The Splendid Years: The Memoirs of an Abbey Actress and 1916 Rebel

by Edward Kenny, Maire Nic Shuibhlaigh, David Kenny

Maire Nic Shiubhlaigh was a founder actress of the Abbey Theatre and its first leading lady on its opening in 1904, when she played the title role in W. B. Yeats's Kathleen Ni Houlihan. On that night, five members of her family were acting and working in the theatre. Her beauty and talent captivated audiences and critics at home and abroad. Portrait artists queued up to paint her. Revolutionaries and poets wrote plays for her. The Pearse brothers,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184840509X
• ISBN13: 9781848405097
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: New Island Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.4"