25 Facts About Irish theatre

At the beginning of the 20th century, theatres and theatre companies dedicated to the staging of Irish plays and the development of indigenous writers, directors and performers began to emerge.

The Theatre Royal, Waterford dates to 1876, but retains some structural material from the 1785 Irish theatre building which preceded it, and is considered Ireland's oldest continually operating Irish theatre.

The Smock Alley Theatre was converted, in 2012, from an early 19th century church building which incorporated fabric from the 18th century Irish theatre which preceded it, and is built on the foundations of the first Theatre Royal from 1662.

Irish theatre entered Trinity College in 1745 and graduated in 1749.

Irish theatre returned to the family home, and in 1751, began to travel, finally settling in London in 1756, where he published poetry, prose and two plays, The Good-Natur'd Man 1768 and She Stoops to Conquer 1773.

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Irish theatre'sridan was born in Dublin into a family with a strong literary and theatrical tradition.

Irish theatre's mother was a writer and his father was manager of Smock Alley Theatre.

Irish theatre's first play, The Rivals 1775, was performed at Covent Garden and was an instant success.

Irish theatre went on to become the most significant London playwright of the late 18th century with plays like The School for Scandal and The Critic.

Irish theatre was owner of the Drury Lane Theatre, which he bought from David Garrick.

The Irish theatre burned down in 1809, and Sheridan lived out the rest of his life in reduced circumstances.

Irish theatre recovered some of his reputation with The Corsican Brothers, a well constructed melodrama.

Irish theatre wrote several more successful plays, including The Shaughran and Robert Emmet .

Irish theatre's studies were cut short during his second year at Oxford when his father died leaving large debts.

Irish theatre followed this up with A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and his most famous play The Importance of Being Earnest that same year.

Irish theatre remains one of the great figures in the history of Irish theatre and his plays are frequently performed all over the English-speaking world.

Irish theatre's writing for the stage was influenced by Henrik Ibsen.

Sea change in the history of the Irish theatre came with the establishment in Dublin in 1899 of the Irish Literary Theatre by W B Yeats, Lady Gregory, George Moore and Edward Martyn.

The history of this Irish theatre is well documented, and its importance can be seen from the list of writers whose plays were first performed here in the early days of the 20th century.

Irish-language theatre has enjoyed periods of remarkable productivity since its beginnings in the era of the Gaelic Revival, despite a frequent lack of trained actors and directors, a small and scattered audience and difficulty in finding permanent theatre spaces.

New theatre companies emerged to redress this, and An Pheacog Nua, a small theatre specialising in Irish-language drama, was created as an extension of the Abbey.

The task of presenting innovative theatre in Irish was taken up by An Damer, a theatre in the heart of Dublin.

Taibhdhearc, a Galway theatre founded in 1928, was explicitly devoted to Irish-language productions.

Irish-language theatre still depends upon a mixture of amateur and professional talent.

Dublin, traditionally a theatrical centre, still lacks a permanent theatre devoted solely to Irish-language productions, though the Peacock Theatre continues to present plays in Irish.

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