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

She graced the stage at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company in London, and never looked back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

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

She worked on radio, won dramatic contests and in 1934 entered the prestigious Abbey Theatre School in Dublin.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2015

Upon the revival of this play at the Abbey Theatre a few weeks ago it was played with this new end.

From Seven Poems and a Fragment by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats