Play · 1904

The Pot of Broth

A one-act comedy about a tramp who talks a miserly woman out of her dinner with a stone he says makes broth. First staged in Dublin in October 1902 and written with Lady Gregory, though credited to Yeats alone. This is the text A. H. Bullen published in 1904.

2 parts · 15 min

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  1. 1The Pot of Broth15 min
  2. 2Note on the Music1 min

Text: The Hour-Glass; Cathleen ni Houlihan; The Pot of Broth, Plays for an Irish Theatre, volume II (A. H. Bullen, London, 1904), transcribed from the Internet Archive scan hourglasscathlee00yeatuoft. Public domain.