Irish Theatre on Tour
Royal Irish Academy, 29-30 April 2004
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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 will be published by Carysfort Press in April 2005 as the first major publication of the Irish Theatrical Diaspora.

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Adrian Frazier, Terence Brown, and Seamus Heaney
Adrian Frazier, Terence Brown, and Seamus Heaney. Photo by Julia Panko.
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Richard Cave and Anthony Roche
Richard Cave and Anthony Roche. Photo by Julia Panko.
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Deirdre McFeely and Stephen Matterson
Deirdre McFeely and Stephen Matterson. Photo by Julia Panko.
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Enrica Cerquoni
Enrica Cerquoni. Photo by Julia Panko.


Volunteers
Fabulous conference volunteers: Dudley Cruse, Blake Lipsett, and Christine Billy. Photo by (volunteer) Julia Panko.

Opening Address

Seamus Heaney
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Keynote Speakers | Abstracts

Richard Cave
The Abbey Tours in England
John P. Harrington
The Abbey in America
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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
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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
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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
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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
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