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Augusta, Lady Gregory
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Irish playwright, poet, folklorist (1852-1932)
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Augusta, Lady Gregory, born Isabella Augusta Persse, was an Irish poet, playwright, translator, and linguist. She was born in Loughrea in 1852 and died of cancer at Coole Park in 1932. Her citizenship included both the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Gregory was married to William Henry Gregory and wrote in the English language.
Her literary career began in 1903, with a focus on poetry. Among her notable works are *The rising of the moon*, *Spreading the news*, *Plays in prose and verse*, *On the racecourse*, and *The workhouse ward*. She is recorded as the author of 246 works.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 15 March 1852
- Died
- 22 May 1932
- Works
- 246
Top works
- The rising of the moon
- Spreading the news
- Plays in prose and verse
- On the racecourse
- The workhouse ward
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
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- Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines
· 1953 · cited 29,950x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
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Key facts
- Born
- Isabella Augusta Persse , ( 1852-03-15 ) 15 March 1852, Roxborough, County Galway , Ireland
- Died
- 22 May 1932 (1932-05-22) (aged 80), Galway , County Galway, Ireland
- Resting place
- New Cemetery, Bohermore , County Galway
- Occupations
- Dramatist folklorist theatre manager
- Years active
- 1882–1932
- Known for
- Co-founder of the Abbey Theatre collection of folklore playwright
- Notable work
- Irish Literary Revival
- Spouse
- Sir William Henry Gregory ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1880 ; died 1892 )
- Children
- Robert
- Relatives
- Sir Hugh Lane (nephew)
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Encyclopedic overview
Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (née Persse; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) 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. Lady Gregory produced a number of books of retellings of stories taken from Irish mythology. Born into a class that identified closely with British rule, she turned against it. Her conversion to cultural nationalism, as evidenced by her writings, was emblematic of many of the political struggles that occurred in Ireland during her lifetime.
Lady Gregory is mainly remembered for her work behind the Irish Literary Revival. Her home at Coole Park in County Galway served as an important meeting place for leading Revival figures, and her early work as a member of the board of the Abbey was at least as important as her creative writings for that theatre's development. Lady Gregory's motto was taken from Aristotle: "To think like a wise man, but to express oneself like the common people."
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