Deidre of the Sorrows was the final play John Synge wrote. The third act contained many references to death.
Playboy of the Western World was a play about patricide that was written by Synge. Playboy was such a controversial play that its first performance at the Abby Theatre resulted in riots. Yeats would reprimand the rioters and the press would later express such a high opinion of the play that it was soon recognized for its genius.
Countess Cathleen was a play Yeats wrote early in his career that inspired his desire to build a theatre company. It was Countess Cathleen Yeats saw performed when he was in Sweden to receive his Nobel Prize.
The Russia was a ship Yeats' grandfather captained during his career. An.....
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