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The Countess Cathleen
W. B. Yeats
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MARY. If you are not demons, And seeing what great wealth is spread out there, Give food or money to the starving poor.
FIRST MERCHANT. If we knew how to find deserving poor We'd do our share.
MARY. But seek them patiently.
FIRST MERCHANT. We know the evils of mere charity.
MARY. Those scruples may befit a common time. I had thought there was a pushing to and fro, At times like this, that overset the scale And trampled measure down.
FIRST MERCHANT. But if already We'd thought of a more prudent way than that?
SECOND MERCHANT. If each one brings a bit of merchandise, We'll give him such a price he never dreamt of.
MARY. Where shall the starving come at merchandise?
FIRST MERCHANT. We will ask nothing but what all men have.
MARY. Their swine and . . . Read More
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jeg elsker jo enhver personifikation af martyrånden og den irske nationalisme er ingen undtagelse
"Did that play of mine send out /
Certain men the English shot?"
- Yeats, "Man and the Echo," 1938 (shortly before his death).
"I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feign
OLD WOMAN. I have my thoughts and I have my hopes.
MICHAEL. What hopes have you to hold to?
OLD WOMAN. The hope of getting my beautiful fields back again; the hope of putting the
strangers out of my house.
I would never believe such a short play could be so striking...
The reason why I found this play s
“He died for love of me: many a man has died for love of me.”
As it was my first Irish play, I’m glad to say that I loved it. I could easily understand the references, so it was a really nice read. I had to read it for one of my classes, it’s called Changing Ireland and as a French student, it is nice to expand my knowledge on Irish civilization and literature
This play (written by Lady Gregory and attributed to Yeats) is an intriguing cornerstone of the Abbey Theatre and Modern Irish Drama - its idealised vision of Irish rebellion through blood sacrifice was certainly admired and well-received when it was first produced, but over a hundred years later, w
Cathleen ni Houlihan is a kind of miracle. It is not deep, it is not elevated by any great poetry, or made memorable by any vivid character or absorbing plot. Yet this one-act play, in its simple prose and folk-tale purity, not only expresses ardently the nationalistic aspirations of the Irish peopl
You can see my review over at The Literary Sisters as well.
The first book I decided to review for the Reading Ireland Month is none other than W.B. Yeats' play 'Cathleen Ni Houlihan'. Written in 1902 and performed in April of the same year in Dublin, it is a play of great symbolic and historic signi