A landlord's legacy

Biography: It is customary to say of Edward Martyn (1859-1923) that he has been forgotten. Yet this new biography by Madeleine Humphreys is the fourth monograph on his works and days, and "dear Edward" turns up stubbornly, often comically, in every account of the life of Yeats, Lady Gregory, and George Moore, his collaborators in the founding of the Irish Literary Theatre (1899-1901). Login or subscribe for more.

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