Minister backs Ł50m scheme to redevelop Abbey Theatre

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2000 / June 30 2000: Minister backs Ł50m scheme to redevelop Abbey Theatre

Plans for a 50 million redevelopment of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin have received the support of the Minister for the Arts, Síle de Valera. After a fire destroyed the original building in 1951, a new theatre designed by by Michael Scott was opened in 1966. Almost no work has been done on the interior since, although the bleak main façade was given a portico and upper glass-fronted bar in the early 1990s.

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