At the Hawk's Well.
In a play by this author, an old man travels to his burned-out childhood home, where he watches the ghosts of his parents reenact the consummation of their marriage. At the end of one of his plays, an old woman observes that "The years like great black oxen tread the world… And I am broken by their passing feet," in a speech in which she begs to join her mistress in heaven. A play by this author of Purgatory features Oona's song "Who will go drive with (*) Fergus now," which was set to music by James Joyce. A noblewoman sells her soul to save famine victims in a play by this author, who adapted the conventions of Noh theater to dramatize a myth about Cuchulainn in At the Hawk's Well. This author premiered his verse drama The Countess Cathleen at the Abbey Theater, which he co-founded with Edward Martyn and Lady Gregory. For 10 points, name this godfather of Irish theater, who also wrote poems such as "The Second Coming."
In a play by this author, an old man travels to his burned-out childhood home, where he watches the ghosts of his parents reenact the consummation of their marriage.
W. B. Yeats