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A theatre at Smock Alley stayed in existence until the 1780s and new theatres, such as the Theatre Royal, Queens' Theatre, and The Gaiety Theatre opened during the 19th century. However, the one constant for the next 200 years was that the main action in the history of Irish theatre happened outside Ireland itself, mainly in London.
[162] (death announced on this date) Raghnall Ó Floinn, Irish art historian, director of the National Museum of Ireland (2013–2018). [163] Claus Raidl, 82, Austrian banker, president of the Austrian National Bank (2008–2018). [164] Serhiy Ralyuchenko, 62, Ukrainian football player (Zirka Kirovohrad, Metalist Kharkiv, SKA Kyiv) and manager ...
Hilton Edwards (2 February 1903 – 18 November 1982) was an English-born Irish actor, lighting designer, and theatrical producer. He co-founded the Gate Theatre with his partner Micheál Mac Liammóir and two others, and has been referred to as the founder of Irish theatre. He was one of the most recognisable figures in the arts in 20th ...
built on the foundations of the first Theatre Royal, and incorporating structural material from a later 18th century Theatre Royal. An Taibhdhearc: Galway: 1928: Amharclann Náisiúnta na Gaeilge - National Irish Language Theatre. Theatre of Joy: Dublin: Theatre Royal: Dublin: 1662: Theatre Royal: Waterford: 1785: Current building mostly dates ...
The Gate Theatre was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir [4] with Daisy Bannard Cogley and Gearóid Ó Lochlainn. [5] During their first season, they presented seven plays, including Ibsen's Peer Gynt, O’Neill's The Hairy Ape and Wilde's Salomé. [6]
The inscription on the grave is in Irish. [10] In 1988, two years after her death, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. [11] The Siobhán McKenna Theatre, named in her honour, is in Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich in Belfast, the city of her birth.
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Considered by many to be one of Ireland's greatest playwrights, [5] Tom Murphy was honoured by the Abbey Theatre in 2001 by a retrospective season of six of his plays. His plays include the historical epic Famine (1968) which deals with the Great Famine of Ireland between 1846 and spring 1847, the anti-clerical The Sanctuary Lamp (1975), The Gigli Concert (1983) and for many his masterpiece ...