The story
Founded by Alfred Wareing.1
Private company
Glasgow Repertory Theatre
Glasgow Repertory Theatre was a short-lived Scottish professional theatre founded in Glasgow in 1909 by Alfred Wareing. Its aim, directly inspired by the example of Dublin's Abbey Theatre (which had brought its first tour to Glasgow in 1907 with plays by J. M. Synge and W. B. Yeats), was to break Scotland's theatrical dependence on London.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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Glasgow Repertory Theatre was a short-lived Scottish professional theatre founded in Glasgow in 1909 by Alfred Wareing. Its aim, directly inspired by the example of Dublin's Abbey Theatre (which had brought its first tour to Glasgow in 1907 with plays by J. M. Synge and W. B. Yeats), was to break Scotland's theatrical dependence on London. Over the previous thirty years, Scottish theatrical activity had been increasingly dominated by touring London companies using transport by rail to bring their productions north, a situation that had effectively contributed to the demise of the country's own stock theatre companies, which had had growing success in the mid-nineteenth century.2
Leadership
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- FounderAlfred Wareing1
Links
- WikipediaGlasgow Repertory Theatre
- WikidataQ5566900
Sources
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