Becoming a Gordon Craig: Micheál mac Liammóir and Edward Gordon Craig’s Shared Beliefs and Performances of Self by Chris Moran

“…Micheál mac Liammóir (1898-1978) and Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966) shared many similarities: both were actors, designers, directors, and writers, and both rejected the realist tradition dominant in the theatre of their times. …”
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Commedia dell’arte and the Gate Theatre by Ian R. Walsh

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Remembering Molly MacEwen: Sue Harries and Alasdair MacEwen in Conversation by Siobhán O'Gorman

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‘No comfort talking when there’s a man around’: Maura Laverty’s Tolka Row (1951) and a neglected tradition of popular drama at the Gate Theatre, Dublin by Finian O'Gorman

“…By drawing on previously unexplored archival material which shows evidence of significant cuts to the original script, this paper suggests that the directors of Gate Theatre Productions – Hilton Edwards and Micheál mac Líammóir – either denied or disavowed the extent to which a more popular drama could impact Irish theatre and society.…”
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Hilton Edwards, Brecht and the Brechtian by Joan FitzPatrick Dean

“…A growing body of scholarship focuses on how Hilton Edwards and Micheál mac Liammóir deployed innovative, non-realistic staging techniques and brought to Ireland design elements associated with European artists. …”
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