The Pot of Broth by W.B. Yeats

Please join us for a performance of W.B. Yeats’ one-act play: A Pot of Broth. Directed by Alison Armstrong. First Floor Willa Cather room. The Pot of Broth. We imagine a poor cottage in the west of Ireland. A tramp enters and searches for food, talking to himself. We hear voices of a bickering husband and wife and a squawking chicken. When they enter to discuss the dinner that must be provided for the priest that evening, their gullibility creates the ironic conclusion to this version of the sto