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...Dublin, President Eamon de Valera mailed a secret answer to the secret British note he received last month and drew a second secret British note. This game of whispering behind the public's back (due to British refusal to allow publicity) could of course go on forever. But President de Valera bluntly announced that when the Free State Parliament meets April 20 he will introduce "a short amendment, only about 100 words long" to wipe the oath of fealty to the King out of the Free State Constitution...
...current repertory of the Irish players few plays are as little known as "Autumn Fire," the work of T. C. Murray. The year 1924 saw it first produced in Dublin, 1926 in America. Scant knowledge of the piece did not keep a numerous audience from the Hollis Street Theatre Thursday night, when Boston was given its first sight of the play...
...success and merit of the present day American theatre is due strangely enough to the influence of the Irish stage," declared Lennox Robinson, director of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in an interview last night. Mr. Robinson is making a tour of the United States with the entire company of the Abbey Theatre, and is now engaged for two weeks in Boston, giving a large repertoire of pieces including the works of Synge, Yeats, and Lady Gregory...
...Tailteann Games, in Dublin, June 29 to July 15. Named for Queen Taile, the games were legendarily started by Lugh the Long Arm in 600 B. C., held regularly till the Norman era. They were revived in 1924, include arts, crafts, drama, music as well as track and field competitions...
...Robinson is best known for his work as an actor, producer, and director, and was one of the first sponsors of the Abbey Theatre at Dublin, "the mother of the Little Theatre movement...