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Archives of the Proscenium Press Special Collections Department Archives of the Proscenium Press 1904 - 1993 (bulk dates 1962 - 1993) Manuscript Collection Number: 313 Accessioned: Purchase, 1975-1993. Extent: 13 linear ft. Content: Letters, photographs, contracts, bank statements, drawings, certificates of copyright, catalogs, calendars, broadsides, posters, programs, galley proofs, page layouts, bills (financial), typescripts, journal, drafts (preliminary versions), clippings, photomechanical reproductions, microfilm, poems, books, playbills, and playscripts. Access: The collection is open for research. Processed: February 1995 by Anita A. Wellner. for reference assistance email Special Collections or contact: Special Collections, University of Delaware Library Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 (302) 831-2229 Table of Contents Historical Note Biographical Note Scope and Contents Note Arrangement Note Series List Contents List History of the Proscenium Press According to a brief notice in the August 5, 1967 issue of Saturday Review, Robert Hogan founded the Proscenium Press in 1965. His intention was to fill an educational and cultural need unrecognized by commercial publishers. Hogan believed that large numbers of excellent playscripts, written by distinguished authors, were unavailable to the public, small theaters, and classrooms, because they were not commercially attractive to large publishing firms. Hogan, whose areas of scholarly expertise include modern drama and Irish literature, also wished to make the work of Irish literary figures available to both students and audiences in the United States. Although Proscenium Press began publishing in 1965, the Press was not incorporated until 1977, when incorporation became a necessary development in seeking tax exempt status as a nonprofit organization. Proscenium Press was incorporated in the State of Delaware, where Hogan had joined the faculty of the University of Delaware in 1970. The purpose of the corporation, as stated in Article III of the Bylaws, is "to promote the dissemination of worthy works of literature by the publication of books, pamphlets and magazines. The primary interest of the corporation is in dramatic art and in Irish literature, and the intention of the corporation is to publish new work by new writers and to republish neglected work by established writers." The first publication of the Proscenium Press, Elmer Rice's previously unpublished play The Iron Cross (1965), occurred while Robert Hogan was an Associate Professor of English at the University of California at Davis. The Iron Cross, a tragedy about World War I, was the initial title in the Proscenium Press Lost Play Series. Hogan subsequently added The Short Play Series, which included unpublished work by Brendan Behan; The Adaptations Series; The Contemporary Drama; Gallery Books Series; The Irish Play Series; The New Abbey Theatre Series; The Phoenix Theatre Series of New Plays; and The Proscenium Chapbooks. In addition to the titles in each of these series, Proscenium Press published individual titles: the Irish Literary Calendar (1982-1983), The Journal of Irish Literature (1972-1993), and George Spelvin's Theatre Book (1978-1985). The Journal of Irish Literature was a scholarly and literary journal containing essays, plays, stories, reviews by and about modern Irish writers, as well as material dealing with Irish history and culture. A number of the issues featured the work of distinguished Irish authors, as well as critical appraisals of their work. Other issues focused on Irish poetry, drama, or a variety of topics, reviews, and fiction in one issue. During its twenty-two year history, issues of the journal featured the work of Paul Vincent Carroll, Padraic Colum, Flann O'Brien, Frank O'Connor, James Stephens, Francis Stuart, Joseph Campbell, Juanita Casey, Mervyn Wall, Conal O'Riordan, Mary Manning, and Gerald MacNamara. Proscenium Press was founded and operated as a small and non-profit business, with a typical printing of about 500 copies of most plays, which were nominally priced from $.50 to $2.50. The Journal of Irish Literature had a circulation rate of about 500. Typical of many small presses, Proscenium Press consistently operated at a financial loss, which Robert Hogan offset with personal funds. The archive documents the grants and support sought, and occasionally received, from other sources by Proscenium Press. The Journal of Irish Literature received annual grants by the University of Delaware, occasional support from The Co-ordinating Council of Literary Magazines, and an indirect grant of $10,000 from the National Endowment of the Arts. From 1965-1993, Proscenium Press published over 75 titles, as well as the twenty-two volumes of The Journal of Irish Literature. Proscenium Press ceased publication in 1993. In addition to publishing, Proscenium Press also distributed books by small Irish publishing houses, such as Poolbeg Editions and Goldsmith Press, and occasionally produced plays. Hogan's stage adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's An Unsocial Socialist (1972), and his Happy Hour (1973), and his collaboration with James Douglas titled The Painting of Babby Joe (1978) were staged at the University of Delaware, the Provincetown Playhouse in New York, and the Nameless Theatre in New York, respectively. Sources: "Trade Winds," Saturday Review, August 5, 1967. p.12. Note: Information on the institutional history was obtained from documents in Series II.1. Biographical Note Robert Goode Hogan, founder and general editor of the Proscenium Press, was born May 29, 1930, in Boonville, Missouri. Following a tour of duty in the United States Army (1950-1952), Robert Hogan completed his education at the University of Missouri, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1953, a Master of Arts in 1954, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1956. Prior to his retirement from the University of Delaware in 1994, Hogan held university faculty positions throughout the United States, including the University of Missouri-Columbia (1954-1956), Ohio University (1956-1958), Purdue University (1958-1966), University of California-Davis (1966-1970) and the University of Delaware (1970-1994). He was also a visiting professor at University College Dublin (1967-1968) and the University of Rochester, New York (1962-1963). As the general editor of Proscenium Press, Robert Hogan edited the Journal of Irish Literature (1972-1993), as well as the work of numerous Irish playwrights, including Elmer Rice, Thomas Murphy, Seamus De Burca, Denis Johnston, John B. Keane, Brian Friel, Hugh Leonard, Desmond Forristal, M. J. Molloy, John O'Donovan, Paul Vincent Carroll, Mervyn Wall, and Brendan Behan. Hogan has also edited the Dictionary of Irish Literature (Greenwood Press, 1979) and Seven Irish Plays, 1946-1964 (University of Minnesota, 1967). As a scholar, Hogan has written numerous critical works, many focusing on Irish playwrights, such as The Experiments of Sean O'Casey (1960), Arthur Miller (1964), The Independence of Elmer Rice (1965), Dion Boucicault (1969), Mervyn Wall (1971), Eimar O'Duffy (1971), and Since O'Casey (1984). With James Kilroy, he co-authored a six-volume study of Irish drama The Modern Irish Drama: a documentary history (1975-1992). As a playwright, Hogan has written a number of plays which have been produced in the United States and Ireland, including Saint Jane (1966), Betty and the Beast (1968), The Fan Club (1969), The Old Man Says Yes! (1971), Happy Hour (1974), An Unsocial Socialist (1975), Meg and Mick (1982), and A Better Place (1993). He has also co-authored, with Irish playwright James Douglas, at least ten plays, for example The Painting of Babby Joe (1978) and The Wild Turkey (1984). His creative writing has also extended to other genres, including a recently published novel Murder at the Abbey Theatre (1993), written with James Douglas. In 1993 Robert Hogan ceased the operations of the Proscenium Press, and in 1994 he retired from the University of Delaware. Robert Hogan died on March 5, 1999 in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, where he was living with his wife, Irish author Mary Rose Callaghan. Source: Trosky, Susan M. (ed.) Contemporary Authors. New Revision Series, Volume 41. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1994. pp. 216-217. Scope and Content Note The Proscenium Press Archive, acquired directly from Robert Hogan between 1975-1993, consists of thirteen linear feet of letters, photographs, financial papers, contracts, drawings, galley proofs, autograph and typescript drafts, books, theater programs, playscripts, poems, calendars, posters, clippings, microfilm, and catalogs. Spanning the dates 1904-1993 (bulk dates 1962-1993), the archive includes the files of Proscenium Press, as well as some of Robert Hogan's personal and professional papers, and a group of manuscripts written by Robert Hogan's wife, Mary Rose Callaghan. Comprising more than sixty percent of the archive, Series I. "Letters and manuscripts of authors published by Proscenium Press" consists of the letters and manuscripts received by Robert Hogan from authors whose work was published by Proscenium Press, particularly in The Journal of Irish Literature. Substantial groups of letters from such noteworthy Irish writers as Juanita Casey, Seamus De Burca, James Douglas, Denis Johnston, Mary Manning, M. J. Molloy, John O'Donovan, and Mervyn Wall are available in this series. Additionally there are smaller collections of letters from Ivy Bannister, Paul Vincent Carroll, Padraic Colum, Seamus Byrne, Desmond Forristal, Brian Friel, Michael Judge, John B. Keane, Brendan Kennelly,
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