Playwrights and their stage works 

 

William Butler Yeats

Irish poet and dramatist. Born Dublin 13th June, 1865. Died South of FRance 28 January, 1939. Buried at Drumcliff, Sligo, Ireland.

Stage Plays

  1. The Countess Cathleen. Play. Written ca. 1889. Published 1892. Produced Dublin, Ancient Concert Rooms, May 8, 1899.
  2. The Land of Heart's Desire. Play. Written 1894. Published 1894. Produced London, Avenue Theatre, March 29, 1894; Dublin, Abbey Theatre, February 16, 1911.
  3. Cathleen ni Houlihan. Play. Written1901(With Lady Augusta Gregory). . Published 1902. Produced Dublin, St. Teresa's Hall, April 2, 1902.
  4. Where There Is Nothing. Play. Written 1902 (With Lady Gregory and Douglas Hyde).. Published 1902. Produced London, Royal Court Theatre (Stage Society), June 26, 1904. Early version of The Unicorn from the Stars.
  5. The Pot of Broth. Play. Written 1902 (With Lady Gregory). . Published 1922. Produced Dublin, Ancient Concert Rooms, October 30, 1902.
  6. The Hour-Glass. Play. First version: Prose. Written 1902 (With Lady Gregory) . Published 1914. Produced Dublin, Molesworth Hall, March 14, 1903. Second version: Verse. Written 1903. Published 1913. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, 1912.
  7. The King's Threshold. Play. Written 1903. Published 1904 (With Lady Gregory) . Produced Dublin, Molesworth Hall, March 14, 1903.
  8. On Baile's Strand (1904)
  9. King Oedipus. Play. Written ca. 1905 (With Lady Gregory). Published 1928. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, December 7, 1926. Adaptation of Sophocles's Oedipus the King.
  10. The Shadowy Water. Play. Written 1894-1906. Published 1900. Produced Dublin, Molesworth Hall, January 14, 1904. Revised version: Published 1907. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, December 8, 1906.
  11. Deirdre. Play. Written 1904-1907 (With Lady Gregory). Published 1907. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, November 24, 1906.
  12. The Golden Helmet. Prose play. Written 1907. Published 1908. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, March 19, 1908.
  13. The Unicorn from the Stars. Play. Written 1907 (With Lady Gregory). Published 1908. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, November 21, 1907. Revised version of Where There Is Nothing.
  14. The Player Queen. Play. Written ca. 1908. Published 1922. Produced London, King's Hall (Stage Society), May 25, 1919.
  15. The Green Helmet. Play; verse. Written 1909. Published 1910. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, February 10, 1910. Verse version of The Golden Helmet.
  16. At the Hawk's Well. Play. Written 1916. Published 1917. Produced London, Lady Gregory's drawing room, April 2, 1916
  17. The Only Jealousy of Emer. Play. Written 1916. Published 1919. Produced Amsterdam, 1922.
  18. The Dreaming of the Bones. Play. Written 1917. Published 1919. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, 1931.
  19. The Cat and the Moon. Play. Written 1917? Published 1924. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, 1926(?); September 21, 1931.
  20. Calvary. Play. Written 1920? Published 1921.
  21. The Resurrection. Play. Written 1927. Published 1927. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, July 30, 1934.
  22. Oedipus at Colonus. Play. (Adaptation). Written 1927. Published 1934. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, September 12, 1927. Based on Sophodes's play of the same name.
  23. Fighting the Waves. Play. Written 1927. Published 1934. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, August 13, 1929.
  24. The Words upon the Window-Pane. Play. Written 1930. Published 1934. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, November 17, 1930.
  25. The King of the Great Clock Tower. Play. First version: Prose. Written 1933. Published 1934. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, July 30, 1934. Second version: Verse. Written 1934. Published 1935.
  26. A Full Moon in March. Play. Written 1934. Published 1935.
  27. The Herne's Egg. Play. Written 1937. Published 1938.
  28. Purgatory. Play. Written 1938. Published 1939. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, August 10, 1938.
  29. The Death of Cuchulain. Play. Written 1938. Published 1939. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, 1949.

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