Inspired by Irish folklore, first performed in 1899.
"The sorrowful are dumb for thee"
--Lament of Morion Shehone for Miss Mary Bourke
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Dramatis Personae
SHEMUS RUA, A Peasant
MARY, His Wife
TEIG, His Son
ALEEL, A Poet
THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN
OONA, Her Foster Mother
Two Demons disguised as Merchants
Peasants, Servants, Angelical Beings, Spirits
The Scene is laid in Ireland and in old times.