Seven Short Plays (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Isabella Augusta Persse
- First Published: 1909
- Type of Work: Drama
- Time of Work: The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Setting: Ireland
- Genres: Drama, Farce, Folklore, Fantasy
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Ireland or Irish people, Peasantry or peasants, Celtic Twilight
- Locales: Ireland
Critical Evaluation:
These fine plays, the best and most popular short plays by the influential writer-director of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, were dedicated to the moving spirit of the group, William Butler Yeats.
The plays, produced in the years 1903 to 1909, are capsule representatives of the entire theater movement during the Irish Renaissance. They contain something of Yeats’ own poetic imagery, Synge’s mystical lyricism, and O’Casey’s critical though often comic realism.
In this collection Lady Gregory, careful scholar and folklorist, ...
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