Dublin Gate Theatre (Dublin, Ireland : 1928)

The Gate Theatre in Dublin, Ireland was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and his partner Micheál MacLiammóir, known as "The Boys", with Daisy Bannard Cogley and Gearóid Ó Lochlainn. They offered Dublin audiences an introduction to the world of European and American theater, classics and modern, as well as programs from the Irish collection. In 1930, the newly established Gate Theatre ran into financial difficulties and a meeting was called to determine its closure. In a surprise announcement, Lord Longford offered to buy the remaining shares and save the theater. Longford and his wife Lady Christine Longford worked with Edwards and MacLiammóir at the Gate until 1936, when a split occurred and two separate companies were formed. In 2017, Selina Cartmell was appointed Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre. An award-winning director, who had worked extensively in Dublin and the UK, Cartmell’s inaugural season at the Gate opened with the immersive production of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925).