Beltaine (Routledge Revivals) The Organ of the Irish Literary Theatre Routledge Revivals Series

First published in 1970, this book is a faithful representation of the original edition of Beltaine a literary magazine edited by W. B. Yeats from May 1899 to April 1900. Beltaine was the first of several magazines of the Irish Literary Theatre (later to become The Abbey Theatre) in which Yeats?s editorial role was of utmost importance. It was an occasional publication and focused on promoting current works of Irish playwrights whilst challenging those of their English opponents.

The magazine mainly consists of a series of essays on the theatre in Dublin, and supplementing these are explanations and discussions of new plays, excerpts from which are often included. This book will be of interest to those with an interest in Yeats, early nineteenth-century literature, and Irish theatre.

Number One 1. Programme 2. List of guarantors 3. Prologue 4. Plans and Methods 5. The Countess Cathleen 6. The Heather Field 7. Two Lyrics from the Countess Cathleen 8. The Scandinavian Dramatist 9. The Theatre Number Two 10. Plans and Methods 11. Is the Theatre a Place of Amusement? 12. A Comparison between English and Irish Theatrical Audiences 13. Maive; And Certain Irish Beliefs 14. The Last Feast of the Fianna 15. The Irish Literary Theatre, 1900 16. Last Year Number Three 17. The Last Feast of the Fianna 18. Maive 19. The Bending of the Bough