May 13, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsL.A. theater company resurrects deleted monologue in Sebastian Barry’s “The Steward of Christendom” Sebastian Barry’s play The Steward of Christendom tells the story of Irishman Thomas Dunne, the former chief of the Dublin Metropolitan Police who is now confined to an asylum. He reminisces about his personal and professional life, going back and forth between lucidity and seeming incoherence. A Roman Catholic still… read more
April 21, 2014, Filed Under: Research + TeachingFall symposium to explore American cultural life during Civil War The Ransom Center announces the 11th Flair Symposium, “Cultural Life During Wartime, 1861–1865” to take place September 18–20. The symposium is organized in conjunction with the Ransom Center’s upcoming fall exhibition, The Making of Gone With The Wind, which opens September 9. In the 75 years since the film’s release,… read more
April 15, 2014, Filed Under: AuthorsMaterials from Peter Matthiessen’s archive on display in Ransom Center’s lobby To honor acclaimed novelist, naturalist, and wilderness writer Peter Matthiessen (1927–2014), the Ransom Center is highlighting materials from his archive in its lobby. Matthiessen was born in New York City to a well-to-do family and educated at Yale. Determined to pursue a writing career, Matthiessen moved to Paris where he… read more
