New Diorama, LondonIrish drama was until recently dominated by male voices. But Teresa Deevy, along with Lady Gregory, was a shining exception. Deevy wrote a string of hits for the Dublin Abbey in the 1930s, only to find this little-known piece cursorily rejected in 1942 " whether because of directorial misogyny or a law forbidding married women to work is not clear. What is extraordinary is that Deevy, although deaf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:04PM on April 7, 2011