Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett 18th Baron
Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett 18th Baron , ( 1878 – 1957 ),of Anglo-Irish parentage, associated with the Irish Revival, and a friend of Yeats , Gogarty , and Lady Gregory . His first book of (non-Celtic) mythological tales, The Gods of Pegana ( 1905 ), was illustrated by S. H. Sime ( 1867 – 1941 ), whose weird fin-de-siècle drawings were to accompany many subsequent fantasies, including The Book of Wonder ( 1912 ), The King of Elfland's Daughter ( 1924 ) and The Blessing of Pan ( 1927 ). Dunsany's first play, The Glittering Gate, was performed at the Abbey Theatre in 1909 ; this and many later plays show the influence of Maeterlinck 's not dissimilar vein of fantasy . His short plays were popular with the Little Theatre movement in America, and his full-length If (an Oriental tale ) was a success in London in 1921 . In more...
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