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    The Green Helmet
    The Green Helmet
    The Green Helmet
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    The Green Helmet

    By W. B. Yeats

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    William Butler Yeats was born near Dublin in 1865, and was encouraged from a young age to pursue a life in the arts. He attended art school for a short while, but soon found that his talents and interest lay in poetry rather than painting. Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923, Yeats produced a vast collection of stories, songs, and poetry of Ireland's historical and legendary past. These writings helped secure the writer recognition as a leading proponent of Irish nationalism and Irish cultural independence. Yeats produced a series of plays based on the legendary Irish hero Cuchulain, a tale that dates from the ninth or tenth century. "The Green Helmet" describes Cuchulain's return from battle, when he discovers that a friend has become indebted to the Red man for a very unusual item, a head. Written in the Noh tradition, this dramatic play marks a period of significant literary and political change for Yeats.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigireads.com Publishing
    Release dateJan 1, 2011
    ISBN9781420942279
    The Green Helmet
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    W. B. Yeats

    William Butler Yeats is widely regarded as one of the finest English language poets. His eclectic output frequently draws on his chief passions for the occult and the history of his homeland. The poetry, while often mystical and romantic, can also be gritty, realistic and frequently political. Yeats was also a major playwright and founded the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s national theatre. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.

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      The Green Helmet - W. B. Yeats

      THE GREEN HELMET

      An Heroic Farce

      A Digireads.com Book

      Digireads.com Publishing

      Print ISBN 13: 978-1-4209-4163-0

      Ebook ISBN 13: 978-1-4209-4227-9

      This edition copyright © 2011

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      CONTENTS

      THE PERSONS IN THE PLAY

      THE GREEN HELMET

      THE PERSONS IN THE PLAY

      Laegaire

      Laegaire's Wife

      Conall

      Conall's Wife

      Cuchulain

      Laeg, Cuchulain's chariot-driver

      Emer

      Red Man, a Spirit

      Horse Boys and Scullions

      Black Men, etc.

      THE GREEN HELMET

      A house made of logs. There are two windows at the back and a door which cuts off one of the corners of the room. Through the door one can see low rocks which make the ground outside higher than it is within, and beyond the rocks a misty moon-lit sea. Through the windows one can see nothing but the sea. There is a great chair at the opposite side to the door, and in front of it a table with cups and a flagon of ale. Here and there are stools.

      At the Abbey Theatre the house is orange red and the chairs and tables and flagons black, with a slight purple tinge which is not clearly distinguishable from the black. The rocks are black with a few green touches. The sea is green and luminous, and all the characters except the Red Man and the Black Men are dressed in various shades of

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