Abbey Theatre

The Abbey Theatre, also known as the National Theatre of Ireland, is located in Dublin, in Ireland. The Abbey first opened its doors to the public on 27 December, 1904 and, despite losing its original building to a fire in 1951, it has continued to stage performances more or less continuously to the present day. The Abbey was the first state-subsidised theatre in the English-speaking world; from 1925 onwards it received an annual subsidy from the Irish Free State.

References

Print

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• Igoe, Vivien. A Literary Guide to Dublin. (Methuen, 1994) ISBN 0-4136912-0-9
• Ryan, Philip B. The Lost Theatres of Dublin. (The Badger Press, 1998) ISBN 0-9526076-1-1

Online

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• Abbey Theatre homepage Captured December 14, 2004.
• The Abbey and the genius of Irish theatre Captured December 14, 2004.
• Denis Johnston and The Old Lady Says 'No' Captured December 14, 2004.
• Dublin's Abbey in centenary crisis — Guardian Unlimited Captured December 14, 2004.
• Barnes to stay on as Abbey Theatre director — RTÉ News Captured December 14, 2004.
• Arts Council voices concern over Abbey — RTÉ News Captured December 14, 2004.
• Resignations] RTÉ News Captured May 13, 2005.