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

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

So a key event in the Kennedy Center’s celebration of the Easter Rising’s centenary will be the May 18-19 performances of “The Plough and the Stars” by the Abbey Theatre.

From Washington Post ● May 12, 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

In fact the past five years, years much of whose time has been spent in forwarding the work of the Abbey Theatre, have not inspired Mr. Yeats to much work of importance.

From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Weygandt, Cornelius