Yeats on Theatre

W. B. Yeats Is Recognised Globally As One Of The Most Significant Poets Of The Past Century. And Yet In His Nobel Address He Singled Out His Work In The Theatre As His Main Accomplishment. Yeats On Theatre Restores Yeats Not Only A Playwright But As A Writer And Thinker Who Over Forty Years Produced A Body Of Theory Covering All Aspects Of Theatre Including The Possibilities Of Performance Space The Role Of The Audience And The Nature Of Tragedy. When Read As Whole In Conjunction With His Plays Letters And Extensive Manuscript Materials Yeats''S Theatre Writings Emerge As A Radical Cohesive Theatrical Aesthetic At Odds With And In Advance Of The Theatre Of His Time. Ultimately The Yeats Who Takes Shape In Yeats On Theatre Is An Artist Who Thinks Through Theatre Providing Us With An Urgently Needed Reassertion Of The Value Of Theatre As Embodied Thought.