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Grace Butt

Grace Butt was born in Brigus, Newfoundland. In 1937 she founded the St. John's Players, Newfoundland's first theatre company. She organized the first committee for Provincial Drama Festivals. In 1945 she wrote and directed the first full-length Newfoundland play. Subsequent plays have been produced on stage and CBC Radio. Publications include plays, poems, short stories, and articles. Memorial University conferred on her the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in 1981.

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Part of the Main	Grace Butt

Premiered In 2020

Twenty Fifty

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Dream, Sleep, Connect

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The Spider's House

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Carmel Winters, Enda Walsh, Iseult Golden, Sarah Hanly, John Connors, Shane O'Reilly, Nancy Harris, Owen McCafferty, Frank McGuinness, Feli Speaks, Gina Moxley, Abbie Spallen, Michael West, Shaun Dunne, Manchán Magan, Eva O'Connor, Edna O'Brien, Aoife Martyn, Arthur Riordan, Andrea Molino, John O'Donovan (2), Deirdre Kinahan, Zoe Ní Riordáin, Karen Cogan, Jimmy Murphy, Ursula Rani Sarma, Zhu Yi, Pom Boyd, Stacey Gregg, Thomas Kane Byrne, Sinéad Burke, Dermot Bolger, Carys D. Coburn, Meadhbh McHugh, Colm Keegan (2), Phillip McMahon, Darach Mac Con Iomaire, Sonya Kelly, Margaret Perry, Joseph O'Connor (1), Kit de Waal, Ciara Elizabeth Smyth, Keith James Walker, Mark O'Halloran, Una McKevitt, Blindboy Boatclub, Emmet Kirwan, Rosaleen McDonagh, David Ireland, Jody O'Neill
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Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

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Grace Butt

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Premiered In 2020

Twenty Fifty

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Dream, Sleep, Connect

Restoration

The Spider's House

Latest Playography Update

Dear Ireland I

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