Product Description: During the twenty-two years of their married life, W. B. and George Yeats corresponded regularly and fully whenever they were apart. They discussed his writing and other projects, their family and friends, and the social, artistic, and political scene in Ireland and the United Kingdom in far more detail than with anyone else...read more

Product Description: W. B. Yeats's The Tower, first published in 1928 and later revised a number of times, arrived in its final form after many years of dedicated labor. Yeats here is concerned with the "rooting of mythology in the earth," binding almost every poem to the image of Thoor Ballylee, the building in the west of Ireland that he saw as a permanent symbol of his work...read more

Product Description: As well as writing her own plays, Lady Gregory translated some of Moliere's plays into the Kiltartan dialect. These were The Miser, The Doctor in Spite of Himself, The Rogueries of Scapin, Mirandolina, The Would-be Gentleman, Sancho's Master, and Teja...read more

Portrays the life of the Irish writer, examines her works, and discusses her friendships with figures such as William B. Yeats, Sean O'Casey, and W.S. Blunt (view table of contents)

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The collected letters of the Irish playwright to his beloved Molly trace their romance until his early death

The correspondence of the distinguished Irish author, J.M. Synge, portrays his life, his career as a playwright, and his involvement in the running of the Abbey Theatre

Product Description: The letters published here record the devotion of all three Abbey Theatre directors to what Yeats called 'Theatre business, management of men,' while they celebrate that independence of mind and taste admired by Yeats.The years reflected in the letters-- from the opening of the Abbey Theatre in 1904 to Synge's death in 1909-- are historical significance not only to the Irish literary movement but also to the worldwide little theatre and art movements emerging in the early twentieth century...read more

Product Description: Book by Gregory, Lady