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The Abbey Theatre, situated on Abbey Street in Dublin City Centre was established in 1904 having developed from the Irish Literary Theatre which was founded in 1899. One of the founding members of this theatre was William Butler Yeats.

During the early years of the Abbey Theatre it was no stranger to controversy. Synge's satire of Irish peasantry, The Playboy of the Western World provoked so much emotion against the play that there was a riot in the Abbey Theatre. If you visit any of the pubs in the immediate vicinity of the Abbey Theatre you will find original posters advertising this play on display. However, these riots were not just occurrences in Ireland. Similar displays of protest occurred in New York and Philadelphia.

During World War I and the Irish Republican Brotherhoods 1916 rebellion the theatre almost closed down. It was saved by state subsidy.

The Abbey theatre moved to Queen's Street during the early 1950s after a fire destroyed the theatre. The theatre returned to its original position on Abbey Street in 1966 and is still open today.