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This volume presents the surviving holograph manuscripts of W. B. Yeats’s first one‑act play that introduced Irish folklore to the commercial stage, staged at London’s Avenue Theatre in 1894. Included are detailed transcriptions, photographs of the original manuscripts, Yeats’s own marginalia, and notes on changes made for subsequent productions, offering scholars insight into his textual criticism and the play’s production history. The book also contextualizes the work within Yeats’s broader development of Irish mythic storytelling. The jacket notes Yeats’s personal motivations after 1893 and his role in shaping the Irish literary renaissance, underscoring folklore as a living mythology.
First publish date: 1894
Genre: Drama & Plays/Drama
Authors: William Butler Yeats
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