The ancient story of the ill-fated Deirdre and the Sons of Usnach. Building on the many earlier literary retelling of the story, W. B. Yeats deliberately frames his 1906 play as an extension of the legend, writing a new death-tale for Deirdre that is also a personal statement about love, death, and the making of art.
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Cyril Cusack
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
Nineteen Eighty-Four
T. P. McKenna
Known for
Straw Dogs
Jack the Ripper
Michael Garvey
William Butler Yeats
Fionnula Flanagan
Known for
The Others
Yes Man
Denis Brennan
Also in
Broth of a Boy
The Rising of the Moon
Deirdre O'Meara
First Musician
Meryl Gourley
Second Musician
Brenda Fricker
Third Musician
Known for
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Dennis Brennan
Fergus
Gerry Alexander
Messenger
Also in
The MacKintosh Man
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
Mercedes Bolger
Harp Player
Michael Garvey Director · William Butler Yeats Story
First release January 1, 1965
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 1, 1965
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
August 12, 1965
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