Born and educated in Dublin; Ireland; William Butler Yeats discovered early in his literary career a fascination with Irish folklore and the occult. Yeats felt an internal struggle with the contradictions he saw between his nature and life; and spent much of his life seeking out a philosophical system to resolve this conflict. He came to prominence during a tumultuous period in Irish history; and he struggled with the idea of an independent Irish identity. In 1899 Yeats helped found the Irish National Theatre Society; which later became the famous Abbey Theatre of Dublin. He and Lady Augusta Gregory; another of the theatres founders; collaborated on a few short plays during those first experimental years at the theatre. One such play; "The Pot of Broth"; is a "peasant" farce that tells the story of a gullible peasant woman; convinced by a tramp that dropping a magic stone into hot water will make a wonderful soup.
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