Project Gutenberg 2011-12-20 Public domain in the USA. 168 Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) 1865 1939 Yeats, William Butler Where There is Nothing Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre Produced by Brian Foley, Stephanie McKee and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Where There is Nothing" by W. B. Yeats is a play written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around Paul Ruttledge, a man disillusioned with societal norms and responsibilities, who seeks to escape his conventional life and immerse himself in the world of the tinkers—a group of itinerant people in Ireland—symbolizing freedom and a raw connection to life. The themes of identity, societal expectations, and the search for deeper meaning are likely explored in the struggle between the respectable world and the wildness of the tinker's life. The opening of the play introduces us to Paul Ruttledge, who is depicted as a man detached from the society that surrounds him, preferring to engage with nature and explore philosophical musings rather than conform to social expectations. As he converses with various characters, such as his brother Thomas and Father Jerome, it becomes evident that Paul feels a profound disconnect from the people in his life, whom he views as dull and restrictive. His desire for change leads him to don the clothes of a tinker, symbolizing his wish to cast off societal restraints and embrace a life of wandering and adventure. This beginning sets the stage for Paul's quest for freedom and authenticity amidst a backdrop of societal norms that he finds suffocating. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 94.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Ireland -- Drama English drama -- Irish authors PR Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: British Literature 171358 2025-07-15T12:51:56.960354 text/html 171840 2021-01-08T08:43:18 text/html 131434 2025-07-15T12:52:04.093513 application/epub+zip 131963 2025-07-15T12:52:00.018346 application/epub+zip 124369 2025-07-15T12:51:58.776442 application/epub+zip 284975 2025-07-15T12:52:06.631857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 258650 2025-07-15T12:52:03.252364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 231071 2022-09-17T13:27:51.642544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 139444 2025-07-15T12:51:56.285403 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139292 2021-01-08T08:43:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139283 2021-01-08T08:43:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21519 2025-07-15T12:52:06.772807 application/rdf+xml 14014 2025-07-15T12:51:59.278387 image/jpeg 4022 2025-07-15T12:51:59.024432 image/jpeg 49588 2021-01-08T08:43:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 54420 2021-01-08T08:43:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 49563 2021-01-08T08:43:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 124576 2025-07-15T12:51:56.973378 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia