the history of Irish theatre happened outside Ireland itself, mainly in London. The 18th century saw the emergence of two major Irish dramatists, Oliver...
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list of Irish theatres and theatre companies past and present. It includes organizations of both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Architecture...
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The Abbey Theatre (Irish: Amharclann na Mainistreach), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland (Irish: Amharclann Náisiúnta na hÉireann), in Dublin...
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performances in Dublin of Irish plays by Irish authors. W.B. Yeats, lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, published a "manifesto for Irish Literary Theatre" in 1897, in which...
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Fiona Shaw (category Irish theatre directors)
July 1958) is an Irish film and theatre actress. She did extensive work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, as well as in film...
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The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards recognise outstanding achievements in Irish theatre. The awards were founded in 1997 by The Irish Times. Awards were...
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Paul Mescal (category 21st-century Irish male actors)
February 1996) is an Irish actor. Born in Maynooth, he studied acting at The Lir Academy and then performed in plays in Dublin theatres. He rose to fame with...
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742694; -73.99472 The Irish Repertory Theatre is an Off-Broadway theatre company founded in 1988. The Irish Repertory Theatre was founded by Ciarán O'Reilly...
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Charlie Murphy (actress) (redirect from Charlie Murphy (Irish actor))
She won the Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for her performance of Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw at the Abbey Theatre. She was nominated...
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Irish Theatre Magazine was an online cultural journal dedicated to in-depth coverage of theatre and the performing arts in Ireland. The print and web archives...
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Stephen Rea (category 20th-century male actors from Northern Ireland)
1946) is an Irish actor of stage and screen. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he began his career as a member of Dublin's Focus Theatre, and played...
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Dunne (born 1988) is an Irish actress, born in Dublin. She has appeared in stage roles with the Abbey Theatre and the National Theatre. Dunne is known for...
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Michael J. Dolan (category Irish theatre directors)
Abbey Theatre Archives During his acting career he appeared in numerous plays by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy, all of these were Abbey Theatre productions...
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Rory Keenan (category Irish actors)
Macbeth, the latter of which landed him Best Actor at 11th The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards. In 2010, Keenan appeared in the short film The Crush,...
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Druid Theatre Company, referred to as Druid, is an Irish theatre company, based in Galway, Ireland. As well as touring extensively across Ireland, the...
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born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Playwrights whose work is in Irish are included. A brief outline of the history of Irish theatre is also...
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Rachel O'Riordan (category Irish theatre directors)
O'Riordan (born 1974) is an Irish theatre director. She is the artistic director at the Lyric Hammersmith, London. Born in Cork, Ireland to poet and novelist...
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Siobhán Cullen (category 21st-century Irish actresses)
is an Irish actress. She began her career as a child actress, making her debut in Marina Carr's By the Bog of Cats (1998) at the Abbey Theatre. She landed...
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Pádraig Cusack (category Irish theatre managers and producers)
(Irish: [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ]; born 16 March 1962) is an Irish theatre producer who has worked with the National Theatre of Great Britain, the Abbey Theatre Dublin...
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Cillian Murphy on stage and screen (category Irish filmographies)
Irish actor Cillian Murphy has worked in film and theatre since the late 1990s. List of awards and nominations received by Cillian Murphy Cillian Murphy...
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Irish literature is literature written in the Irish, Latin, English and Scots (Ulster Scots) languages on the island of Ireland. The earliest recorded...
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St. John Greer Ervine (category 20th-century novelists from Northern Ireland)
Ervine (28 December 1883 – 24 January 1971) was an Irish biographer, novelist, critic, dramatist, and theatre manager. He was the most prominent Ulster writer...
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Olwen Fouéré (category Irish stage actresses)
(born 2 March 1954) is an Irish actress and writer/director in theatre, film and visual arts. She was born in Galway, Ireland to Breton parents Yann Fouéré...
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Jack Gleeson (category 21st-century Irish male actors)
has since taken part in independent theatre and the 2020 BBC miniseries Out of Her Mind. He appeared in the Irish thriller film In the Land of Saints...
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Gaelic (see Gaelic Ireland). Strong family values, wit and an appreciation for tradition are commonly associated with Irish culture. Irish culture has been...
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Ingrid Craigie (category Abbey Theatre)
(born 1953 or 1954) is an Irish theatre, television and film actress. Craigie was born in Cork, Ireland to Church of Ireland parents. She grew up in Finglas...
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The Acting Irish International Theatre Festival (AIITF) is an annual festival of full-length Irish plays performed by Irish community theater companies...
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Lines: The Field Day Theatre Company and Irish Cultural Politics 1980–1984. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. "Field Day, Irish books, theatre and debate". Field...
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Kerri Quinn (category 21st-century actresses from Northern Ireland)
musical". Irish Independent. 2006-10-11. Archived from the original on 2024-09-25. Retrieved 2024-09-25. (production details) "3 Women". c21 theatre company...
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Bram Stoker (category Irish theatre critics)
manager of the West End's Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned. In his early years, Stoker worked as a theatre critic for an Irish newspaper and wrote stories...
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