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A WOMAN’S BEAUTY

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‘ The Only Jealousy of Emer ’
One of ' Four Plays for Dancers ' by W. B. Yeats
‘ While writing these plays, intended for some fifty people in a drawing-room or a studio. I have so rejoiced in my freedom from the stupidity of an ordinary audience that I have filled The Only Jealousy of Emer wirh convictions about the nature and history of a woman's beauty.....' W. B. Yeats
Singer, René Soames with music tor flute, harp, percussion, and singer composed and directed by Humphrey Searle
This play will be followed by related thought, on the same subject, drawn from Yeats' poems
Produced by W. R. Rodgers

Contributors

Unknown:
W. B. Yeats
Singer:
René Soames
Directed By:
Humphrey Searle
Produced By:
W. R. Rodgers
Emer:
Eve Watkinson
Eithne Inguba:
Eithne Dunne
Figure of Cuchutain:
Tony Qtiinn
Woman of the Sidhe:
Edevain Park
Ghost of Cuchulain and Cuchulain:
Harry Hutchinson
Narrator:
Michael Godley

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