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Irish Literary Theatre
Irish Literary Theatre, founded by Lady Gregory and W. B. Yeats, the first manifestation in drama of the Irish literary revival. The first performances were of Yeats's The Countess Cathleen and Martyn's The Heather Field at the Antient Concert Rooms, Dublin, in 1899. In 1901 a cast headed by Frank Benson came from England to appear in Diarmuid and Grania, by Yeats and Moore, and the first Gaelic play, Douglas Hyde's Casadh an tSugáin, was performed by Gaelic-speaking amateurs. The Irish Literary Theatre was then taken over by the Irish National Dramatic Society.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Irish Literary Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Irish Literary Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-IrishLiteraryTheatre.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Irish Literary Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-IrishLiteraryTheatre.html |
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Irish Literary Theatre
Irish Literary Theatre was found by W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and E. Martyn in 1899. It became the Irish National Theatre Society in 1903, with Yeats as president, and moved into the new Abbey Theatre in 1904.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Irish Literary Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Irish Literary Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-IrishLiteraryTheatre.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Irish Literary Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-IrishLiteraryTheatre.html |
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