National Theatre

The Irish National Theatre and Three Sorts of Ignorance , in Colton Johnson (ed.). The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, vol. X Later Articles and Reviews (New York Scribner, 2000), pp. 99-100. 

Maude Gonne MacBride, A National Theatre , United Irishman, No. 243, 24 October 1903, p. 2. 

And there has been a similar attitude towards the play s picturesqueness in British stagings of the play. The 1975 production by the British National Theatre in London, directed by Bill Bryden, was a major event, if only because the play had always been so closely identified with Ireland s national theatre, and it proved highly successful, being repeatedly revived in repertory over the next two seasons. It helped to establish the reputation of Stephen Rea, who played Christy, opposite the imposingly tall English actor Susan Fleetwood. More than one reviewer was aware of the relevance of the play s concern with the heroisation of violence at one of the worst periods of the Troubles in Northern Ireland and IRA bombing in Britain. Relevant but not relevant ... 

National Theatre, thought that EngHsh patronage could in future be replaced by American tours as a way of keeping the theatre financially secure. A second tour in 1912-13 made money, but less than the previous year, and a third tour in 1913-14 actually lost money, an outcome that Lady Gregory blamed on Lennox Robinson, who was managing the company, but is at least partially attributable to the fact that the Irish Players were an old story in North America now, and there were no fresh riots to whet the interest of American audiences. ... 

Meets James Joyce in Paris first play. The Shadow of the Glen, staged by the Irish National Theatre Society in Dublin. 

First production of The Playboy of the Western World at the Abbey Theatre, disturbances in the theatre druing production The Aran Islands published The Shadow of the Glen produced at National Theatre, Prague The Tinker s Wedding published. 

National Theatre in Prague stages The Playboy translated by Martin Hilsky. 

Bond directed The Woman in the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre in London. This play is set at the time of the Trojan War. Its use of Greek mythology allowed the playwright to further universal-ise his expression of the horrors of war and superstition. It was the first full-length modern play presented on the main stage of the National Theatre. 

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