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25 de fev. de 2023 · Margot Ruddock (1907-1951), also known as Margot Collis, was an English actress, poet and singer who had a relationship with W.B. Yeats. Yeats edited some of her poems, which were published in the Oxford Book of Modern Verse. She was married twice and had a son and daughter. After their affair broke down, Ruddock became mentally unstable and died in an institution. Yeats' poem "A Crazed Girl ...
11 de fev. de 2023 · Nata nel 1907, ricordata anche per la sua attività di attrice, Margot Ruddock troverà in Yeats il grande maestro che da venerato si farà amante, metterà in crisi il suo secondo matrimonio per ...
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Much struck by Ruddock's beauty, he found her very intense, a seeming ‘lost soul.’ (LMR 10 n. 2) Yeats, Ashton recalled, ‘was obviously very taken with her.’ (Id.) A first‐hand account of Yeats's emotions is preserved in the unpublished poem, ‘Margot,’ that he sent to Ruddock in November 1934.
William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland on June 13, 1865. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and others, founded the Abbey Theatre, where he served as its chief playwright until the movement was joined by John Synge. Yeats' plays included The Countess Cathleen, The Land ...
A production of The Player Queen (first perf 1919) was planned for the Mercury Theatre ‘Plays by Poets’ series of spring 1935. Edmund Dulac resigned from the project after a disagreement with Margot Ruddock over plans for this play, and Ashby Dukes postponed the production until September 1935. By August Yeats had abandoned hope for it.
