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

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 • Nov. 9, 2022

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 • May 28, 2022

Other stage performances included Mark Antony opposite Helen Mirren's Cleopatra at the Olivier Theatre in London and the title role in Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 2010.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2016

Yes, this drama is a throwback, an old-fashioned story that might have delighted audiences at Dublin's Abbey Theatre 75 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2015

Mr. Murray brought his next play, "Birthright," to the Abbey Theatre, where it was performed on October 27, 1910.

From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Weygandt, Cornelius