The Pot of Broth. London: Bullen, 1911. First Edition. Pp,15. Publisher’s sewn wrappers lettered in black. Light dust marks to covers, contents in nice condition.

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 theatre’s 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.