The Land of Heart's Desire

The Land of Heart's Desire
Written byWilliam Butler Yeats
Date premiered29 March 1894
Place premieredAvenue Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreMyth
SettingCounty Sligo,
Late 18th century

The Land of Heart's Desire is a play by Irish poet, dramatist, and 1923 Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats. First performed in the spring of 1894, at the Avenue Theatre in London, where it ran for a little over six weeks,[1] it was the first professional performance of one of Yeats' plays.[2]

  1. ^ Yeats, William Butler. 1903. The Land of Heart's Desire.
  2. ^ Yeats Society Sligo. Drama..