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Abbey Theatre: William Butler Yeats
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Abbey Theatre is one of the two world's renowned theatres of The National Theatre. It is founded in 1904, by the poet William Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn. The theatre is placed on its original site at the corner of Abbey Street. The theatre rapidly achieved an insight on audiences with extraordinary plays such as The Playboy of The Western World by J M Synge, The Whiteheaded Boy by Lennox Robinson (1916), The Shadow of a Gunman (1923) and The Plough and the Stars by Sean O'Casey (1926) since the start of On Baile's Strand by W B Yeats,.
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The National Theatre, comprising the world famous Abbey and Peacock Theatres, was founded in 1904 by poet William Butler Yeats, Lady Augusta Gregory and Edward Martyn. From the early work of Yeats, Synge, O'Casey and Shaw, through to those at the cutting edge of Irish theatre today, including Brian Friel, Frank McGuinness, Tom Murphy and Marina Carr, the Abbey Theatre has been the cradle of new Irish writing for successive generations of Irish playwrights, actors, and directors. In recent years, the company has continued to attract critical acclaim at home and abroad for its award-winning productions, including Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme by Frank McGuinness and Tarry Flynn by Patrick Kavanagh. Alongside a packed schedule of productions, the National Theatre ... has a continuous programme of educational, literary and archive activities, ensuring the work of the company reaches as wide an audience as possible.
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The National Theatre comprises the world famous Abbey and Peacock Theatres. Founded in 1904, by the poet William Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn, the theatre stands today on its original site at the corner of Abbey Street. Since its opening of On Baile's Strand by W B Yeats, the theatre quickly gained an impression on audiences with plays such as The Playboy of The Western World by J M Synge (which caused a riot on its opening performance), The Whiteheaded Boy by Lennox Robinson (1916), The Shadow of a Gunman (1923) and The Plough and the Stars by Sean O'Casey (1926).
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The Abbey arose from three distinct bases, the first of which was the seminal Irish Literary Theatre. Founded by Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and William Butler Yeats in 1899—with assistance from George Moore[2]—it had presented plays in the Ancient Concert Rooms and the Gaiety Theatre, which brought critical approval but limited public interest.
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