Yeats began his career by writting a series of plays in his teens, and finished his last play, "The Death of Cuchulain" shortly before his death at the age of 73. Yeats was a man of the theatre just as much as a lyric poet, managing Dublin's famous Abbey Theatre for many years. With an introduction and notes on each play, Professor Jeffares has selected a total of 12 plays which range from the patriotic "Cathleen ni Hoolihan", the mixture of farce and symbolism in "The Player Queen" and the realistic "The Words Upon the Window-Pane" and the wild fantasy "The Herne's Egg".
- ISBN10 0333053753
- ISBN13 9780333053751
- Publish Date 11 July 1991 (first published 11 October 1974)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 July 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Papermac
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 272
- Language English