Behind the Scenes presents the story of Dublin's famous Abbey Theatre and its major creative personalities: W. B. Yeats, Annie Horniman, J. M. Synge, and Lady Gregory. Part history, part sociology, part biography, Frazier's work recreates the forces that shaped the Abbey stage, forces that involved the spirited participation of actors, audiences, press, and financiers as well as of the famous poet-playwright who was its co-director. His book unfolds an entertaining and suspenseful tale, centered on the undeniably ...
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Behind the Scenes presents the story of Dublin's famous Abbey Theatre and its major creative personalities: W. B. Yeats, Annie Horniman, J. M. Synge, and Lady Gregory. Part history, part sociology, part biography, Frazier's work recreates the forces that shaped the Abbey stage, forces that involved the spirited participation of actors, audiences, press, and financiers as well as of the famous poet-playwright who was its co-director. His book unfolds an entertaining and suspenseful tale, centered on the undeniably autocratic personality of W.B. Yeats and with the political struggles of Ireland as a backdrop.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition, 1990. Hardcover in dust jacket, 258 pp., clean unmarked text, Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0520065492. Nearly new in like DJ. Now protected in a mylar jacket. Yeats, Horniman and the Struggle for the Abbey Theatre.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 258 pages.
