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The 15 pages that link to Abbey Theatre, each with the reason it gives.

• W. B. YeatsRelated: Yeats co-founded the theatre to give Irish drama a permanent home and audience.

• Irish literatureRelated: Its productions gave Irish playwrights a stage and helped define national theatre.

• The Playboy of the Western WorldRelated: It staged the play’s controversial first production in January 1907.

• John Millington SyngeRelated: The Abbey produced Synge’s plays and became the site of the Playboy riots.

• Lord DunsanyRelated: The Abbey staged Dunsany’s plays and connected his drama with Ireland’s modern theatre movement.

• Martin McDonaghRelated: Its production history offers a key institutional backdrop to McDonagh’s early stage career.

• Maureen O'HaraRelated: O’Hara studied acting at its school before entering professional performance.

• Seán O'CaseyRelated: It premiered O'Casey's early major plays and made his work central to modern Irish theatre.

• Brendan BehanRelated: Its national dramatic tradition provides a backdrop to Behan’s challenge to Irish stage conventions.

• Richard HarrisRelated: Its theatrical tradition formed part of the cultural world from which Harris emerged.

• Barry FitzgeraldRelated: Fitzgerald joined the company and established himself as a stage actor there.