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The association of the Gate Theatre with the Irish language has been always conceived via Micheál mac Liammóir; however, another of its founders, Gearóid Ó Lochlainn, was also Irish-speaking. Ó Lochlainn was a versatile actor in Irish and English, wrote a series of plays in Irish and translated into Irish works by Shakespeare, Ibsen and others. This chapter seeks to fill a gap in the story of the Gate by providing a brief biographical sketch of Ó Lochlainn, including his time in Denmark, a discussion of his role in efforts to establish Irish-language theatre in Dublin (specifically, An Comhar Drámuíochta, which was hosted by the Gate Theatre in 1930-1934), a summary of his involvement with the Gate, a critique of his original plays and his translations which, in introducing Dublin’s Irish-language theatregoers to world drama, complemented the mission of the Gate, and an assessment of Ó Lochlainn’s achievement. |
