Men of Destiny By Jack B. Yeats in 1946. Funny how the man I presume is considered Ireland’s best known artist is far, far less known than his own brother, W.B. Yeats, to the point actually that there could never be any doubt as to who is meant by “Yeats” if ever mentioned but unspecified. Actually that brings to mind the video below of the dramatist Sean O’ Casey reminiscing about Yeats and a famous episode in Irish literary and social history, when there was uproar in the Abbey Theatre during the performance of O Casey’s play, The Plough and the Stars. This first couple of minutes with that anecdote is pure gold dust from that world.
No comments:
Post a Comment