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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Abbey Theatre

Two Pints Two men in their 60s gab about life, death, politics, etc., in this site-specific work from Roddy Doyle and Dublin’s Abbey Theatre; presented by Santa Ana Sites.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2019

You wouldn’t want to pass up a chance to watch the Abbey Theatre perform “The Plough and the Stars,” the Sean O’Casey play that provoked riots when the Dublin troupe debuted it in 1926.

From Washington Post ● May 19, 2016

His next move was to Dublin's Abbey Theatre where he was spotted performing in Of Mice and Men by movie director John Boorman, who would hand him his first major film role in Excalibur.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2016

O'Hara studied music, dancing and elocution, and at 14 was enrolled in Dublin's Abbey Theatre School where she moved from minor parts in Dublin Operatic Society productions to Shakespearean leading roles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2015

"The Pit" of the Abbey Theatre is the envy of all the theatrical managers of Dublin.

From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Weygandt, Cornelius