Abbey Theatre

American  

noun

1. a theater in Dublin associated with the Irish National Theatre Society (founded 1901) and the dramas of Synge, Yeats, and Lady Gregory.

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Abbey Theatre British  

noun

1. an influential theatre in Dublin (opened 1904): associated with it were Synge, Yeats, Lady Gregory, and O'Casey. It was destroyed by fire in 1951 but was rebuilt; it reopened in 1966

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Example Sentences

His light-hearted advice was to those planning to watch The Weekend at Abbey Theatre in St Albans in September, as it would feature a real dog.

From BBC

Solas Nua is the first company to produce the adaptation since Ireland’s renowned Abbey Theatre, which staged the 2007 world premiere and a later reprise.

From Washington Post

The production by Solas Nua, a D.C. company that highlights Irish arts and culture, is the first for the play since its debut at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre in 2007.

From Washington Post

“As Dublin’s Abbey Theatre is to drama in Ireland, as Fenway Park is to baseball in Boston, Elliott Bay is to lovers of the written word in Seattle,” wrote Seattle author Timothy Egan for a Seattle Times piece on the bookstore’s 40th anniversary in 2013.

From Seattle Times

The performance, at the city's Abbey Theatre, was a "high-energy electric experience full of memories" and one which "constantly teeters on the line between comedy and tragedy", she said.

From BBC