Irish Theatre

  • Oscar Wilde

    Oscar Wilde

    Wrote many plays but his most famous were: The Importance of Being Earnest, Salome and An Ideal Husband
  • George Bernard Shaw

    George Bernard Shaw

    Known for writing the plays: Pymalion, Man and Superman and Major Barbra
  • Sean O'Casey

    Sean O'Casey

    Wrote two well-known plays entitled The Plough and the Stars, and Juno and the Paycock
  • Samuel Beckett

    Samuel Beckett

    Known most for his plays Waiting for Godot, Endgame and Krapp's Last Tape.
  • Carmel Quinn

    Carmel Quinn

    Carmel Quinn acted in Wildcat and the Sound of Music
  • Brian Friel

    Brian Friel

    Wrote around 16 plays
    Some of his most famous works are Translations, Dancing at Lughnasa and Faith Healer
  • Maureen Toal

    Maureen Toal

    Acted in the plays:
    Ulysses, Paddy and Nur der Wind
  • Colm Wilkinson

    Colm Wilkinson

    Acted in Les Misérables and the Phantom of the Opera too
  • Joe Dowling

    Joe Dowling

    Directed the plays A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth
  • Michael Boyd

    Michael Boyd

    Directed the plays, Macbeth, The Trick is to Keep Breathing, and The Real World?
  • Patrick Kinmonth

    Patrick Kinmonth

    Directed Madama Butterfly
  • Fiona Shaw

    Fiona Shaw

    Directed the opera The Marriage of Figaro
  • John Crowley

    John Crowley

    Directed the films Brooklyn and Intermission
  • Killian Donnelly

    Killian Donnelly

    Acted in Les Misérables and Phantom of the Opera
  • Jessie Buckley

    Jessie Buckley

    Jessie Buckley was in I'd Do Anything and A Little Night Music