Gregory, Augusta. Our Irish Theatre. G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
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Family and Intimate relationships | Augusta Gregory | |
Friends, Associates | Augusta Gregory | Sean O'Casey
submitted his first play to the Abbey
in 1919, and became friendly with AG
in 1924 during the successful Abbey run of his play Juno and the Paycock. He was invited to... |
Textual Production | Augusta Gregory | |
Textual Production | Augusta Gregory | AG
wrote several first-rate comedies (many of them set in the fictional Irish village of Cloon), yet she found them difficult and was often apologetic about writing them. She claimed to have created them primarily... |
Occupation | Augusta Gregory | With the financial support of Annie Horniman
, AG
and the Irish Literary Theatre
secured a permanent home: the Abbey Theatre
in Dublin. Murphy, James H. “Broken Glass and Batoned Crowds: <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘m’>Cathleen Ni Houlihan</span> and the Tensions of Transition”. Ireland in Transition, 1867-1921, edited by D. George Boyce and Alan O’Day, Routledge, pp. 113-27. 123 |
Textual Production | Augusta Gregory | |
Performance of text | Augusta Gregory | AG
's popular comedy about village gossip, Spreading the News, was performed alongside Yeats
's On Baile's Strand and their co-written Cathleen Ni Houlihan for the opening of the Abbey Theatre
in Dublin. McDiarmid, Lucy et al. “Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography”. Selected Writings, Penguin, pp. xi - xliv, 525. xvii |
Textual Production | Augusta Gregory | |
Performance of text | Augusta Gregory | AG
's one-act comedy about madness and sanity, The Full Moon, was first performed at the Abbey Theatre
in Dublin. Saddlemyer, Ann, and Augusta Gregory. “Foreword and History of First Productions”. The Tragedies and Tragic Comedies of Lady Gregory, Colin Smythe, p. v - xiii. xi |
Textual Production | Augusta Gregory | |
Performance of text | Augusta Gregory | A production of AG
's The Deliverer and Yeats
's The Hour-Glass at the Abbey Theatre
in Dublin was the first to use screens designed by Edward Gordon-Craig
. Saddlemyer, Ann, and Augusta Gregory. “Foreword and History of First Productions”. The Tragedies and Tragic Comedies of Lady Gregory, Colin Smythe, p. v - xiii. xi Innes, Christopher. Edward Gordon Craig. Cambridge University Press. 143, 221 |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Augusta Gregory | |
Performance of text | Augusta Gregory | AG
's one-act tragedy The Gaol Gate was first performed at the Abbey Theatre
in Dublin. Saddlemyer, Ann, and Augusta Gregory. “Foreword and History of First Productions”. The Tragedies and Tragic Comedies of Lady Gregory, Colin Smythe, p. v - xiii. x |
Reception | Augusta Gregory | Bernard Shaw
saw Lady Gregory as a born playwright . . . . doomed from the cradle to write for the stage, to break through every social obstacle to get to the stage, to refuse... |
Performance of text | Augusta Gregory | AG
's play The Rising of the Moon was produced at the Abbey Theatre
, Dublin. Saddlemyer, Ann, and Augusta Gregory. “Foreword and History of First Productions”. The Tragedies and Tragic Comedies of Lady Gregory, Colin Smythe, p. v - xiii. ix |
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