Robinson was born and raised in County Cork and educated by private tutor and at Bandon Grammar School. In August1907 his interest in the theatre began after he went to see an Abbey production of plays by W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory at the Cork Opera House. He published his first poem that same year.
His first play, The Cross Roads was performed in the Abbey in 1909 and he became Manager of the theatre towards the end of that year. He resigned in 1914 as a result of a disasterous tour of the United States but returned in 1919. He was appointed to the board of the theatre in 1923 and continued to serve in that capacity until his death.
His most popular play was The Whiteheaded Boy (1916). His fiction includes Eight Short Stories (1919). In 1951 he published Ireland's Abbey Theatre, the first full-length history of the company.
References
Print
Igoe, Vivien. A Literary Guide to Dublin. ISBN 0-4136912-0-9
Online
Lennox Robinson at the Princess Grace Irish Library (http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/index.htm)
Esmé Stuart LennoxRobinson (October 4, 1886 - October 15, 1958) was an Irish dramatist, poet and theatre producer and director who was involved with the Abbey Theatre.
Robinson was born and raised in County Cork in a Protestant and Unionist family.
A sickly child, Robinson was educated by private tutor and at Bandon Grammar School.
Spanning the dates 1903-1931, the LennoxRobinson papers related to John Quinn consist of editorial correspondence, transcripts of letters, and other manuscripts and material toward a proposed two-volume edition of letters written to the New York lawyer, patron of the arts, and collector John Quinn.
Robinson sought permission to publish and solicited approval of the selected letters; the transcripts often bear editorial notes and corrections by the original authors of the letters.
The cover to the transcript bears the autograph note by Robinson: corrected by A. cut by L. R. The transcript bears autograph corrections by A. and Robinson, as well as cuts made by A. that are identified with his initials in the margins.
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