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 • Aug. 8, 2023

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

The Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s world-renowned theater company, couldn’t resist a quip: “Always welcome @AbbeyTheatre Peter,” tweeted co-artistic director, Neil Murray.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2020

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

He was not a young man when he first became acquainted with the art of the Abbey Theatre in London and was impelled to write plays for it.

From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Weygandt, Cornelius