Purgatory

Name: Purgatory
Author: W.B. Yeats

by W.B. Yeats

Haunted house holds a man's sinful past through transgenerational curse

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W.B. Yeats

Co-founder of the Abbey Theatre and its animating spirit, Yeats developed a symbolist, ritualistic drama influenced by Japanese Noh and Celtic mythology. His plays extend his poetry's visionary universe into theatrical form.

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