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'''Kenneth Sarr''' was the [[pen name]] of '''Kenneth Sheils Reddin''' (1895–17 August 1967), an Irish author and judge.<ref name="Hogan2016">{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia =Macmillan Dictionary of Irish Literature |date=2016 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=9781349077953 |article-url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=iDJdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA580 |pages=580–581 |article=Sarr, Kenneth |editor-first=Robert |editor-last=Hogan |accessdate=12 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="iltr1967"/><ref name="stillslibrary">{{cite web |title=Half-length portrait of district justice and author Kenneth Reddin in 1962. |url=https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/1022/019.html |website=Stills Library |publisher=RTÉ |accessdate=12 October 2018 |language=en |date=5 July 2012}}</ref> He was born in Dublin to John and Annie Reddin.<ref name="stillslibrary"/> He attended [[Belvedere College]], [[Clongowes Wood College]], and from 1910 [[Scoil Éanna]],<ref name="pearsemuseum">{{cite web |title=Tour of the House |url=http://pearsemuseum.ie/online-tour/tour-of-the-house/ |publisher=Pearse Museum |accessdate=12 October 2018}}</ref> where [[Thomas McDonagh]] and [[Patrick Pearse]] were formative influences.<ref name="irishplayography"/> He was a member of the [[United Arts Club]],<ref name="uac">{{cite book |last1=Boylan |first1=Patricia |title=All Cultivated People: A History of the United Arts Club, Dublin |date=1988 |publisher=Smythe |isbn=9780861402663 |pages=106, 165–166 |language=en}}</ref> and associated along with his brother with the [[Irish Theatre Company]] in Hardwicke Street.<ref name="Feeney"/> His first pseudonym was '''Kenneth Esser''' (from "Kenneth S. R.") later shortened to Kenneth Sarr.<ref name="Feeney"/> He joined the [[Irish Volunteers]] and was interned after the [[Easter Rising]].<ref name="stillslibrary"/> He attended [[University College Dublin]] and qualified as a [[solicitor]].<ref name="iltr1967">{{cite journal |title=Obituary: Mr. Kenneth S. Reddin |journal=The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal, Volume |date=1967 |volume=101 |page=328}}</ref> He supported the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]] and in 1922 was appointed a [[District Court (Ireland)|District Court]] judge based in [[Mullingar]],<ref name="stillslibrary"/> later moving to the [[Newbridge, County Kildare|Newbridge]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=Week to Week |journal=The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal |date=1937 |volume=71 |page=227 |publisher=J. Falconer |language=en}}</ref> and then Dublin districts.<ref name="iltr1965"/> In court he wore what Terry De Valera called "his self-designed headdress like a black [[biretta]]".<ref>{{cite book |last1=De Valera |first1=Terry |title=A Memoir |date=2004 |publisher=Currach Press |isbn=9781856079112 |page=248 |url=https://archive.org/details/memoir00deva/page/248}}</ref> As well as writing plays and novels, he collected humorous anecdotes from his judicial work intended for a book to be called ''Laughter in My Court''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Gregory |title=An Irishman's Diary |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishman-s-diary-1.284410 |accessdate=12 October 2018 |work=The Irish Times |date=24 February 2001}}</ref> In 1948, [[Erina Brady]] appointed him President of her short-lived Dublin Dance Theatre Club.<ref>{{cite book |last1=McGrath |first1=Aoife |title=Dance Theatre in Ireland: Revolutionary Moves |date=2012 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=9781137035479 |url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=2EbCeH5DWQIC&pg=PA61 |page=61 |accessdate=12 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He retired from the bench on 19 March 1965.<ref name="iltr1965">{{cite journal |title=Retirement of District Justice Reddin |journal=The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal |date=1965 |volume=98 |pages=137 |publisher=J. Falconer |language=en}}</ref> His papers are held by the [[Kenneth Spencer Research Library]] at the [[University of Kansas]].<ref name="kansas">{{cite web |title=Writings and correspondence of Kenneth Reddin, 1914–1958 |url=http://etext.ku.edu/view?docId=ksrlead/ksrl.sc.reddinkenneth.xml |website=etext.ku.edu |accessdate=12 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
'''Kenneth Sarr''' was the [[pen name]] of '''Kenneth Sheils Reddin''' (1895–17 August 1967), an Irish author and judge.<ref name="Hogan2016">{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia =Macmillan Dictionary of Irish Literature |date=2016 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=9781349077953 |article-url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=iDJdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA580 |pages=580–581 |article=Sarr, Kenneth |editor-first=Robert |editor-last=Hogan |accessdate=12 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="iltr1967"/><ref name="stillslibrary">{{cite web |title=Half-length portrait of district justice and author Kenneth Reddin in 1962. |url=https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/1022/019.html |website=Stills Library |publisher=RTÉ |accessdate=12 October 2018 |language=en |date=5 July 2012}}</ref> He was born in Dublin to John and Annie Reddin.<ref name="stillslibrary"/> He attended [[Belvedere College]], [[Clongowes Wood College]], and from 1910 [[Scoil Éanna]],<ref name="pearsemuseum">{{cite web |title=Tour of the House |url=http://pearsemuseum.ie/online-tour/tour-of-the-house/ |publisher=Pearse Museum |accessdate=12 October 2018}}</ref> where [[Thomas McDonagh]] and [[Patrick Pearse]] were formative influences.<ref name="irishplayography"/> His first pseudonym was '''Kenneth Esser''' (from "Kenneth S. R.") later shortened to Kenneth Sarr.<ref name="Feeney"/> He joined the [[Irish Volunteers]] and was interned after the [[Easter Rising]].<ref name="stillslibrary"/> He was associated along with his brother with the [[Irish Theatre Company]] in Hardwicke Street.<ref name="Feeney"/>He attended [[University College Dublin]] and qualified as a [[solicitor]].<ref name="iltr1967">{{cite journal |title=Obituary: Mr. Kenneth S. Reddin |journal=The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal, Volume |date=1967 |volume=101 |page=328}}</ref> He was a member of the [[United Arts Club]]<ref name="uac">{{cite book |last1=Boylan |first1=Patricia |title=All Cultivated People: A History of the United Arts Club, Dublin |date=1988 |publisher=Smythe |isbn=9780861402663 |pages=106, 165–166 |language=en}}</ref> and sometime President of the Irish [[International PEN|PEN Club]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Matheson |first1=Steve |title=Maurice Walsh, storyteller |date=1985 |publisher=Brandon |location=Dingle |isbn=0863220525 |page=100 |url=https://archive.org/details/mauricewalshstor00stev/page/100}}</ref> He visited [[James Joyce]] in Paris several times, first with a gift of Olhausen's [[black pudding]], later at a PEN congress.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Mikhail |editor-first1=E. H. |title=James Joyce: Interviews and Recollections |date=1990 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9781349094226 |pages=159–160|chapter-url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=s9-uCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA159 |language=en |chapter=Worth Half a Dozen Legations}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Joyce |first1=James |title=The Complete Works Of James Joyce |date=2017 |publisher=Musaicum Press |isbn=9788027200603 |url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=aGNODwAAQBAJ&pg=PT2704 |accessdate=15 October 2018 |language=en |chapter=Letters: To C.P. Curran, 17 August 1937}}</ref>

Reddin supported the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]] and his father's house in [[Artane]] was burned in the [[Irish Civil War]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dillon |first1=Myles |title=The Correspondence of Myles Dillon, 1922–1925: Irish-German Relations and Celtic Studies |date=1999 |publisher=Four Courts Press |isbn=9781851824090 |language=en |page=83}}</ref> In 1922 he was appointed a [[District Court (Ireland)|District Court]] judge based in [[Mullingar]],<ref name="stillslibrary"/> later moving to the [[Newbridge, County Kildare|Newbridge]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=Week to Week |journal=The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal |date=1937 |volume=71 |page=227 |publisher=J. Falconer |language=en}}</ref> and then Dublin districts.<ref name="iltr1965"/> In court he wore what Terry De Valera called "his self-designed headdress like a black [[biretta]]".<ref>{{cite book |last1=De Valera |first1=Terry |title=A Memoir |date=2004 |publisher=Currach Press |isbn=9781856079112 |page=248 |url=https://archive.org/details/memoir00deva/page/248}}</ref> As well as writing plays and novels, he collected humorous anecdotes from his judicial work intended for a book to be called ''Laughter in My Court''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Gregory |title=An Irishman's Diary |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishman-s-diary-1.284410 |accessdate=12 October 2018 |work=The Irish Times |date=24 February 2001}}</ref> In 1941 he objected to an article in PEN's magazine which he said was "“propaganda, attacking [[Irish neutrality during World War II|the neutrality of Eire]], and that all we wanted was to be left alone".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brady |first1=Deirdre |title=“Writers and the International Spirit”: Irish PEN in the Postwar Years |journal=New Hibernia Review |date=2017 |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=116–130 : 122 |doi=10.1353/nhr.2017.0037 |url=https://ulir.ul.ie/bitstream/handle/10344/6633/Irish_PEN_in_the_Postwar_Years.pdf#page=7}}</ref> In 1948, [[Erina Brady]] appointed him President of her short-lived Dublin Dance Theatre Club.<ref>{{cite book |last1=McGrath |first1=Aoife |title=Dance Theatre in Ireland: Revolutionary Moves |date=2012 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=9781137035479 |url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=2EbCeH5DWQIC&pg=PA61 |page=61 |accessdate=12 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He retired from the bench on 19 March 1965.<ref name="iltr1965">{{cite journal |title=Retirement of District Justice Reddin |journal=The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal |date=1965 |volume=98 |pages=137 |publisher=J. Falconer |language=en}}</ref> His papers are held by the [[Kenneth Spencer Research Library]] at the [[University of Kansas]].<ref name="kansas">{{cite web |title=Writings and correspondence of Kenneth Reddin, 1914–1958 |url=http://etext.ku.edu/view?docId=ksrlead/ksrl.sc.reddinkenneth.xml |website=etext.ku.edu |accessdate=12 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref>


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Kenneth Sarr was the pen name of Kenneth Sheils Reddin (1895–17 August 1967), an Irish author and judge.[1][2][3] He was born in Dublin to John and Annie Reddin.[3] He attended Belvedere College, Clongowes Wood College, and from 1910 Scoil Éanna,[4] where Thomas McDonagh and Patrick Pearse were formative influences.[5] His first pseudonym was Kenneth Esser (from "Kenneth S. R.") later shortened to Kenneth Sarr.[6] He joined the Irish Volunteers and was interned after the Easter Rising.[3] He was associated along with his brother with the Irish Theatre Company in Hardwicke Street.[6]He attended University College Dublin and qualified as a solicitor.[2] He was a member of the United Arts Club[7] and sometime President of the Irish PEN Club.[8] He visited James Joyce in Paris several times, first with a gift of Olhausen's black pudding, later at a PEN congress.[9][10]

Reddin supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and his father's house in Artane was burned in the Irish Civil War.[11] In 1922 he was appointed a District Court judge based in Mullingar,[3] later moving to the Newbridge[12] and then Dublin districts.[13] In court he wore what Terry De Valera called "his self-designed headdress like a black biretta".[14] As well as writing plays and novels, he collected humorous anecdotes from his judicial work intended for a book to be called Laughter in My Court.[15] In 1941 he objected to an article in PEN's magazine which he said was "“propaganda, attacking the neutrality of Eire, and that all we wanted was to be left alone".[16] In 1948, Erina Brady appointed him President of her short-lived Dublin Dance Theatre Club.[17] He retired from the bench on 19 March 1965.[13] His papers are held by the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas.[18]

Works written by Kenneth Sarr / Kenneth Reddin
Work Year Type Notes
The Changeling 1919–20 Play A two-act allegory produced by the Irish Theatre Company.[6]
"In a Sinn Fein Court" 1922 Article In The Belvederian[19]
The Passing 1924 Play Subtitled "A tragedy in one act". Produced by the Abbey Theatre on 9 December 1924.[20][5][4] Won the drama prize at the 1924 Tailteann Games.[21][22] Its subject matter, a prostitute with an idiot son, was condemned by some viewers.[22][21]
Old Mag 1924 Play Subtitled "A Christmas play in one act". Produced by the Abbey Theatre on 22 December 1924.[21][5]
The white bolle-trie 1927 Novel Subtitled "A wonder story". A children's story.[23]
Somewhere To The Sea 1936 Novel A roman a clef set around the truce ending the Irish War of Independence.[1][7]
Another Shore 1945 Novel adapted in 1948 into an Ealing comedy of the same name.[5] Published in the United States as Young man with a dream.
"A Man called Pearse" 1945 Article In Studies.[24]

References

  1. ^ a b Hogan, Robert, ed. (2016). "Sarr, Kenneth". Macmillan Dictionary of Irish Literature. Macmillan. pp. 580–581. ISBN 9781349077953. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Obituary: Mr. Kenneth S. Reddin". The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal, Volume. 101: 328. 1967.
  3. ^ a b c d "Half-length portrait of district justice and author Kenneth Reddin in 1962". Stills Library. RTÉ. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Tour of the House". Pearse Museum. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d "Kenneth Sarr". PlayographyIreland. Irish Theatre Institute. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  6. ^ a b c Feeney, William J. (1984). Drama in Hardwicke Street: A History of the Irish Theatre Company. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 252. ISBN 9780838631881.
  7. ^ a b Boylan, Patricia (1988). All Cultivated People: A History of the United Arts Club, Dublin. Smythe. pp. 106, 165–166. ISBN 9780861402663.
  8. ^ Matheson, Steve (1985). Maurice Walsh, storyteller. Dingle: Brandon. p. 100. ISBN 0863220525.
  9. ^ Mikhail, E. H., ed. (1990). "Worth Half a Dozen Legations". James Joyce: Interviews and Recollections. Springer. pp. 159–160. ISBN 9781349094226.
  10. ^ Joyce, James (2017). "Letters: To C.P. Curran, 17 August 1937". The Complete Works Of James Joyce. Musaicum Press. ISBN 9788027200603. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  11. ^ Dillon, Myles (1999). The Correspondence of Myles Dillon, 1922–1925: Irish-German Relations and Celtic Studies. Four Courts Press. p. 83. ISBN 9781851824090.
  12. ^ "Week to Week". The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal. 71. J. Falconer: 227. 1937.
  13. ^ a b "Retirement of District Justice Reddin". The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal. 98. J. Falconer: 137. 1965.
  14. ^ De Valera, Terry (2004). A Memoir. Currach Press. p. 248. ISBN 9781856079112.
  15. ^ Allen, Gregory (24 February 2001). "An Irishman's Diary". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  16. ^ Brady, Deirdre (2017). ""Writers and the International Spirit": Irish PEN in the Postwar Years" (PDF). New Hibernia Review. 21 (3): 116–130 : 122. doi:10.1353/nhr.2017.0037.
  17. ^ McGrath, Aoife (2012). Dance Theatre in Ireland: Revolutionary Moves. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 61. ISBN 9781137035479. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Writings and correspondence of Kenneth Reddin, 1914–1958". etext.ku.edu. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  19. ^ Bowman, John; O'Donoghue, Ronan (1982). Portraits: Belvedere College, Dublin, 1832–1982. Gill and Macmillan. p. 62.
  20. ^ Welch, Robert (2003). The Abbey Theatre, 1899–1999: Form and Pressure. Oxford University Press. p. 91. ISBN 9780199261352. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  21. ^ a b c Hogan, Robert Goode; Burnham, Richard (1992). The Years of O'Casey, 1921–1926: A Documentary History. University of Delaware Press. pp. 184, 211–213. ISBN 9780851054285. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  22. ^ a b Reynolds, Paige (2007). Modernism, Drama, and the Audience for Irish Spectacle. Cambridge University Press. p. 186. ISBN 9780521872997. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  23. ^ "The white bolle-trie; a wonder story". Digital Collections. Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  24. ^ Reddin, Kenneth (1945). "A Man Called Pearse". Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review. 34 (134): 241–251. JSTOR 30099573.
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