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Purgatory

A Play in One Act

OVERVIEW

Playwright

William Butler Yeats
Synopsis

Set in the ruins of a great house, this is a harrowing tale in which an old man kills his son in order to tyr to end a cycle of violence and violation.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

One Act

Cast size

Male

2
Total

2

Original Production

Date of First Production

10 August 1938
Producer

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Original Venue

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Original Cast
Old Man	Michael J. Dolan
Boy	Liam Redmond

Production Team
Settings by	Anne Yeats
Production by	Hugh Hunt

Published Scripts

Title

Purgatory: manuscript materials including the author's final text / edited by Sandra F. Siegel
Year

1986
Published By

Cornell University Press
Address

Box 6525, 750 Cascadilla Street
Ithaca, NY 14851-6525
USA
Email

cupressinfo@cornell.edu
Website

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/
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Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

All Rights
Contact

A.P. Watt Ltd.
Address

20 John Street
London WC1N 2DR
England
Phone

+ 44 (0)20 7405 6774
Email

apw@apwatt.co.uk
Website

www.apwatt.co.uk

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.