Augusta, Lady Gregory
Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (''née''
Persse; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) was an Irish
dramatist,
folklorist and theatre manager. With
William Butler Yeats and
Edward Martyn, she co-founded the
Irish Literary Theatre and the
Abbey Theatre, and wrote numerous short works for both companies. Lady Gregory produced a number of books of retellings of stories taken from
Irish mythology. Born into a class that identified closely with British rule, she turned against it. Her conversion to cultural nationalism, as evidenced by her writings, was emblematic of many of the political struggles to occur in Ireland during her lifetime.
Lady Gregory is mainly remembered for her work behind the
Irish Literary Revival. Her home at
Coole Park in
County Galway served as an important meeting place for leading Revival figures, and her early work as a member of the board of the Abbey was at least as important as her creative writings for that theatre's development. Lady Gregory's motto was taken from
Aristotle: "To think like a wise man, but to express oneself like the common people.".
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