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Article: A home for the Abbey
- Article from:
- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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Madam, - O dear, the "Whither the Abbey?" roadshow is back in
town.
There are many reasons why the proposal to move the theatre to
the GPO is a flawed idea.
Locating the Abbey in the very crucible of Irish nationalism
would only serve to strengthen the links between the theatre, the
1916 Rising and the foundation of the State. These are links which
created a potent relevancy for the Abbey in the early decades of the
last century but are ones which have hampered its project ever
since. It has done much to distance itself from these associations
in the past 20 years or so as it attempts to reflect modern concerns
and eschew the idea that somehow its status as a "sacred cow" makes
it more like ...