Deirdre (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Butler Yeats
- First Published: 1907
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: Ireland
- Principal Characters: First Musician, Fergus, Naoise, Deirdre, Conchubar
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Love or romance, Suicide, Escapes, Music or musicians, Kings, queens, or royalty, Legends, Kidnapping, Fate or fatalism, Heroes or heroism, Ireland or Irish people, Middle Ages, Celtic Twilight, Celts
- Locales: Ireland
The Story:
Two musicians were conversing in a woodland house. The First Musician rehearsed the background of the play: King Conchubar had found Deirdre as a young child in the wood, hired a nurse to care for her, and, as she attained womanhood, fallen in love with her. Just before Conchubar was to wed Deirdre, Naoise, a young man, climbed the hill to the woodland house where Deirdre was sequestered and abducted her.
Fergus, an old man, entered the house and informed the musicians that Deirdre and Naoise were to arrive momentarily. They had been in self-exile, hiding from...
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