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Weekly Comment:
Feminism, Equality, and
the Abbey Theatre

By Julia Brodsky, Editorial Assistant
February 19, 2016

February 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Next Sunday, Fordham University in New York will host a discussion about the inequalities women face in Irish theater in conjunction with the Waking the Feminists movement, a counterpoint to the Abbey Theatre’s “Waking the Nation” program aimed at drawing attention to the lack of female voices in Irish drama. “Waking the Nation,” a ten-play program announced last October to … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
Feminism, Equality, and
the Abbey Theatre

Weekly Comment:
Irish New York Celebrates
Yeats’s 150th Birthday (Photos)

By Mary Pat Kelly and Cliodhna Joyce-Daly, Contributors
June 12, 2015

June 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment

“They must go out of the theatre with the strength they live by strengthened from looking upon some passion that could, whatever its chosen way of life, strike down an enemy, fill a long stocking with money or move a girl's heart,” W.B. Yeats once said. And indeed the audience that packed with 1,200 people into Manhattan’s Town Hall on Monday, June 8, for The Irish Repertory … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
Irish New York Celebrates
Yeats’s 150th Birthday (Photos)

The Abbey: 110 Years, 110 Moments

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
February / March 2015

January 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment

In a fitting public tribute to Lady Gregory’s call for the Abbey Theatre “to bring upon the stage the deeper thoughts and emotions of Ireland,” the theater spent all of 2014 collecting memories from its own archives and audience members alike. The Abbey Theatre officially celebrated its 110th anniversary December 27th, the same date that 110 years prior saw the first … [Read more...] about The Abbey: 110 Years, 110 Moments

Maeve’s House: A Journey Through the Years

By Sheila Langan, Deputy Editor
October 25, 2013

October 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Dublin's famed Abbey Theatre has returned to New York with a new one-man show created and performed by Eamon Morrissey, veteran actor of the Irish stage and screen. Maeve's House, which centers on the life and work of writer Maeve Brennan, is playing at the Irish Arts Center through November 10 (its run was recently extended for five more performances), and is a must-see for … [Read more...] about Maeve’s House: A Journey Through the Years

Abbey Theatre Archives Go Digital

December / January 2013

December 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Dublin’s renowned Abbey Theatre and the National University of Ireland Galway announced an unprecedented digital archive partnership on October 22. The collaboration, which is the largest digital theater project ever undertaken, will entail the digitization of the  1.8 million items in the Abbey’s archives. The range of artifacts includes posters, programs and photographs, … [Read more...] about Abbey Theatre Archives Go Digital

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