Selected Plays of Padraic ColumAt the age of twenty three, Padraic Colum (1881 1972) was one of the founding fathers of the Abbey Theatre. His contribution to the development of Irish drama continued until his voluntary exile to America in 1914. His play, Broken Soil (1903), was the first commercial success at the Abbey, and it established the long lived tradition of the peasant play on the Irish stage. This collection comprises the three major forms of his dramatic art: The Land