Irish Theatre on Tour

In 2004, the centenary year of the Abbey Theatre, the ITD mounted the Irish Theatre on Tour conference in association with the Royal Irish Academy. Papers from the conference were published by Carysfort Press in April 2005 as the first major publication of the Irish Theatrical Diaspora.

See Conference Schedule, Call for Posters, and Poster Schedule for details.

Opening Address

Seamus Heaney

Keynote Speakers | Abstracts

Richard Cave
The Abbey Tours in England

John P. Harrington
The Abbey in America

Panel 1: The Abbey on Tour |Abstracts

Adrian Frazier
Hollywood Irish

Peter Kuch
The Abbey in Australia in 1922

Anthony Roche
Lady Gregory: The Politics of Touring Ireland

Panel 2: Touring Outside Ireland | Abstracts

Patrick Lonergan
Druid's Leenane Trilogy on Tour

Richard Pine
The Gate: Home and Away

Melissa Sihra
Perception, Conflict and Culture in Irish Theatre Abroad

Panel 3: Touring Within Ireland | Abstracts

Helen Burke
Theatrical Touring and 18th-Century Irish Popular Culture

Mark Phelan
Irish Melodrama in Belfast and Dublin

Lionel Pilkington
The Pike Theatre on Tour

Posters |Abstracts

Enrica Cerquoni
Scenography and National Identity in Carr and Friel

Deirdre McFeely
Boucicault's ‘Wearing of the Green’

Carmen Szabó
The Theatrical ‘Adventures’ of Field Day Theatre Company

Adrian Frazier, Terence Brown, and Seamus Heaney

Richard Cave and Anthony Roche

Deirdre McFeely and Stephen Matterson

Enrica Cerquoni

Fabulous conference volunteers: Dudley Cruse, Blake Lipsett, and Christine Billy

All photos by conference volunteer Julia Panko