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LADY GREGORY (1852 - 1932)
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Isabella augusta, Lady Gregory (15 March 1852 - 22 May 1932), born Isabella augusta Persse, was an Irish Dramatist and folklorist. With William Butler Yeats and edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, and wrote numerous short works for both companies. Lady Gregory produced a number of books of retellings of stories taken from Irish mythology. Born into a class that identified closely with British rule, her conversion to cultural nationalism, as evidenced by her writings, was emblematic of many of the political struggles to occur in Ireland during her lifetime. Lady Gregory is mainly remembered for her work behind the Irish Literary Revival. Her home at Coole Park, County Galway, served as an important meeting place for leading Revival figures, and her early work as a member of the board of the Abbey was at least as important for the Theatre's development as her creative writings. Lady Gregory's motto was taken from aristotle: "To think like a wise man, but to express oneself like the common people."
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Aristotle's Bellows
Bogie Man, The
Canavans, The
Coats
Damer's Gold
Dave
Deliverer, The
Dervorgilla
Doctor In Spite Of Himself, The
Dragon, The
Full Moon, The
Gaol Gate, The
Golden Apple, The
Grania
Hanrahan's Oath
Hyacinth Halvey
Image, The
Jackdaw, The
Jester, The
Kincora
Macdaragh's Wife (Mcdonough's Wife ?)
Marriage, The
Mirandolina
Miser, The
My First Play (Colman And Guaire)
Nativity Play, A
On the Racecourse
Rising Of the Moon, The
Rogueries Of Scapin, The
Sancho's Master
Shanwalla
Spreading the News
Story Brought By Brigit, The
Teja
Travelling Man, The
Unicorn From the Stars, The
White Cockade, The
Workhouse Ward, The
Would-Be Gentleman, The
Wrens, The
Aristotle's Bellows
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in Three Wonder Plays by Lady Gregory, Putnam G P, London, 1923 -
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Wonder Play in Three acts
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Bogie Man, The
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Abbey Theatre
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in the New Comedies, G P Putnam's Sons, New York and London, 1913 -
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one act comedy
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Canavans, The
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in Irish Folk History Plays Vol. 2/ by Lady Gregory, Putnam G P, London, 1912 -
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three act comedy
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Coats
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one act comedy
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Damer's Gold
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2 act comedy
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Dave
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one act play
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Deliverer, The
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Genre:
tragic comedy
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Dervorgilla
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one act tragedy
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Male: 5  Female: 4  Other: -
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Doctor In Spite Of Himself, The
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Original Playwright - Moliere
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adaptation
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Dragon, The
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Talbot Press, Dublin and G P Putnam's Sons, London and New York, 1920 -
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Wonder Play in Three acts
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Full Moon, The
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one act comedy
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Gaol Gate, The
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one act tragedy
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Golden Apple, The
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Genre:
thre act play
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Grania
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unproduced -
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Play/Drama
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Hanrahan's Oath
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in the Image and Other Plays, G P Putnam's Sons, London and New York, 1922 -
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one act comedy
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Hyacinth Halvey
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one act comedy
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Image, The
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Genre:
three act comedy
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Jackdaw, The
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one act comedy
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Jester, The
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in Three Wonder Plays by Lady Gregory, Putnam G P, London, 1923 -
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Kincora
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Genre:
3 act play
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Male: 10  Female: 3  Other: doubling possible
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Macdaragh's Wife (Mcdonough's Wife ?)
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in the New Comedies, G P Putnam's Sons, New York and London, 1913 -
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Genre:
one act play
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Male: 7  Female: 2  Other: -
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Marriage, The
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Douglas Hyde (Dubhghlas de hide) Translated from the Irish
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one act adaptation
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Mirandolina
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Original Playwright - Carlo Goldoni. (La Locandieri)
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adaptation
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Miser, The
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Original Playwright - Moliere. L'avare (the Miser) originally played 9th September 1668.
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adaptation
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Male: 11  Female: 3  Other: -
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My First Play (Colman And Guaire)
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Nativity Play, A
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Douglas Hyde (Dubhghlas de hide) Translated from the Irish
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Genre:
translation
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On the Racecourse
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G P Putnam's Sons, London and New York, 1926 -
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Rising Of the Moon, The
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Genre:
one act play
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Male: 4  Female: -  Other: -
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Rogueries Of Scapin, The
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Original Playwright - Moliere. (Les Fourberies de Scapin)
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Genre:
adaptation
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Male: 9  Female: 3  Other: -
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Sancho's Master
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in Three Last Plays by Lady Gregory, Putnam G P, London and New York, 1928 -
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Genre:
3 act play
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Male: 23  Female: 6  Other: doubling possible
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Shanwalla
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3 act play
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Spreading the News
In a small village in rural Ireland, a new (english) magistrate inspects stalls at the local fair, expecting the worst. Because of Mrs. Tarpey's hearing impairment and the villagers' love of gossip, a misunderstanding grows and grows, leading to a false arrest for a murder that never happened. the play ends abruptly, with little resolution; we are left wondering what happened. Most of the humour is situational, rather than playing with language. Because we know what really happened at the beginning, most of the play uses Dramatic irony.
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one act comedy
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Story Brought By Brigit, The
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Genre:
Passion Play in Three acts
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Teja
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Original Playwright - H Sudermann
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Genre:
adaptation
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Travelling Man, The
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Genre:
one act miracle play
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Unicorn From the Stars, The
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A young man has visions which bring him into conflict with the authorities. At the Court he goes into a trance and the King calls for the police. they arrive and the young man is shot and killed
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written by Lady Gregory And W B Yeats
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Genre:
three act play
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White Cockade, The
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Maunsel, Dublin, 1905 -
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Genre:
three act comedy
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Male: 10  Female: 2  Other: -
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Workhouse Ward, The
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Genre:
one act comedy
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Male: 2  Female: 1  Other: -
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Would-Be Gentleman, The
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Original Playwright - Moliere
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in Three Last Plays by Lady Gregory, Putnam G P, London, 1928 -
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Genre:
adaptation
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Male: 17  Female: 5  Other: -
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Wrens, The
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in the Image and Other Plays, G P Putnam's Sons, London and New York, 1922 -
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