George H. Jessop

George H. Jessop was an Irish playwright, journalist and novelist.[1][2] Born in Doory Hall, Ballymahon, County Longford, in 1852,[3] he died in Hampstead, London, in 1915.[3][4] Jessop lived and worked in the United States for many years.

His numerous works included the opera Shamus O'Brien (written with Charles Villiers Stanford) and the novel Gerald Ffrench's Friends.[1] and the plays Sam'l of Pozen (1881); Myles Aroon (1888); A Gold Mine and On Probation, both 1889 with Brander Matthews; Mavourneen (1891); and The Power of the Press (1892) with Augustus Pitou.[5] He also contributed to the magazines Puck and Judge.[6]

He was the brother of the Irish writer Mary Kathleen Jessop.[3]

References
  1. Cowgill, Rachel; David Cooper; Clive Brown (2010). Art and Ideology in European Opera: Essays in Honour of Julian Rushton. Boydell Press. p. 91. ISBN 9781843835677.
  2. "Oxford Reference: George H. Jessop". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. "An Electronic Version of A Guide to Irish Fiction 1650–1900: Jessop, George Henry". Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. "George H. Jessop Dead.; Author of Sam'l of Posen and Shamus O'Brien Dies in London". The New York Times. 23 March 1915.
  5. James Fisher. Historical Dictionary of American Theater. p. 353.
  6. Fanning, Charles (1999). The Irish Voice In America: 250 Years of Irish-American Fiction (2nd ed.). University Press of Kentucky. p. 183. ISBN 9780813127606.


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