Category: Literature

Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “The Cenci”

I came across this obscure play while reading The Dancing Faun by Florence Farr. Florence Farr was an actress closely associated with William Butler Yeats and George Bernard Shaw. In the novel, the actress practices…

The Dancing Faun Review

The Dancing Faun by Florence Farr is a short novel, almost a novelette, originally published in 1894. Florence Farr was a London actress who associated with William Butler Yeats. I found a 2006 paperback reprint…

More Yeats Books

I have bought a few more books to study the work of William Butler Yeats. Our Secret Discipline Helen Vendler ISBN: 9780674026957 The Cambridge Introduction to W. B. Yeats David Holdeman ISBN: 9780521547376 The Cambridge…

William Butler Yeats

I am now studying the work of William Butler Yeats. I began to read his plays and a book on his work as a dramatist before my trip to Dublin. Currently I am reading the…

Theater As A Meritocracy

The very concept of merit is increasing under attack as Social Justice Warriors argue that the myth of a meritocracy is used to justify a history of exclusion and elitism. Considering that theater is an…

Carnage Film Review and Analysis

Last evening I saw the film Carnage on DVD. The film is based on the play God Of Carnage by French playwright Yasmina Reza so it is relevant to theater. The play has only four…