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Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory ( née Persse; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) [1] was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, and wrote numerous short works for both companies.
Augusta, Lady Gregory was an Irish writer and playwright who, by her translations of Irish legends, her peasant comedies and fantasies based on folklore, and her work for the Abbey Theatre, played a considerable part in the late 19th-century Irish literary renascence.
Lady Gregory was born Augusta Persse at her family's Co. Galway Big House, Roxborough, in 1852. In 1880, she married Sir William Gregory of Coole Park outside Gort, Co. Galway; he was (like her own family) Unionist in politics, and his record during the Famine was rather disturbing.
May 20, 2020 · From plays to co-founding the Abbey, Lady Gregory had a profound influence on Irish literature and culture
Gregory, (Isabella) Augusta (1852–1932), Lady Gregory, writer, folklorist and patron of the arts, was born Isabella Augusta Persse at Roxborough House, Co. Galway, on 15 March 1852. She was the ninth of thirteen children (eight boys and five girls) of Dudley Persse and his second wife Frances (née Barry).
Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory, née Isabella Augusta Persse, most commonly known as Lady Gregory, was an Irish writer, a playwright, and a translator. Her commitment to works in the Irish language was vital to the Irish literary revival of the late 1800s.
Mar 8, 2023 · Lady Augusta Gregory (1852-1932) is one of Ireland’s most important literary figures, her influence and legacy still very much evident today. And yet people are mostly only aware of her...
Mar 10, 2020 · Lady Gregory, unsung hero of the Irish Literary Revival. As a folklorist, playwright and theatre manager, she had a profound influence on modern Irish literature. Mar 10th 2020. By E.P. | NEW...
Gregory, Augusta (1852–1932) Irish patron, author, playwright, and folklorist who co-founded the Abbey Theater in Dublin. Name variations: Lady Gregory. Born Isabella Augusta Persseon March 15, 1852, at Roxborough, County Galway, Ireland; died at Coole Park, County Galway, Ireland, on May 23, 1932; daughter of Dudley Persse (a landowner) and ...
Having openly professed a supportive and practical role as patron and hostess to Yeats during their long friendship, Lady Gregory has almost invariably been regarded primarily as acolyte to his dominant creative presence.
