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#OTD in 1932 – Death of Augusta Persse, better known as Lady Augusta Gregory, Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre director; also a co-founder of the Abbey Theatre.
#OTD in 1932 – Death of Augusta Persse, better known as Lady Augusta Gregory, Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre director; also a co-founder of the Abbey Theatre.
Lady Gregory was an Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre director; also a co-founder of the Abbey Theatre.
George Bernard Shaw once described Lady Augusta Gregory as “the greatest living Irishwoman”.
Lady Gregory, also known as Isabella Augusta, was born on 15 March 1852, in Roxborough, Co Galway. She married Sir William Henry Gregory in 1880. Sir Gregory owned an estate at Coole Park near…
On This Day in 1898 • 5 January • Federico García Lorca
On This Day in 1898 • 5 January • Federico García Lorca
5th January
ON THIS DAY
Federico García Lorca with his sister Isabel in Granada in 1914
On this day in 1898 the Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca whose works included The House of Bernarda Alba, Blood Wedding and Yerma was born just outside Granada.
In 1936 he was arrested and killed. Confirmation that the assasination was ordered by the military forces came in 2015 with an article in The…
