Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1856-1939 / 2008-06-26 00:00:00

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THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN
BY
W. B. YEATS
1912
First Edition ............................ 1892
Second Edition (in "Poems" by W. B. Yeats) 1895
Third Edition ,, ,, 1899
Fourth Edition ,, ,, 1901
Fifth Edition ,, ,, 1904
Sixth Edition ,, ,, 1908
Seventh Edition (revised) ................ 1912
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THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN
To MAUD GONNE


"The sorrowful are dumb for thee"
Lament of Morion Shehone for Miss Mary Bourke

SHEMUS RUA, A Peasant
MARY, His Wife
TEIG, His Son
ALEEL, A Poet
THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN
OONA, Her Foster Mother
Two Demons disguised as Merchants
Peasants, Servants, Angelical Beings, Spirits

The Scene is laid in Ireland and in old times.

SCENE 1
THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN
SCENE--A room with lighted fire, and a door into the open air,
through which one sees, perhaps, the trees of a wood, and these
trees should be painted in flat colour upon a gold or diapered
sky. The walls are of one colour.
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