Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852–1932) was an Irish dramatist and
folklorist. With William Butler Yeats and others, she co-founded the
Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, and wrote numerous short
works for both companies. Lady Gregory produced a number of books of
retellings of stories taken from Irish mythology. Born into a class
that identified closely with British rule, her conversion to cultural
nationalism, as evidenced by her writings, was emblematic of many of
the changes to occur in Ireland during her lifetime. Lady Gregory is
mainly remembered for her work behind Irish Literary Revival. Her home
at Coole Park, County Galway served as an important meeting place for
leading Revival figures, and her early work as a member of the board of
the Abbey was at least as important for the theatre's development as
her creative writings. Lady Gregory's motto was taken from Aristotle:
"To think like a wise man, but to express oneself like the common
people."
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1756:
Architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli presented the Catherine Palace, a Rococo
palace in Tsarskoye Selo, to Empress Elizabeth of Russia.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Palace>
1825:
Malden Island , now one of Kiribati's Line Islands, was discovered.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malden_Island>
1864:
American Civil War: Union forces failed to break Confederate lines by
exploding a large mine under their trenches at the Battle of the Crater
in Petersburg, Virginia.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Crater>
1930:
Uruguay defeated Argentina, 4–2, in front of their home crowd at
Estadio Centenario in Montevideo to win the first Football World Cup.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup>
1965:
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Act into
law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid to provide federal health
insurance for the elderly and for low income families, respectively.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_%28United_States%29>
2006:
Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force attacked a three-story building near
the South Lebanese village of Qana, killing at least 28 civilians,
including 16 children.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qana_airstrike>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fecund (adj):
1. Highly fertile; able to produce offspring.
2. (figuratively) Leading to new ideas or innovation
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fecund>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I don't know you,
And you don't know me.
It is this that brings us together.
--Kate Bush
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