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The Gate Theatre, in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
, was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards
Hilton Edwards

Hilton Edwards , was an Ireland actor and theatrical producer.Edwards was born in London. He appeared in 15 films, including Captain Lightfoot , David and Goliath , Victim and Half a Sixpence ....
 and Micheál MacLiammoir
Micheál MacLiammóir

Miche?l MacL?amm?ir was an England-born Ireland actor, Irish theatre, impresario, writer, Irish poetry and Painting. MacL?amm?ir was born to a Protestant family living in the Kensal Green neighbourhood of London....
, initially using the Abbey Theatre
Abbey Theatre

The Abbey Theatre , also known as the National Theatre of Ireland , is a theatre located in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The Abbey first opened its doors to the public on 27 December 1904, and despite losing its original building to a fire in 1951, has remained active to the present day....
's Peacock studio theatre space to stage important works by European
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 and American dramatists. The theatre later moved to 1 Cavendish Row (part of the Rotunda hospital complex) where leading Irish Architect Michael Scott undertook the revisions necessary to the room to convert it into a theatre.

Edwards/McLiammoir Productions presented European plays in sharp contrast to the county kitchen fare available at the Abbey Theatre
Abbey Theatre

The Abbey Theatre , also known as the National Theatre of Ireland , is a theatre located in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The Abbey first opened its doors to the public on 27 December 1904, and despite losing its original building to a fire in 1951, has remained active to the present day....
 bringing the Irish Premieres of Ibsen and other such dramatists to the Irish public.

Orson Welles
Orson Welles

George Orson Welles , better known as Orson Welles, was an Academy Award-winning United States actor, director, writer and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television, and radio....
 and James Mason
James Mason

James Neville Mason was a three-time Academy Award-nominated British People actor who attained stardom in both United Kingdom and United States films....
 started their acting careers at The Gate.

In December 1983 the directorship of the Gate was handed to Michael Colgan
Michael Colgan (theatre director)

Michael Colgan is a film and television producer and is also the Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre.Born in Dublin in 1950, he was educated at Trinity College, where as a student, he became chairman of Trinity Players....
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The Gate Theatre, in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
, was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards
Hilton Edwards

Hilton Edwards , was an Ireland actor and theatrical producer.Edwards was born in London. He appeared in 15 films, including Captain Lightfoot , David and Goliath , Victim and Half a Sixpence ....
 and Micheál MacLiammoir
Micheál MacLiammóir

Miche?l MacL?amm?ir was an England-born Ireland actor, Irish theatre, impresario, writer, Irish poetry and Painting. MacL?amm?ir was born to a Protestant family living in the Kensal Green neighbourhood of London....
, initially using the Abbey Theatre
Abbey Theatre

The Abbey Theatre , also known as the National Theatre of Ireland , is a theatre located in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The Abbey first opened its doors to the public on 27 December 1904, and despite losing its original building to a fire in 1951, has remained active to the present day....
's Peacock studio theatre space to stage important works by European
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 and American dramatists. The theatre later moved to 1 Cavendish Row (part of the Rotunda hospital complex) where leading Irish Architect Michael Scott undertook the revisions necessary to the room to convert it into a theatre.

Edwards/McLiammoir Productions presented European plays in sharp contrast to the county kitchen fare available at the Abbey Theatre
Abbey Theatre

The Abbey Theatre , also known as the National Theatre of Ireland , is a theatre located in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The Abbey first opened its doors to the public on 27 December 1904, and despite losing its original building to a fire in 1951, has remained active to the present day....
 bringing the Irish Premieres of Ibsen and other such dramatists to the Irish public.

Orson Welles
Orson Welles

George Orson Welles , better known as Orson Welles, was an Academy Award-winning United States actor, director, writer and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television, and radio....
 and James Mason
James Mason

James Neville Mason was a three-time Academy Award-nominated British People actor who attained stardom in both United Kingdom and United States films....
 started their acting careers at The Gate.

In December 1983 the directorship of the Gate was handed to Michael Colgan
Michael Colgan (theatre director)

Michael Colgan is a film and television producer and is also the Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre.Born in Dublin in 1950, he was educated at Trinity College, where as a student, he became chairman of Trinity Players....
. In 1991 the Gate became the first theatre in history to launch a full retrospective of the nineteen stage plays of Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett

Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish people writer, dramatist and poet. Beckett's work offers a bleak outlook on human culture and both formally and philosophically became increasingly minimalism....
. This festival was repeated at the Barbican Centre
Barbican Centre

Barbican Centre is the largest performing arts center in Europe. Located in the north of the City of London, England, in the heart of the Barbican Estate, the Centre hosts classical music and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 and New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
's Lincoln Center.

The Gate also featured three separate festivals of the works of Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter, Companion of Honour, Order of the British Empire , an English people playwright, screenwriter, actor, Theatre director, poet, author, political activist, and the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature, was at the time of his death considered by many "the most influential and imitated dramatist of his generation."...
, the first theatre in Europe to do such retrospectives.

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As MacLiammoir and Edwards were lovers and the Gate's main rival was the Celtophile Abbey Theatre
Abbey Theatre

The Abbey Theatre , also known as the National Theatre of Ireland , is a theatre located in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The Abbey first opened its doors to the public on 27 December 1904, and despite losing its original building to a fire in 1951, has remained active to the present day....
, it was commonly said that the Dublin theatre-going public had the choice of "Sodom and Begorrah".