The Dragon

by Lady Gregory

Original blue cloth with paper label and date on title page. P/o name on ffep; label lightly sunned, edge-chipped. Else a near fine copy.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Irish playwright Lady Isabella Augusta Persse Gregory wrote a number of short plays, including Spreading the News (1904) for the Abbey theater, which she founded and directed from 1904 to 1928.

This Irish dramatist and folklorist with William Butler Yeats and other persons co-founded the Irish literary theatre and wrote numerous short works for both companies. Lady Gregory produced a number of books retelling stories taken from Irish mythology.

Reviews

[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was fantastic. Laugh out loud funny. Lady Gregory makes great use of Irish fairy-tale tropes to make a clever, fun story, but manages not to belittle the history and belief in the process. So good.