Lady Gregory plays

[sanfran]

Does anyone know the name of a play by Augusta Gregory which features a mother leaving her child alone and coming back to find an old woman playing with it. The old woman turns out to be some sort of mythical woman I think....

[kettledrum]

I wonder if this is Cathleen ni Houlihan - a one-act play written by W B Yeats in collaboration with Lady Gregory. The story line doesn't sound quite right, but almost certainly the mythical old woman is Kathleen ni Houlihan - often used to represent Ireland.

[sanfran]

You're right, it's very similar to Cathleen ni Houlihan - that's what I want to compare it to actually! Can you remember any others?

[sanfran]

Oops, I didn't say that the play still isn't Cathleen ni Houlihan...

[sanfran]

I seem to be talking to myself! But for anyone who's interested, I think the play is 'The Travelling Man'... so actually, maybe less of the old lady!

[kettledrum]

I'm glad you got what you were looking for, Sanfran....with no help from the rest of us. I'm afraid I'm not at all familiar with The Travelling Man: how clever of you to find it.