{"id":198,"date":"2013-11-25T18:13:50","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T18:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2013-12-11T16:21:59","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T16:21:59","slug":"lady-gregory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/sample-page\/lady-gregory\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Gregory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Isabella Augusta (Lady Gregory) was and Irish dramatist and theater manager.\u00a0 With W.B. Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, and wrote numerous short works for both companies.\u00a0 She was a major contributor to the Irish Literary Revival.<br \/>\nShe died from breast cancer at the age of 80, and her plays fell out of favour after her death and are now rarely performed.Many of the diaries and journals she kept for most of her adult life have been published, providing a rich source of information on Irish literary history during the first three decades of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p><em>Notable works in ARB\u2019s collection:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0My First Play (1930), Special edition (no. 431 of 530)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>For more works by Lady Gregory, click <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/uclid.uc.edu\/search\/X?SEARCH=%28lady%20gregory%29&amp;searchscope=39&amp;SORT=D&amp;b=buar\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/12\/Lady-gregory-my-first-play-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-354\" alt=\"Lady gregory-my first play cover\" src=\"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/12\/Lady-gregory-my-first-play-cover-663x1024.jpg\" width=\"398\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/12\/Lady-gregory-my-first-play-cover-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/12\/Lady-gregory-my-first-play-cover-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/12\/Lady-gregory-my-first-play-cover.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/12\/Lady-Gregory-My-first-play.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-355\" alt=\"Lady Gregory-My first play\" src=\"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/12\/Lady-Gregory-My-first-play-673x1024.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/12\/Lady-Gregory-My-first-play-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/12\/Lady-Gregory-My-first-play-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/12\/Lady-Gregory-My-first-play.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isabella Augusta (Lady Gregory) was and Irish dramatist and theater manager.\u00a0 With W.B. 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