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Vincent Dowling is a Lifetime Associate Director of The National Theatre of Ireland -'The Abbey Theatre'. During 27 years, he was Artistic Director, Deputy Artistic Director, and Director of the Experimental Theatre and, for 23 years, a leading company actor and director. He led The Abbey Theatre to The Moscow Arts Theatre and brought the famous Russian theatre to Dublin. He organized, directed, and led to great cities and small university towns the first financially and artistically successful Abbey Theatre National Tour of the USA in 55 years. He has played and directed in London, Paris, Florence, and the Edinburgh Festival, and has directed at many of America's finest regional theatres and is also a well-known radio and television broadcaster. At a number of universities and colleges in the U. S. he has held Chairs of Humane Letters, Theatre, and Continuing Studies. Vincent Dowling was Artistic Director of The Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival of Ohio from 1976-84. He performed on three occasions at The White House. In the early 90's, he founded The Miniature Theatre of Chester, a professional theatre now in its 20th Season, operating in an economically deprived village. He is a recipient of five Honorary Doctorates and numerous Awards. He is a published writer, poet, and playwright. In 2000, he published the first volume of his memoirs. His second volume is due out in 2010 published by Kent State University Press. In 2009, under the Vincent Dowling Theatre Company, Vincent produced The Rivalry by Norman Corwin which perfomed for 3 months in New York followed by a 4 state tour in the USA .
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Vincent's First Book "Astride the Moon, A Theatrical Life".
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His second book will be available in the fall
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Mr. Dooley's America
Theaters
The Miniature Theatre of Chester
The MTC was founded in 1990 by Vincent Dowling, actor, director, and former artistic director of Ireland's Abbey Theater, who continues to present a Founding Director’s Production each season.
Abbey Theatre
Great Lakes Theater Festival
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Olwen O'Herlihy Dowling.
Her Painting.
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Quotations of Oscar Wilde
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