W.B. Yeats: The Resurrection

W.B. Yeats: The Resurrection

From Brendan Moir's Playwright Corner by Brendan Moir

January 31, 2026 · 23 min · Season 3 · Episode 16

About this episode

The episode explores the themes of faith and belief through the lens of W.B. Yeats' work 'The Resurrection'.

When your faith is destroyed, to what do you turn? Reason? Absolution? Or do you continue on believing? These are the clashing personalities of the three men of "The Resurrection," watching guard for the disciples after Jesus' crucifixion, all struggling with their preconceived notions of the world after his death, and are precarious, yet ready, as to what to do next. Follow me on other platforms: https://bemuse.bandcamp.com https://www.instagram.com/talentunlimited1/?hl=en https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wiNjFbd6rluEHZF4Qffcv https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070481824821&locale=hi_IN https://www.patreon.com/bemuse Website: https://bemusearts.com *This Season's Album Art by Illuvisual* William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist and writer, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with John Millington Synge and Lady Gregory, he founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years. He was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature, and later served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State. His earliest volume of verse…

People in this episode

Host: Brendan Moir

Topics covered

  • faith
  • belief
  • literature
  • Yeats
  • theology
  • resurrection

Keywords

  • W.B. Yeats
  • The Resurrection
  • faith
  • belief
  • literature
  • Irish Literary Revival

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Books & works: The Resurrection

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