Gregory,Lady Isabella Augusta Persse

Gregory,Lady Isabella Augusta Persse
Gregory, Lady Isabella Augusta Persse. 1852-1932.
Irish playwright. She was a founder (1899) and director (1904-1932) of the Abbey Theatre, for which she wrote a number of short plays, including Spreading the News (1904).

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  • Isabella Augusta Gregory — 1913 Lady Isabelle Augusta Gregory (* 5. März 1852 in Roxborough bei Loughrea; † 22. Mai 1932 im Coole Park; Geburtsname Isabelle Augusta Persse) war eine irische Dramatikerin und Folkloristin. Gemeinsam mit William Butler Yeats und anderen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Augusta — /aw gus teuh, euh gus /, n. 1. a city in E Georgia, on the Savannah River. 47,532. 2. a city in and the capital of Maine, in the SW part, on the Kennebec River. 21,819. 3. a female given name. * * * I City (pop., 2000: 18,560), capital of Maine,… …   Universalium

  • Gregory, Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory — (1852 1932)    She was born Isabella Persse, the daughter a wealthy landowner of Roxborough, County Galway, Ireland. In 1880 she married a neighbor, Sir W.H. Gregory of Coole Park former governor of Ceylon. She was widowed in 1892 and her son was …   British and Irish poets

  • Lady Gregory — Isabella Augusta Gregory 1913 Isabelle Augusta, Lady Gregory (* 5. März 1852 in Roxborough bei Loughrea; † 22. Mai 1932 im Coole Park; Geburtsname Isabelle Augusta Persse) war eine irische Dramatikerin und Folkloristin. Gemeinsam mit William Butl …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lady Gregory — Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (Roxborough, Condado de Galway, 15 de marzo de 1852 – Coole Park, Condado de Galway, 22 de mayo de 1932), de soltera Isabella Augusta Persse, fue una dramaturga anglo irlandesa y recopiladora de folclore. Con… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Gregory —   [ gregəri],    1) Caspar René, deutscher evangelischer Theologe amerikanischer Herkunft, * Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) 6. 11. 1846, ✝ bei Arras 9. 4. 1917; einer der bedeutendsten Erforscher der handschriftlichen Überlieferung des griechischen… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Gregory — Gregory1 [greg′ə rē] n. [LL Gregorius < Gr Grēgorios, lit., vigilant, hence, watchman < dial. form of egeirein, to awaken < IE base * ger , to grow, awaken] a masculine name: dim. Greg; var. Gregg; equiv. Fr. Grégoire, Ger. & Scand.… …   English World dictionary

  • Augusta, Lady Gregory — Lady Gregory pictured on the frontispiece to Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography (1913) Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932), born Isabella Augusta Persse, was an Irish dramatist and folklorist. With William… …   Wikipedia

  • Gregory, Augusta, Lady — orig. Isabella Augusta Persse born March 5, 1852, Roxborough, County Galway, Ire. died May 22, 1932, Coole Irish playwright and theatre manager, an important figure in the Irish Literary Renaissance. With William Butler Yeats, she helped found… …   Universalium

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