12 The Devil’s Disciple

The Devil’s Disciple 1/24/17-5/5/17 – Willie Yeats is possessed by a ghost drawn from Yiddish folklore.

The title  The Devil’s Disciple is drawn from a play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1897 (that has nothing to do with this story).

318The opening panels of this story refer to the closing events in Overruled, a previous Ballinabricky tale.

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They are rehearsing a scene from Oscar Wilde’s 1895 play, The Importance of Being Earnest. Wilde had a knack for writing quick-paced comedic dialog that holds up even for modern audiences.

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