[{"node":{"title":"Boyd103","Collections":"Boyd Letters","Contributor":"Boyd Estate","Coverage":"1981 Feb 3rd","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Wednesday, March 16, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Boyd103","Item Description":"Letter","Keywords":"Flats, Popular","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/boyd103","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Boyd103_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeffJIRI SVOBODA\n\n55 Northern Ireland.\n\n3rd February 1981\n\nMr. Jiri Svoboda,\nViSneva 6,\n800 CO Bratislava,\nSSSR.\n\nDear r. Svoboda,\n\nThank you very much tor your New Year's Card. I was glad to learn that\nTHE FLATS was popular. I enclose a copy of THE FARM, in addition to a\npublicity note. This play was very successful in Ireland. It will\nprobably oe published here during the summer. I send it to you because\nit has an interest for both urban and rural viewers. There is a more local\ndialect in it, but not very much. For example, the word 'window' is written\nas 'winda'; and 'never' as 'niver'. I don't think, however, a translator\nwould have too many difficulties, but if there are any problems I would be\npleased to interpret a list given to me.\n\nLike all my plays it has, I think, a strong social and political intent^\nAlthough I have said it is of interest to rural and urban viewers, the\nprincipal theme is about the struggle for the land. This theme is, of\ncourse, a universal one. In each of my plays i select an aspect of the\nsocial struggle, my intention being to illuminate it fron the point of\nview of a socialist playwright.\n\nI should be glad to have your opinion of THE FARM. If it is not suitable,\nperhaps I should give you a synopsis of some of my other plays, so that\nyou may have a better idea of the Kind of play that is most suitable.\n\nWith best wishes,\nYours sincerely,\n\n(John Boyd)\n","Type":"Text"}}]