The Unicorn from the Stars

Name: The Unicorn from the Stars
Author: Lady Gregory, W. B. Yeats

Lady Gregory, W. B. Yeats

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Persons in the Play

Father John
Thomas Hearne, a coachbuilder
Andrew Hearne, his brother
Martin Hearne, his nephew
Johnny Bacach, Paudeen, Biddy Lally, and Nanny, beggars

Act I

Interior of a coachbuilder’s workshop. Parts of a gilded coach, among them an ornament representing a lion and unicorn. Thomas working at a wheel. Father John coming from door of inner room.

restoring your place…

fetching the rest…

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