W. B. Yeats and the Idea of a Theatre: The Early Abbey Theatre in Theory and Practice.
Author: FLANNERY, James W.
Yale University Press, 1989. xx, 404 pages. Illustrated. Paperback.
A comprehensive account of W. B. Yeats and his relationship with the Abbey Theatre.
Contents:-
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Chapters:-
Drama as a Dialectic of Opposites
Mysticism, Tragedy, and the War of the Spiritual and Natural Order
Creating a Unity Through Ireland and an Irish National Theatre
A Dramatist in Search of a Theatrical Form
An Irish “Literary” Theatre
Men of Letters and a Man of the Theatre
The Fays and the Early Abbey Theatre
Yeats and the Actor
Yeats and the Abbey Theatre Company
Yeats and the Visual Arts of the Theatre
Yeats the Dramatist
Yeats the Theatre Manager and the Search for an Audience
The Legacy of Yeats
Selected Bibliography
Index
ISBN: 0300046278
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