Module3AdventureinliteratureandthecinemaWalterMacken,thefamousnovelist,playwrightandactor,wasborninGalwayin1915
Hefirstbegantowriteattheageofeight
HejoinedtheTaibhdhearcin1934,whilestillattendingschool
Itwastherethathemethiswife,PeggyKenny,whowasthenanewseditor
Theyfellinlove,butherfather,TomCorkKennydidn’tapproveofPeggy’schoice,sotheyhadtoelope(私奔)andweremarriedinFairviewChurchinDublinonFebruary9th,1937
TheywenttoLondonwhereheworkedasaninsuranceagent,sellinginsurancedoortodoor,ashelaterwroteaboutinIAmAlone
ReturningtoGalwayin1939,WaltertookupthepostoftheatremanagerwiththeTaibhdhearc
Atthistime,hebegantowritebothinIrishandEnglish
By1946hisfirstplayinEnglish,Mungo’sMansion,hadbeensuccessfullystagedattheAbbeyTheatreinDublin,andhisfirstnovel,QuenchtheMoon,hadbeenacceptedforpublication
In1948h