InspiredbyIrishfolklore,firstpublishedin1892,firstperformedin1899.Thesorrowfularedumbforthee--LamentofMorionShehoneforMissMaryBourkeOriginallypublishedin1892,TheCountessCathleenarousedfiercecontroversywhenitwasfirstperformedin1899.Theplaywasfrequentlyrevivedandalmostasoftenrevised,becomingatvariouspointsinYeats’scareeradecisiveindicatorofhisrelationswithhisliteraryandtheatricalpublic,ofhischangingconceptionofdramaticform,andofthestatusofhispursuitofMaudGonne,forwhomtheplaywaswritten.ThisvolumeintheCornellYeatsreproducesthecompletesetofextantmanuscriptsprecedingtheplay’sfirstpublicationandreassemblestheextensivemanuscript,proof,andauthorialcopytopresentacrucialbodyofevidenceofYeats’sworkandthoughtindramaandtheateroverthecourseofthreedecades.

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