The Resurrection (play)

The Resurrection is a short play by William Butler Yeats depicting a discussion among three men ("The Greek" or "The Egyptian," "The Hebrew," and "The Syrian") who are among the first to meet the resurrected Christ.

Yeats began writing the play in 1925 or 1926, and it was first published in The Adelphi in 1927.^[1] It was first performed in the summer of 1934 at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.^[2]

References

1. ^ Jeffares, Alexander Norman; A. S. Knowland (1975). A commentary on the collected plays of W. B. Yeats. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0804708754. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QeWeAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA194. 
2. ^ Welch, Robert (2003). The Abbey Theatre, 1899-1999: form and pressure. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199261350. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=64kGuhailksC&pg=PA117.