Desmond MacCarthy
Sir Charles Otto Desmond MacCarthy
Early life and education
The son of Charles Desmond MacCarthy, M.A., and a descendant of the last
Career
A member of the Bloomsbury Group, MacCarthy also had a wider circle of friends, including Logan Pearsall Smith.[citation needed]
In 1903 he became a journalist, with moderate success.
For part of the First World War he worked in Naval Intelligence.
In 1917 he joined the New Statesman as drama critic, and in 1920 became its literary editor. He wrote a weekly column under the pen-name "The Affable Hawk". During this time he recruited Cyril Connolly to the paper.
By 1928 he was losing interest in the New Statesman, and became the first editor of
He was author of the short ghost story "Pargiton and Harby", reprinted in the Fourth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories.
He was knighted in the 1951 New Year's Honours.[citation needed]
Personal life
In 1906, MacCarthy married
He is buried with his wife at the
Works
- The Court Theatre (1907)
- Portraits (1931)
- Drama (1940)
- Memories (1953)
- Humanities (1953)
- Theatre (1955)
See also
References
- ISBN 9781107018242. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 1902, pg 15
- ^ Irish Pedigrees; or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, John O'Hart, 5th ed., 1892, MACCARTHY DUNA (NO.9) Of Ballyneadig and Lyradane pedigree
- ^ Birth Certificate GRO
- ^ "MacCarthy, Charles Otto Desmond (MRTY894CO)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Jeremy Lewis Cyril Connolly: A Life Jonathan Cape 1997
Further reading
- T. Avery, Desmond and Molly MacCarthy: Bloomsberries (2010)
- H. and M. Cecil, Clever Hearts: Desmond and Molly MacCarthy (1990)
- D. Cecil (ed.), Desmond MacCarthy the Man and his Writings (1984)
- Quentin Bell, "Virginia Woolf A Biography"