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The O'Brien Woman, Irish author Edna O'Brien is in Straford, preparing for the world premiere of her play Virginia, about Virginia Woolf. It has been (...)
The O'Brien Woman, Irish author Edna O'Brien is in Straford, preparing for the world premiere of her play Virginia, about Virginia Woolf. It has been (...)

The O'Brien Woman, Irish author Edna O'Brien is in Straford, preparing for the world premiere of her play Virginia, about Virginia Woolf. It has been (...)

Date4/19/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: The O'Brien Woman, Irish author Edna O'Brien is in Straford, preparing for the world premiere of her play Virginia, about Virginia Woolf. It has been an intense look into another person's soul and psyche, and I came to love Virginia in the process of doing it.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0071373F
Below, Irish writer Edna O'Brien
Below, Irish writer Edna O'Brien
1/9/1989
Grief-stricken: Leonard O'Brien and his wife, Jean, mourn the loss of feisty Kathleen O'Brien, 68, who didn't let multiple sclerosis stop her from playing the piano
Grief-stricken: Leonard O'Brien and his wife, Jean, mourn the loss of feisty Kathleen O'Brien, 68, who didn't let multiple sclerosis stop her from playing the piano
7/15/1980
Peter Taylor: Writer from Virginia reads at Harborfront's Festival of Authors tonight
Peter Taylor: Writer from Virginia reads at Harborfront's Festival of Authors tonight
10/20/1985
Virginia Bruce at 26 has not only starred in the Ziegfeld Follies but played in a movie history of them as well
Virginia Bruce at 26 has not only starred in the Ziegfeld Follies but played in a movie history of them as well
8/14/1937
Tax time: Harold O'Brien (centre), one of about 6,000 Revenue Canada volunteers helps seniors like Audrey Garrett and Tom Brandon unravel the mysteries of income tax returns
Tax time: Harold O'Brien (centre), one of about 6,000 Revenue Canada volunteers helps seniors like Audrey Garrett and Tom Brandon unravel the mysteries of income tax returns
1/13/1988
Virginia Town, shown above, is a new kind of mining community, where the beauties of nature have not been destroyed and where workers are building or (...)
Virginia Town, shown above, is a new kind of mining community, where the beauties of nature have not been destroyed and where workers are building or (...)
12/2/1946
103 Reasons to party, Grace O'Brien samples the icing on her cake as she celebrates her 103rd birthday yesterday at Central Park Lodge in East York. O(...)
103 Reasons to party, Grace O'Brien samples the icing on her cake as she celebrates her 103rd birthday yesterday at Central Park Lodge in East York. O(...)
7/18/1989
reporter Virginia Corner, assisted by Brian Hibbert above, inches up the rock face in her first climb
reporter Virginia Corner, assisted by Brian Hibbert above, inches up the rock face in her first climb
9/2/1986
Virginia Graham, the TV personality, told of her personal fight against cancer at yesterday's annual spring meeting of Canadian Cancer Society
Virginia Graham, the TV personality, told of her personal fight against cancer at yesterday's annual spring meeting of Canadian Cancer Society
3/24/1965
Who's afraid of middle-age? Not Mrs. Griffin, seen here on an outing with four of her children. From left are Michael, 23, Mrs. Griffin, Virginia, 11,(...)
Who's afraid of middle-age? Not Mrs. Griffin, seen here on an outing with four of her children. From left are Michael, 23, Mrs. Griffin, Virginia, 11,(...)
1/10/1965
Maria Antonietta Turcios, top, and her daughters, Olea Virginia, 5, and Rosalva Izabel, 6, enjoy their sudsy splash even though it is an irrigation ditch in Colonia Ascension,
Maria Antonietta Turcios, top, and her daughters, Olea Virginia, 5, and Rosalva Izabel, 6, enjoy their sudsy splash even though it is an irrigation ditch in Colonia Ascension,
3/24/1987
Another old landmark passes. A landmark for half a century will vanish when the house of the O'Brien homestead, shown above, at the corner of Willard (...)
Another old landmark passes. A landmark for half a century will vanish when the house of the O'Brien homestead, shown above, at the corner of Willard (...)
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