Through a Glass Brightly
Dolly Travers-Smith's nightmarish design for Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones in 1927 was unlike anything at the Abbey Theatre before. Source: Abbey Theatre Digital Archive, NUIG.
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Modern Art in the 1920s
Occasionally in the 1920s, the Abbey Theatre was a place where you could go see modern art.
Flagstone Floors and Open Fires
How did two brothers from Rathmines get into the business of producing plays set in country cottages?
Who was the Abbey Theatre's First Stage Designer?
Until the mid-20th century, stage design was rarely seen as more than scene painting and two-dimensional pictures.
A Night at the Ancient Concert Rooms
Where might a design history of the Abbey Theatre begin? The Academy on Dublin's Pearse Street, site of the old Ancient Concert Rooms, is a good place to start.