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  The Irish National Theatre Society was founded on the 1st February 1903, with WB Yeats as President, Vice Presidents were Maud Gonne, Douglas Hyde and George Russell (AE), Stage Manager was WG Fay and secretary Fred Ryan. Their first performances were at a small hall at 34 Camden Street, which bearly held 50 people. Prior to 1904, they produced the following plays:
  
  1903 At the Molesworth Hall
  
  The Hour Glass by WB Yeats
  Twenty-Five by Lady Gregory
  The King's Threshold by WB Yeats
  In The Shadow of the Glen by JM Synge
  Broken Soil by Padraic Colum
  The Company performed two plays in The Molesworth Hall in January 1904 before moving into their new home on Lower Abbey Street. See also The Abbey Theatre

New Irish Plays Produced By The Irish National Theatre Society