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Abbey Theatre, The

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From: The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature
Date: 20000101
Author:ROBERT WELCH

Abbey Theatre, The, ( Irish Literary Theatre ; later Irish National Theatre ), grew out of the literary revival that took place after the death of Parnell in 1891. Irish writers had nothing like the same access to a history of theatrical achievement as those in other European countries. Anglo-Irish dramatists as various as George Farquhar , R. B. Sheridan , Dion Boucicault , and Oscar Wilde had written successfully for the stage, but with London and even American audiences in mind.

The Abbey had its beginnings in the summer of 1897 at Duras House, Kinvara, when W. B. Yeats, Lady ...

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