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“Thomas MacGreevy and the Abbey Theatre Ballets” at Yeats 2025 Conference, Trinity College Dublin

“Thomas MacGreevy and the Abbey Theatre Ballets” at Yeats 2025 Conference, Trinity College Dublin

by build_1h7qoh | Oct 9, 2025 | Culture, Dance, Dance History, Theatre, Writing

I love Margaret Clarke’s painting  “Columbine Rests” (ca. 1923/1924)  featuring a tired ballerina being serenaded by Pierrot. (It’s also known as “Pierrot and Columbine”).  It is very apt that Thomas McGreevy (as he was then known,...