Garry Hynes
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Garry Hynes is an Irish
theatre director. She holds the distinction of being the first female to win the prestigious Tony Award
for direction of a play.
Hynes was born in Ballaghadereen, Roscommon County
and educated at St. Louis Convent at Monaghan
, the Dominican Convent at Galway
, and the National University of Ireland, Galway
(NUI Galway).
She was a co-founder of the Druid Theatre Company
with Mick Lally
and Maire Mullen in 1975 after meeting through the drama society of NUI Galway where they studied. She was Druid's artistic director from 1975 to 1991, and again from 1995 to date. Hynes directed for the Abbey Theatre from 1984 and was its artistic director from 1991 to 1994, and also the Royal Shakespeare Company
, the Royal Exchange, Manchester
, the Kennedy Center and the Royal Court Theatre, London.
Abbey Theatre
Other
(2004), The National University of Ireland at NUI Galway (1998) and the National Council for Education Awards
(1988).
In 1998 on Broadway, she became the first woman to receive a Tony Award
for Direction for The Beauty Queen of Leenane
. She is a recipient of many other Theatre Awards, including The Irish Times/ESB Irish Theatre Award for Best Director (2002) and a Special Tribute Award for her contribution to Irish Theatre in February 2005.
On 15 June 2006 she was awarded the Freedom of the City of Galway
, its highest bestowed honour.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
theatre director. She holds the distinction of being the first female to win the prestigious Tony Award
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
for direction of a play.
Hynes was born in Ballaghadereen, Roscommon County
Roscommon
Roscommon is the county town of County Roscommon in Ireland. Its population at the 2006 census stood at 5,017 . The town is located near the junctions of the N60, N61 and N63 roads.-History:...
and educated at St. Louis Convent at Monaghan
Monaghan
Monaghan is the county town of County Monaghan in Ireland. Its population at the 2006 census stood at 7,811 . The town is located on the main road, the N2 road, from Dublin north to both Derry and Letterkenny.-Toponym:...
, the Dominican Convent at Galway
Galway
Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...
, and the National University of Ireland, Galway
National University of Ireland, Galway
The National University of Ireland, Galway is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland...
(NUI Galway).
She was a co-founder of the Druid Theatre Company
Druid Theatre Company
The Druid Theatre Company, founded in Galway in 1975, was the first Irish professional theatre company to be established outside Dublin. The theatre company was founded by Garry Hynes, Marie Mullen and Mick Lally after the three had met and put on productions together while members of the...
with Mick Lally
Mick Lally
Michael 'Mick' Lally was an Irish stage, film and television actor. He departed from a teaching career for acting during the 1970s...
and Maire Mullen in 1975 after meeting through the drama society of NUI Galway where they studied. She was Druid's artistic director from 1975 to 1991, and again from 1995 to date. Hynes directed for the Abbey Theatre from 1984 and was its artistic director from 1991 to 1994, and also the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
, the Royal Exchange, Manchester
Royal Exchange, Manchester
The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed Victorian building in Manchester, England. It is located in the city centre on the land bounded by St Ann’s Square, Exchange Street, Market Street, Cross Street and Old Bank Street...
, the Kennedy Center and the Royal Court Theatre, London.
Stage productions
Druid Theatre Company- The Cripple of Inishmaan, (Galway, Irish & UK tour, New York)
- My Brilliant Divorce, (Galway and Irish Tour)
- Long Day's Journey into Night, (Galway and Dublin Theatre Festival)
- Leaves, (Galway and Royal Court Theatre, London)
- The Playboy of the Western WorldThe Playboy of the Western WorldThe Playboy of the Western World is a three-act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge and first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on January 26, 1907. It is set in Michael James Flaherty's public house in County Mayo during the early 1900s...
, (Tokyo International Arts Festival) - Empress of India, (Galway and Dublin Theatre Festival)
- The Year of the Hiker,(Galway and National Tour)
- DruidSynge, (Galway Arts Festival, Dublin, Edinburgh International Festival and Inis Meáin 2005; Minneapolis and Lincoln Center Festival, New York 2006)
- Sharon's Grave (Royal Court Co-Production)
- Sive (Royal Court Co-Production)
- On Raftery's Hill (Royal Court Co-Production)
- The Beauty Queen of LeenaneThe Beauty Queen of LeenaneThe Beauty Queen of Leenane is a 1996 black comedy by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh which was premiered by the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, Ireland...
(Royal Court Co-Production) - The Leenane Trilogy (Royal Court Co-Productions)
- Lovers Meeting
- Conversations on a HomecomingConversations on a homecomingConversations on a Homecoming is a 1985 play by Irish playwright Tom Murphy. Premiered by the Druid Theatre Company, Galway, Ireland in a production directed by Garry Hynes. As one of the great Irish plays set in a pub, its influence can be seen in more recent plays such as The Weir by Conor...
- Bailegangaire
- The Shaughran
- Wood of the Whispering
Abbey Theatre
- King of the Castle
- The Plough and the Stars
- The Power of Darkness
- Famine
- A Whistle in the Dark
- Portia Coughlan
Other
- The Weir (Gate TheatreGate TheatreThe Gate Theatre, in Dublin, was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir, initially using the Abbey Theatre's Peacock studio theatre space to stage important works by European and American dramatists...
, Dublin) - Juno (Encores! New York City Center)
- Translations (McCarter/Manhattan Theater Club, New York)
- Mr. Peters' ConnectionsMr. Peters' ConnectionsMr. Peters' Connections is a play by Arthur Miller. The title character is a former Pan Am pilot who worked for the airline in its glory days. He recalls flying into a thousand sunsets and bedding eighteen Rockettes in a month, eventually marrying one of them...
(Signature Theatre, New York) - Crimes of the Heart (Second Theatre, New York)
- My Brilliant Divorce (West End)
- Crestfall (Gate TheatreGate TheatreThe Gate Theatre, in Dublin, was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir, initially using the Abbey Theatre's Peacock studio theatre space to stage important works by European and American dramatists...
, Dublin) - 16 Wounded (Broadway)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (Kennedy Center, Washington).
DruidSynge
Hynes directed DruidSynge, the company’s critically acclaimed production of all six of John Millington Synge’s plays premièred at the Galway Arts Festival in 2005 and has since toured to Dublin, Edinburgh, Inis Meáin, Minneapolis and New York. DruidSynge has been described by Charles Isherwood of The New York Times as ‘the highlight not just of my theatre going year but of my theatre going life’ and by The Irish Times as ‘one of the greatest achievements in the history of Irish theatre’.Awards and honours
Hynes has received Honorary Doctorates from the University of DublinUniversity of Dublin
The University of Dublin , corporately designated the Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin , located in Dublin, Ireland, was effectively founded when in 1592 Queen Elizabeth I issued a charter for Trinity College, Dublin, as "the mother of a university" – this date making it...
(2004), The National University of Ireland at NUI Galway (1998) and the National Council for Education Awards
Higher Education and Training Awards Council
The Higher Education and Training Awards Council , the legal successor to the National Council for Educational Awards , grants higher education awards in Ireland in the extra-university system...
(1988).
In 1998 on Broadway, she became the first woman to receive a Tony Award
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
for Direction for The Beauty Queen of Leenane
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a 1996 black comedy by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh which was premiered by the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, Ireland...
. She is a recipient of many other Theatre Awards, including The Irish Times/ESB Irish Theatre Award for Best Director (2002) and a Special Tribute Award for her contribution to Irish Theatre in February 2005.
On 15 June 2006 she was awarded the Freedom of the City of Galway
Galway
Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...
, its highest bestowed honour.
See also
- Eidhean mac CléireachEidhean mac CléireachEidhean mac Cléireach, ancestor of the Ó hEidhin/Hynes family of County Galway, fl. 800.Eidhean was a member of the dynasty of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, and a descendant of Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin , Fiachrae mac Eochaid Mugmedon and thus distantly related to the dynasty of Uí Néill...
- ancestor of the Hynes family - Mael Ruanaidh na Paidre Ua hEidhinMael Ruanaidh na Paidre Ua hEidhinMael Ruanaidh na Paidre Ua hEidhin, king of Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, died 1014.Mael Ruanaidh was the first of the Ua hEidhin kings to rule Aidhne, the last of whom, Eoghan Ó hEidhin, died in 1340....
- first Hynes king of AidhneAidhneAidhne also known as, Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne, Maigh Aidhne / Maigh nAidhne was the territory of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, a tuath located in the south of what is now County Galway in the south of Connacht, Ireland. Aidhne is coextensive with the present diocese of Kilmacduagh... - Eoghan Ó hEidhinEoghan Ó hEidhinEoghan Ó hEidhin, King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, died 1340.Eoghan is the last person named as ruler of all Uí Fiachrach Aidhne in the annals. The previous person so named was Owen Ó hEidhin who died in 1253. The Irish annals list two possible rulers in the interim:* 1263. Mael Fabhill Ó hEidhin was...
- last Hynes king of AidhneAidhneAidhne also known as, Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne, Maigh Aidhne / Maigh nAidhne was the territory of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, a tuath located in the south of what is now County Galway in the south of Connacht, Ireland. Aidhne is coextensive with the present diocese of Kilmacduagh... - Uí Fiachrach AidhneUí Fiachrach AidhneUí Fhiachrach Aidhne was a kingdom located in what is now the south of Co. Galway.-Legendary origins and geography:...
- home kingdom of the Hynes family