OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  William Butler Yeats 

• Notes

  This play was later rewritten in Ballad Metre by Yeats and presented under the title The Green Helmet, at the Abbey Theatre on the 10th February 1910.

• Synopsis

  A bitter argument arises between a band warriors over ownership of a golden helmet. Cuchulain offers his life for the helmet and is thus ultimately deemed most worthy of it.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  12

• Female

  3

• Total

  15

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  13 March 1908

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

Source Of Information

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.