Tuesday, May 15, 2001

A Dramatic Poem Comments

Rating: 2.8

The deck of an ancient ship. At the right of the stage is the mast, with a large square sail hiding a great deal of the sky and sea on that side. The tiller is at the left of the stage; it is a long oar coming through an opening in the bulwark.
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Fabrizio Frosini 23 February 2018

(1) ''The Shadowy Waters'', which was first published in 1906 **, was the result of much reshaping of a work that Yeats began as a boy, possibly as early as 1885. [springer.com]

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Fabrizio Frosini 23 February 2018

(2) ** nothing appeared in print until 1900. Still basically a poem in dramatic form, it was performed by the Irish National Theatre Society at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, on 4 January 1904. The play was then completely rewritten and a new version published in 1906. Still dissatisfied, Yeats reshaped the play for a performance at the Abbey Theatre on 8 December 1906, and this, the Acting Version, was published separately in 1907.

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Cúcídh Mac Cuagh 04 April 2010

This isn't a poem. This is a play called 'The Shadowy Waters'; started in the late 1880s and not complete until 1907.

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Fabrizio Frosini 23 February 2018

- yes, it's right .

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