Letter from Sir Henry A Robinson to Thomas Nally, 6 April 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Henry A. Robinson

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This is a letter from Sir Henry Augustus Robinson (1857-1927) to Thomas Nally (1869-1932). Robinson writes to apologise for having kept Nally's play, the Spancel of Death, for so long. Robinson hopes that Nally's play will be printed.Sir Henry Augustus Robinson was an Irish public servant. He was primarily responsible for the drafting and implementation of the local government act of 1898, and shortly before the bill became law was appointed vice-president of the Local Government Board. Thomas Nally was an Irish playwright and colleague of WB Yeats. His work, the Spancel of Death, was due to open on Easter Tuesday 1916, the play was cancelled due to the Easter Rising.

 National Library of Ireland Thomas Nally Papers, MS 36,213/4 https://letters1916.ie/item/881 English Henry A. Robinson 1916-04-06 Local Government Board, Dublin, Ireland Thomas Nally Male Culture and the Arts

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 Local Government Board. Dublin 6/4 16 Dear Mr. Nally I return the play with many apologies for having kept it so long. But I wanted to read it again & was more impressed than ever with it. I hope it will be printed as my wife is most anxious that her sister Mrs Hardeage who lives in Oxford & who has always been much interested in the legend of Sir Harry of 1750 shd read it. yrs & my H.A. Robinson It is a fine curtain, that in Act III where the curtain fallspast as the coffin crashes at the door. Local Government Board, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Sir Henry A Robinson to Robert Chalmers, 29 May 1916Letter from a Local Government Board Inspector to Captain Kelly, 11 March 1916Letter from R. C. Kelly to E. A. Aston, 14 March 1916Letter from Alexander McDowell to E. A. Aston, 17 March 1916Letter from a Local Government Board inspector to C. J. Hanrette, 11 March 1916Letter from C. J. Hanrette to E. A. Aston, 14 March 1916Letter from the Local Government Board (LGB) to Cecil Pim, 11 March 1916Letter from Cecil Pim to E. A. Aston, 15 March 1916Letter from Sir Henry A Robinson to Thomas Nally, 6 April 1916Letter from Alexander Richard Barlas to the Longford Urban District Council, 28 July 1916Letter from J.E. Devlin to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 23 June 1916Letter from the Alexander Richard Barlas to Sir Matthew Nathan, 15 February 1916Letter from A R Barlas to Sir Matthew Nathan, 1 March 1916Letter from J E Devlin to the Local Authority Longford, 30 November 1915Letter from L.S. Smith to the Executive Sanitary Officer, 3 March 1916Letter from A R Barlas to Sir Matthew Nathan, 28 February 1916 Henry A. Robinson Letter from Sir Henry A Robinson to Robert Chalmers, 29 May 1916Copy of letter from Henry A. Robinson to Thomas Nally, 2 April 1916Letter from Sir Henry A Robinson to Thomas Nally, 6 April 1916 Thomas Nally Letter from Thomas Nally to WB Yeats, 9 January 1916.Postcard from St John Ervine to Thomas Nally, 14 Jan. 1916Copy of letter from Henry A. Robinson to Thomas Nally, 2 April 1916Letter from Sir Henry A Robinson to Thomas Nally, 6 April 1916Letter from Sir Henry Augustus Robinson to Thomas Nally, 2 April 1916