Annie O'Meara de Vic Beamish explained

Annie O'Meara de Vic Beamish
Birth Name:Anne O'Meara Beamish
Birth Date:30 April 1883
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Date:1 August 1969
Death Place:Switzerland
Nationality:Irish, British

Annie O'Meara de Vic Beamish (30 April 1883 – 1 August 1969), was an Irish writer, translator and playwright.

Life

Beamish was the daughter of Reverend Franck John de Vic Beamish and Ann S. Greenfield. She was born April 30, 1883, in Dublin, Ireland, and was educated at home through governesses and tutors. She wrote under the names John Bernard and Noel de Vic Beamish. She wrote and translated for the stage. Beamish also founded various language schools in Europe and worked in the Berlitz school in Cannes teaching English.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

She was a friend and neighbour of Samuel Beckett in Roussillon during the Second World War. She is the origin of the character "Old Miss McGlone" and appears as a character with Beckett in A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker. She lived at the time with a companion Suzanne Allévy and they were understood to be a couple. Beamish was considered a local character. She wore men's clothing, went by the name Noel and used a monocle for reading. She also taught English to the painter Henri Hayden while he was staying in the village. There were rumours she was involved with the British secret service or a member of Beckett's resistance cell. Certainly however she was supportive to the Jewish refugees who fled to the area. Beamish died in Switzerland, 1 August 1969.[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wearing, J.P. . The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers . The London Stage . 2014 . 978-0-8108-9304-7 . 2018-12-05 . 95.
  2. Book: Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.. 1976 . ?
  3. Book: Reginald . R. . Menville . D. . Burgess . M.A. . Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature . Borgo Press . v. 1 . 2010 . 978-0-941028-76-9 . 2018-12-05 . 39.
  4. Book: Library of Congress. Copyright Office . United States Department of the Treasury . Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1934 . Copyright Office, Library of Congress . Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series . pt. 1 . 1935 . 2018-12-05 . 1689.
  5. Web site: Authors : Bernard, John : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia . The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 2018-08-11 . 2018-12-05.
  6. Web site: Summary Bibliography: Noel de Vic Beamish . The Internet Speculative Fiction Database . 2018-12-05.
  7. Web site: THE KING'S MISSAL by Noel de Vic Beamish, Annie O'Meara de Vic on L. W. Currey, Inc. . L. W. Currey, Inc. . 2018-12-05.
  8. Web site: Beamish, Noel de Vic [WorldCat Identities] . WorldCat.org . 2018-12-05.
  9. Book: Wearing, J.P. . The London Stage 1890-1959: Accumulated Indexes . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers . The London Stage . 2014 . 978-0-8108-9321-4 . 2018-12-05 . 261.
  10. Book: Reginald . R. . Burgess . M.A. . Menville . D. . Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature Vol 2 . Borgo Press . v. 2 . 2010 . 978-0-941028-78-3 . 2018-12-05 . 812.
  11. Web site: Book Review: A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker – What Cathy Read Next… . What Cathy Read Next… – For book lovers everywhere . 2017-06-10 . 2018-12-05.
  12. Knowlson . James . Miss Beamish, Beckett's Roussillon neighbour . Journal of Beckett Studies . Edinburgh University Press . 9 . 2 . 2000 . 0309-5207 . 10.3366/jobs.2000.9.2.6 . 86–90.
  13. Book: Knowlson, J. . Damned to Fame: the Life of Samuel Beckett . Bloomsbury Publishing . 2014 . 978-1-4088-5766-3 . 2018-12-05 . 319.
  14. Book: Schaefe, G.F.P.H. . From Rocks To Riches: Time, Change, and Ochre in a Village in the Vaucluseâ€"Roussillon-en-Provence . Xlibris US . 2012 . 978-1-4691-8618-4 . 2018-12-05 . 45.
  15. Book: Doherty, R. . Irish Volunteers in the Second World War . Four Courts Press . 2002 . 978-1-85182-523-3 . 2018-12-05 .
  16. Web site: BASILE . DAVIDE . CHANGING HUMANITY:A STUDY OF FOUR DYSTOPIAS AT THE DAWN OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGICAL AGE . UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON.
  17. Web site: James and Elizabeth Knowlson . University Museums and Special Collections Service . University of Reading.
  18. Web site: Vol. 58 No. 2979 (17 Mar 1937) . 2022-12-10 . Trove . en.

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