Author: [Monsell, Elinor Mary]. (Yeats, W. B.; Lady Gregory; Robinson, Lennox).
Title: Abbey Theatre Co. The Round Table: A Comic Tragedy in Three Acts by Lennox Robinson. The Workhouse Ward: A Comedy in One Act, by Lady Gregory. (Program).
Description: Dublin, Ireland: Abbey Theatre Co. 1922. 1922. - Octavo, pictorial gray wraps with a cover illustration after a woodcut by Elinor Mary Monsell & with ads printed on the rear wrap & inside wraps. The edges of the wraps are lightly creased & slightly darkened with a tiny chip to each front edge. There is a small area of light soiling to the rear wrap. [4] page plus the wrappers. There is a light vertical crease to each page & each wrap where the program has been folded. A very good, very attractive copy.

The program for the Abbey Theatre's premiere production of "The Round Table" by Lennox Robinson, directed by the author. The production opened on January 31, 1922 and played for six performances, ending on February 4, 1922. Also performed was Lady Gregory's one-act comedy "The Workhouse Ward". W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory are listed as the directors of the theatre. The program's cover illustration by Elinor Mary Monsell is a woodcut design depicting Queen Maeve holding a bow and arrow with a hunting dog on a leash.

The ads include "Meinel & Hofmann" violin makers, "Kennedy's Bread", "Golden Vale Dairy" and "Indian Motor Cycle Experts". Very good.

Keywords: THEATRE; IRISH THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; ABBEY THEATRE; W. B. YEATS; LADY GREGORY; 1922 PROGRAM; PLAYWRIGHT; LENNOX ROBINSON; THE ROUND TABLE; THE WORKHOUSE WARD; WOODCUT; ELINOR MARY MONSELL; LADY MAEVE; ADS; MEINEL & HOFMANN VIOLIN MAKERS; KENNEDY

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