The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays

Lady Gregory, born Isabella Augusta Persse (1852–1932), was a pivotal figure in the Irish literary revival and a co-founder of the Abbey Theatre. Born into an Anglo-Irish family at Roxborough, County Galway, she married Sir William Henry Gregory, a widower with a son, who shared her love for the arts. Widowed in 1892, Lady Gregory turned to the study of Irish folklore and culture, becoming a patro...