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Lady Gregory
Outside the Abbey of Mellifont, Near Drogheda. Time 1193.
Dervorgilla betrays her husband, O'Rourke of Breffney, by going off to live with Diarmaid MacMorrough. It is Diarmaid, in turn, whose actions bring the Normans into the country and change the course of Irish history forever.
Plays General
One Act
5
4
9
02 October 1907
Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Selected Plays of Lady Gregory
1993
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Irish Folk History Plays Vol. 2/ by Lady Gregory
1912
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The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.
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