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The Abbey Theatre, 1899-1999: Form and Pressure
The Abbey Theatre 18991999 Form and Pressure Author:Robert Welch A century ago this year, productions of W.B. Yeats's The Countess Cathleen and Edward Martyn's The Heather Field launched what was to become Ireland's National Theatre, named after its home on Abbey Street, Dublin. This is the first history of the Abbey Theatre to set the plays and the personalities in their historical and political context and ... more »to describe the theatre's artistic development.« less