Brochure promoting the Abbey Theatre as a venue for hire December 1904 (Dublin City Library)
Brochure promoting the Abbey Theatre as a Venue for hire December 1904
© The Abbey Theatre© The Abbey Theatre
Brochure promoting the Abbey Theatre as a venue for hire December 1904 (Dublin City Library)
Brochure promoting the Abbey Theatre as a Venue for hire December 1904
© The Abbey TheatreAt the beginning of the twentieth century, Dublin was described by actors as 'number one', a place where theatres were thriving. Despite this, there was no theatre specifically dedicated to producing Irish plays by Irish playwrights and with Irish actors. The roots of the Abbey Theatre stretch to the literary revival of the 19th century, which inspired Yeats and others. However, it was the coming together of like minded individuals such as W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, an interested audience and a financial backer that brought the Abbey Theatre into being. This production company went on to become on of the most famous Irish institutions, the Abbey Theatre and is still producing plays today, 100 years later.