Selected Plays

Provides an analysis of a selection of 12 of Yeats' plays which range from the patriotic Kathleen ni Hoolithan, to the explorations of Gaelic legends in Yeats' middle age, to the mixture of farce and symbolism in The Player Queen, through to the stark realism of The Herne's Egg. This book includes an introduction and commentary by A.Jeffares whose other works include W.B. Yeats: Man and Poet and W.B. Yeats: A New Biography.