Ann Saddlemyer

Saddlemyer, Ann (1933- ), scholar; born in Saskatoon, Canada, she became Professor of English and Drama at the University of Toronto, and served as Chairman of the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures. She made a special contribution to the study of Irish drama, beginning with an edition of Synge's plays (1968), followed by In Defence of Lady Gregory, Playwright (1977), an edition of Lady Gregory's plays in four volumes in the Coole edition (1971-9), and of the correspondence between Yeats, Lady Gregory, and Synge in their management of the Abbey (1982).