Charlotte
Moore
and
Ciarán
O'Reilly, Directors
This month-long festival will present all 26 plays
written by William Butler Yeats performed in
repertory over 26 days.
In association with the W.B. Yeats Society of New
York, The Irish American Historical Society,
Glucksman Ireland House, and the Consulate General
of Ireland New York,
the festival also includes special evenings of
dance, poetry, films, lectures, and more, with some
very special guests.
Eight of the plays will receive fully mounted
productions on the Mainstage of the Theatre, split
into
Cycle A
and
Cycle B.
The remaining 18 plays will receive Concert Readings
in the downstairs Studio Theatre.
The fully mounted plays included in
Cycle A
are:
The
Countess Cathleen, The Cat And The Moon,
and
On Baile's
Strand.
The fully mounted plays included in
Cycle B
are:
The Land
of Heart's Desire, The Pot of Broth, Purgatory, A
Full Moon In March and
Cathleen
Ni Houlihan.
The remaining plays receiving Concert Readings,
directed by
George C.
Heslin, are:
At the
Hawk's Well, Calvary, Deirdre, The Hour Glass, The
King's Threshold, The Resurrection,
The Shadowy Waters, The Words Upon the Window Pane,
The Green Helmet, The Only Jealousy of Emer, The
Unicorn from the Stars, The Player Queen, The
Dreaming of the Bones,
Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus, Sophocles' Oedipus
Rex, The King of the Great Clock Tower, The Herne's
Egg,
and
The Death
of Cuchulain.
Visit
www.irishrep.org
for a complete schedule of events
or call 212-727-2737.
The Irish Repertory Theatre • 132 West 22nd
Street • New York, NY 10011
This festival is underwritten in part by American
Express.