Saddlemyer, (Eleanor) Ann

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SADDLEMYER, (Eleanor) Ann

SADDLEMYER, (Eleanor) Ann. Canadian, b. 1932. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Theatre, Women's studies and issues, Biography. Career: University of Victoria, BC, Professor of English, 1968-71, Adjunct Professor, 1995-; Victoria College, Professor of English, 1971-; Massey College, Master, 1988-95, Master Emerita, 1995-; University of Toronto, Graduate Drama Centre, Director, 1972-77, Acting Director, 1985-86. Theatre History in Canada, Co-ed., 1978-86. Publications: (co-author) The World of W.B. Yeats, 1965; In Defence of Lady Gregory, Playwright, 1966; Synge and Modern Comedy, 1968, Theatre Business: The Correspondence of the First Abbey Theatre Directors, 1982; The Collected Letters of J.M. Synge, vol. 1, 1983, vol. 2, 1984; Becoming George: The Life of Mrs W.B. Yeats, 2002. EDITOR: the Plays of J.M. Synge: Books One and Two, 1968; J.M. Synge: Plays, 1969; The Plays of Lady Gregory, Books I-IV 1970; A Selection of Letters from J.M. Synge to W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory, 1971; Letters to Molly: J.M. Synge to Maire O'Neill, 1971; (co-) Lady Gregory Fifty Years After, 1987; Early Stages: Essays on Theatre in Ontario 1800-1914, 1990; J.M. Synge: The Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays, 1995; (co-) Later Stages: Essays on Ontario Theatre from WWI to the 1970s, 1997. Address: 10876 Madrona Dr, Sidney, BC, Canada V8L 5N9. Online address: [email protected]

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