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Lady Gregory: a Galway Life
Written by Phil Mason performed by Maura Judges A MauraJay/Irish Theatre production 20-21 October @ 7.30pm Bread & Roses Theatre, 68 Clapham Manor Street SW4 6DZ. £12/£10 Bookings via www.breadandrosestheatre.co.uk info@breadandrosestheatre.co.uk 22-26 October @ 7.30pm Hen & Chickens Theatre, 109 St Paul's Road, Highbury N1 2NA £15/£12 (inc £1.50 membership) Bookings via www.unrestrictedview.com https://www.unrestrictedview.co.uk/lady-gregory/ |
Lady Augusta Gregory (15th March 1852 – 22nd May 1932) was born into an Anglo-Irish, land-owning family. Despite her English aristocratic background she became very interested in Irish politics, Irish culture and the social conditions of life for the workers on the family estate. Her interest in Irish folklore brought her into contact with writers such as JM Synge, GB Shaw and Sean O’Casey. She also numbered WB Yeats among her close friends and it was with him that she had the idea of forming a National Theatre for Ireland. In Phil Mason’s play we find Lady Gregory looking back on her life and the friends she has made. Maura Judges sensitively portrays this rich and varied life.
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