Kensington, London, Spring, 1916. While the Dublin Uprising rages not far away, Olivia and Hope Shakespear host a group of friends -- poets, lovers, ex-lovers, and fierce patriots -- for a brief and winsome reunion. A witty and wistful ode to love and to love's confusing joy. "From what I've observed of love, people don't give their hearts. Their hearts fly out from them and they must follow or not." [A main stage production of SAILING TO BYZANTIUM was presented in September 2005.]