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Ireland's Abbey Theatre was founded in 1904. Under the guidance of W. B. Yeats and Lady Augusta Gregory it became instrumental to the success of many of the leading Irish playwrights and actors of the early twentieth century.Conventional wisdom holds that the playwright Sean O'Casey was the first to offer a new vision of Irish authenticity in the people and struggles of inner-city Dublin in his groundbreaking trilogy The Shadow of a Gunman, The Plough and the Stars, and Juno and the Paycock. Challenging this view, Mannion argues that there was an established tradition of urban plays within the Abbey repertoire that has long been overlooked by critics. She seeks to restore attention to a lesser-known corpus of Irish urban plays, specifically those that appeared at the Abbey Theatre from the theatre's founding until 1951, when the original theatre was destroyed by fire. Mannion illustrates distinct patterns within this Abbey urban genre and considers in particular themes of poverty, gender, and class. She provides historical context for the plays and considers the figures who helped shape the Abbey and this urban subset of plays. With detailed analysis of box office records and extensive appendixes of cast members and production schedules, this book offers a rich source of archival material as well as a fascinating revision to the story of this celebrated institution.

Drama --- English literature --- anno 1900-1999 --- Ireland --- City and town life in literature. --- English drama --- Irish drama --- Theater --- Irish literature --- Irish authors --- History and criticism. --- History --- Abbey Theatre --- Dublin. --- Teatr Abbatstva --- Irish National Theatre Society --- Irish Literary Theatre --- History.

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Theatrical science --- Yeats, William B. --- Horniman, Annie --- anno 1900-1999 --- Dublin --- Theatrical producers and directors --- Theater --- Theaters --- Music, Dance, Drama & Film --- Drama --- History --- Biography --- Yeats, W. B. --- Horniman, Annie Elizabeth Fredericka, --- Abbey Theatre. --- Irish Literary Theatre. --- Directors, Theatrical --- Producers, Theatrical --- Stage directors --- Theater directors --- Theatrical directors and producers --- Opera-houses --- Playhouses (Theaters) --- Theatres --- Dramatics --- Histrionics --- Professional theater --- Stage --- Theatre --- D. E. D. I., --- Daemon Est Deus Inversus, --- Ganconagh, --- I., D. E. D., --- Ĭeĭts, U. B. --- Ĭeĭts, Uilʹi︠a︡m Batler, --- Weilian Batele Yezhi, --- Yeats, William Butler, --- Yeṭs, Ṿilyam Baṭler, --- יטס, יטלאם בטלר --- ייטס, ויליאם בטלר, --- 威廉,巴特勒,叶芝, --- Dublin. --- Teatr Abbatstva --- Arts facilities --- Auditoriums --- Centers for the performing arts --- Music-halls --- Performing arts --- Acting --- Actors --- Production and direction --- Abbey Theatre --- Irish National Theatre Society --- Irish Literary Theatre --- Ireland --- Йейтс, У. Б. --- Йейтс, Уильям Батлер, --- Persons --- Yeats, William Butler --- Dublin [Ireland, city]