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

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

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

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 1904 the Irish National Theatre was housed for the first time in its own playhouse, the Abbey Theatre.

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