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Maria's Necklace

Script
ca. 1920s (written)
Artist/Maker
McCorkell Family (playwrights)
Place of origin
Derry (written)

Oona (b.1910), Kathleen (b.1911), Leslie (b.1916) and Pakenham (b.1923) were the four children of Dudley and Helen McCorkell. They lived in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The children wrote poems which were put into books and presented to their father as Christmas and Easter presents. The daughters lived into their nineties, but Pakenham died in 1944.

This play was probably written by one of the McCorkell daughters, and then presented to Dudley McCorkell.


Object details

Categories
Children & Childhood
Christmas Presents
Object type
Script
Parts
This object consists of 6 parts.

  • Scripts (Writing)
  • Scripts (Writing)
  • Scripts (Writing)
  • Scripts (Writing)
  • Scripts (Writing)
  • Scripts (Writing)
TitleMaria's Necklace (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand written on paper
Paper
Ink
Handwriting
Brief description
Script, hand written for the play 'Maria's Necklace', written by the McCorkell children, Derry, ca. 1920s.
Physical description
Maria's Necklace, a play in four scenes.
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Given by Marion McLachlan
Summary
Oona (b.1910), Kathleen (b.1911), Leslie (b.1916) and Pakenham (b.1923) were the four children of Dudley and Helen McCorkell. They lived in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The children wrote poems which were put into books and presented to their father as Christmas and Easter presents. The daughters lived into their nineties, but Pakenham died in 1944.

This play was probably written by one of the McCorkell daughters, and then presented to Dudley McCorkell.
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.326:1 to 6-2010

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Record createdMarch 28, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1193776/marias-necklace-script-mccorkell-family/
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