Lady Gregory and Irish National Theatre

Eglantina Remport is Senior Lecturer in the School of English and American Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, where she teaches modern Irish literature, Victorian literature, and Modernist literature. She holds a Ph.D. from the School of English, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. “My Education:” Sir William Gregory, the Grand Tours, and the Visual Arts.- 3. “The ‘whorl’ of Troy:” Celtic Mythology, Victorian Hellenism, and the Irish Literary Revival.- 4. “Ní neart go cur le chéile:” Education, Social Reform, and the Abbey Theatre.- 5. “See a play as a picture:” the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the Sister Arts, and the Irish Plays.- 6. The Light of the World: Christianity, Cultural Politics, and Constitutional Reform.- 7. Conclusion.