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An Chomhairle Ealaíon Playography In English

Daoine

Ninette de Valois

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Aisteoir

Teideal an Dráma Drámadóir
Fighting the Waves William Butler Yeats
The King of the Great Clock Tower William Butler Yeats

Choreographer

Teideal an Dráma Drámadóir
Fighting the Waves William Butler Yeats
In this dance play I have brought together 'The Only Jealousy of Emer' and another Irish story. At the opening Cuchulain is shown fighting the waves in a frenzy of grief for he has killed his son. Then we see him lying in a bed, a seemingly drowned man, attended by his wife Emer and another. He is not dead but entranced. The Goddess Fand who loves him comes seeking to entice him away; she is defeated by the love of Emer and Cuchulain awakes. The play closes with Fand's dance among the waves, the waves of her despair. W.B.Y.