![]() Finding the perfect metaphor for a necessary balm, he spotted an empty bird’s nest and ‘began to smell honey in places where honey could not be’. Locked in his tower amid the violence and uncertainty of civil war, Yeats felt ‘an overmastering desire not to grow unhappy or embittered, not to lose all sense of the beauty of nature’. For example, ‘The Stare’s Nest by my Window’ is informed by the circumstances in which it was written. By focusing on Yeats’s most memorable lines of poetry, Joseph Hassett reveals new ways of enjoying a body of work that speaks to the twenty-first century. Yeats believed that lyrics can ‘take on a second beauty, passing as it were out of literature and becoming life’. Yeats Now: Echoing Into Life, by Joseph M Hassett Donations of $10 per viewer are suggested for those who can afford to give. This event is free and is available to the public on the Irish Rep YouTube channel and below. ![]() Pertinent poems by Yeats read by Obi Abili, Terry Donnelly, Colin McPhillamy, and Sarah Street intertwine the discussion, along with presentations of photographs and artwork that have inspired and informed both books. The authors discuss the relevance of Yeats in the 21 st Century and the impact of his complex relationship with Irish activist Maud Gonne, who continues to intrigue almost 70 years after her death. In this one-night-only live online discussion about the lives and legacies of William Butler Yeats and Maud Gonne, biographers Joseph Hassett and Kim Bendheim discuss their new books about Yeats and Gonne, respectively, with Irish Rep company member and Yeats scholar, Rufus Collins. Scéalta Grá na hÉireann W.B.Yeats and Maud Gonne is on Wednesday 10th February 10th at 8.30pm.A conversation with authors Kim Bendheim and Joseph Hassettįeaturing readings by Obi Abili, Terry Donnelly, Colin McPhillamy, and Sarah Street The documentary features contributions from the poet Rita Kelly and historian Helene O'Keeffe. Ms White said therer was no love lost between Gonne and her ex-husband but the description was “unnecessarily nasty” and caused a lot of upset. Ms White said Maud Gonne was very upset about Yeats’s description of McBride in his poem Easter 1916 as as “drunken vainglorious lout, He had done most bitter wrong. "It was just one of the many social justice campaigns she was involved in fighting evictions in Donegal, supporting the rights of political prisoners, and fighting for a basic income to combat 'poverty amidst plenty'." " For instance, do you know what she and Marcus Rashford have in common? More than 100 years ago she campaigned for free school meals for Irish children," Ms White said. ![]() She maintained the focus on her great-grandmother’s relations with famous men is understandable, but there was much more to her life than that. They say men are very visual,” Ms White added. ![]() “The familiar images came to life in a way that allowed me to relate to her beauty for the first time, and perhaps, understand Yeats obsession a little more. She said she was "very moved" by the newly colorised photographs that director-producer Derek Nagle used in the documentary. Maud Gonne’s son Georges, who died aged two. The photographs for Scéalta Grá na hÉireann W.B.Yeats and Maud Gonne on TG4 were supplied by Maud Gonne's great-granddaughter Iseult White. In Yeats’ poem ‘No Second Troy’, Yeats criticises Gonne for her activism and compares her to Helen of Troy, a beauty so powerful and dangerous that she caused the destruction of cities. MacBride was later executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising. Yeats disapproved of her belief in violent methods in the promotion of the nationalist cause and was horrified and heartbroken when she married the nationalist rebel, Major John MacBride. The world should thank me for not marrying you”. Yeats proposed marriage at least four times but Gonne refused him on every occasion, stating once, “.you make beautiful poetry out of what you call your unhappiness and are happy in that. An undated photograph of Maud Gonne taken in her apartment in Paris.
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