Ella Young, Oceano, CA
The Irish branch of the organization, Women in Film and Television International, had one of their board members, Marissa Aroy, direct a play based on a biography of Ella Young, Irish poet, revolutionary, and mythologist, written by Dorothea McDowell (the script was written by Daniel Brennan). The play explored her life in Ireland up to the time of the Easter Uprising. They will be working on another play about her later life in California where she taught at UC Berkeley for a while, lived on the Central Coast and knew people like Gavin Arthur, Ansel Adams, Robinson Jeffers and many other artists and writers. Dorothea contacted me about my father’s research into Ella Young’s life. I have posted links to that research here before but I will post them again and a link to a recording of the last play in the comments below. Here is the announcement of the play from Dec. 2020: https://wft.ie/radio-play-directed-by-wft-ireland-board-member-marissa-aroy/.
The recording of the radio play is here on Archive.Org.
This is a link to some of my dad’s research here on this blog.
Geoffrey, it is great to reconnect with your website and to note your generosity in promoting our radio play on Ella’s life in Ireland from 1916-1925. As you know, we are actively looking for funds to produce the second half of her life in California. I had a forty minute zoom meeting with Linda Rosewood yesterday 5 April who is now making an application to Fractured Atlas to start the ball rolling. I am a member of this organization. She will be emailing you to keep you in the loop as things begin to happen. Kindest regards, Dorothea.