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Purgatory

A Play in One Act

Forbhreathnú

Drámadóir

William Butler Yeats
Achoimre

Set in the ruins of a great house, this is a harrowing tale in which an old man kills his son in order to tyr to end a cycle of violence and violation.
Cinéal Dráma

Drámaí Ginearálta

Líon na Míreanna

Aon-ghníomh

Cast size

Male

2
Total

2

Céad Léiriú

Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

10 August 1938
Leiriú

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe
Old Man	Michael J. Dolan
Boy	Liam Redmond

Foireann Léirithe
	Anne Yeats
	Hugh Hunt

Scripteanna Foilsithe

Teideal

Purgatory: manuscript materials including the author's final text / edited by Sandra F. Siegel
Bliain

1986
Foilsithe ag

Cornell University Press
Seoladh

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Suíomh Idirlín

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Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.