| DEIRDRE | W B Yeats play performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in 1906 (7) |
| THEPLAYBOYOFTHEWESTERNWORLD | Three-act play by John Millington Synge that provoked riots when it opened at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in January 1907 |
| FUGUE | Stephen Tomas play performed at The Maltings Arts Centre in 2019 (5) |
| PLAY | Leads in Private Lives and Yentl performed at The Abbey (4) |
| PANTOMIME | Play performed at Christmas |
| GREGORY | Isabella Augusta, Lady ___, co-founder with Yeats of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin (7) |
| SHOOTAT | Go Away opens at The Abbey Theatre - it could be an attempt at a big hit (5,2) |
| JMSYNGE | Playwright who co-founded the Abbey Theatre |
| MATINEE | Play performed in the afternoon (7) |
| TWELFTH | William Shakespeare play performed in 1602 whose characters include Valentine and Curio (7,5) |
| OCASEY | SeA¡n __, Irish playwright long associated with the Abbey Theatre, Dublin (6) |
| APRIORI | The lead in Antigone at The Abbey isn't finished - for one, that's based on theoretical deduction (1,6) |
| CALYPSO | Catholic play performed like this, in song (7) |
| SYNGE | Irish playwright at the Abbey Theatre, J.M. ___ (b.1871 - d.1909) |
| TONSURE | Nurse to confuse haircut at the Abbey (7) |
| THEATRE | Plays performed here and broadcast at three (7) |
| TINTERN | Can bird be at the abbey? |
| YEATS | W. B. -; Irish poet who cofounded the Abbey Theatre (5) |
| TREATMENT | The director's handling of the play performed in The Theatre (9) |
| OBERAMMERGAU | Venue in southern Germany of a Passion Play performed every ten years to recall the outbreak of the Black Death there in 1633 (12) |
