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.
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Textual Production
Augusta Gregory
AG
had several further one-act comedies produced at the Abbey
between 1910 and 1918: Coats (1 December 1910), McDonough's Wife (11 January 1912), Damer's Gold (21 November 1912), Shanwalla (8 April 1915), and Hanrahan's Oath...
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
AG
was very pleased with herself for being able to write a full-length play with only three characters. When she told Yeats
this, he replied: They must have a great deal to talk about.
McDiarmid, Lucy et al. “Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography”. Selected Writings, Penguin, pp. xi - xliv, 525.
544
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
When the Abbey
wished to stage Molière, because his plays seemed akin to our own,AG
translated his work into Kiltartan dialect because she could not find an English translation that could go across the...
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
The volume includes detailed accounts of the Abbey
's encounters with English and Irish censorship, including the struggles over Shaw
's The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet and Synge
's The Playboy of the Western World...
Performance of text
Seamus Heaney
SH
's version of the Antigone of Sophocles
opened at the Abbey Theatre
in Dublin. Its title, The Burial at Thebes, echoes in structure his earlier translation The Cure at Troy.
Billington, Michael. “The Burial at Thebes”. Guardian Online.
Performance of text
Jennifer Johnston
It was first produced at the Abbey Theatre
in Dublin in 1979.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
“Jennifer Johnston”. doollee.com. Playwrights.
Performance of text
Jennifer Johnston
Her Selected Short Plays, published in 2003, includes the texts of Moonlight and Music (a one-acter first produced during the YK2 Festival at Dublin in 2000),Mustn't Forget High Noon, O Ananias, Azarias...
Leisure and Society
Kate O'Brien
As a student in Dublin, KOB
eagerly attended the Abbey Theatre
. This was a period between Synge
and O'Casey
, but she delighted in plays by Shaw
, beginning with Man and Superman.
O’Brien, Kate. My Ireland. B. T. Batsford.
116-17
Textual Production
Martin Ross
MR
resisted a pressing invitation from W. B. Yeats
and Lady Gregory
to write a play with them for the Abbey Theatre
in Dublin. She needed her writings to earn money, but a probably stronger...
Innes, Christopher, editor. The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw. Cambridge University Press.
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Publishing
George Bernard Shaw
The play was supposed to be performed at the Abbey Theatre
in Dublin, but the directors were concerned that its honest portrayal of Ireland would alienate their audience.