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Article: A lasting Irish drama; The abbey theatre was built to showcase the work of irish writers and actors, but it did much more.(FEATURES)(TRAVEL)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- February 26, 2003
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Byline: Valerie Summers Special to The Christian Science Monitor
DUBLIN, IRELAND -- I arrived at Dublin's hallowed Abbey Theatre one-half hour before curtain time for Marina Carr's dark Irish drama, "Ariel."
It was a thrill to be in the Abbey, the National Theatre of Ireland, which has a long literary and theatrical tradition.
Entering the almost-empty 628-seat auditorium, with its crimson velvet curtain hanging in front of the broad stage, I thought of the past and imagined what it must have been like to attend performances of the works of the classic master playwrights at the beginning of their careers.
This repertory playhouse, ...