W. B. Yeats: The Writing of Sophocles King Oedipus, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 175)

by David R. Clark

William Butler Yeats spent 24 years planning & finally producing his play "Sophocles' 'King Oedipus'" in 1928. Here, Drs. Clark & McGuire have written an extensive introduction divided into two parts: first, the years 1904 through 1911 when Yeats planned the production with various actors -- Ben Iden Payne, Murray Carson, Charles Power, & Nugent Monck; & second, from 1912 through 1926 when he actually wrote his versions. Profs. Clark & McGuire gleaned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871691752
• ISBN13: 9780871691750
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 443 Pages