family. Yours ever, Mrs.Eileen O'Casey, 15 Mulgrave Terrace, Dunlaoghaire, C.O. Dubin. Text