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Abbey Theatre Information
3,434 words, approx. 11 pages
 The Abbey Theatre (Irish: Amharclann na Mainistreach), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland (Irish: Amharclann Náisiúnta na hÉireann), is located in Dublin, Ireland. The Abbey first opened its doors to the public on 27 December, 1904 and,...




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Stormy times at the Abbey. (theatre in Ireland)
06/01/1993: 628 words, approx. 2 pages The Abbey, Ireland's national theater, is facing serious artistic and financial problems. The Abbey, which aims to promote native Irish theater, was founded by William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory. It has been facing trade union problems and disagreements between artistic directors and the...
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 The Independent - London
THEATRE: Northanger Abbey, Greenwich Theatre, London
07/20/1996: 488 words, approx. 2 pages Poor Jane Austen. She should have died hereafter. That way she could have lived to collaborate with Andrew Lloyd Webber and really cleaned up. Not so fanciful a notion as you might imagine. Long before Alison Steadman hooted her way through the BBC Pride...
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A boozy Christmas Eve brings surprises
12/7/2007: 474 words, approx. 2 pages There's nothing like a little liquor to unlock a play and its characters.And the booze flows freely in "The Seafarer," Conor McPherson's haunting yet often hilarious tale of a memorable Christmas Eve poker night in a dingy Dublin suburb.The play, which opened Thursday at Broadway's...




Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by James W. Flannery
10,609 words, approx. 35 pages
 In the following essay, Flannery considers the political context in which the Abbey was established, focusing particularly on conflicts about the artistic vision the Abbey was to follow.
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Critical Essay by Hugh Hunt
9,388 words, approx. 31 pages
 In the following essay, Hunt—the director of the Abbey Theatre from 1935 to 1971—recounts the plays performed in the early years of the Irish Free State, which was formed in 1923 as a result of the Anglo-Irish War.
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Critical Essay by Lucy McDiarmid
7,525 words, approx. 25 pages
 In the following essay, McDiarmid argues that three early controversies—the censorship of Shaw's The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet, the American response to Synge's Playboy, and the debate over whether to produce Shaw's play, O'Flaherty VC—helped the Abbey define itself artistically and strategically as a national theater.


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