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My father, Oliver Hynes, was an educator. He was originally just a teacher, a very good one, but then he was promoted to be in charge of education... →
The English playwrights of the '50s and '60s didn't really keep writing or getting produced, while the Irish did. There's... →
The odd thing about 'Cripple of Inishmaan' is it's never actually been performed on the island.
I remember thinking, 'I can't act.' Pretending to be someone else is a terrifying thought. The thing was that, along with other people, I... →
I still get called 'a stick of dynamite' or 'pint-sized dynamo,' stuff like that. Actually, I was too busy to notice there was... →
I think I'm attracted to writers who tell us something about ourselves.
I was the first woman to win a Tony for directing, but the second woman came along five minutes later.
Plays by people like Martin McDonagh and Brian Friel attract huge audiences, not because they're Irish, but because they're brilliant plays.
As far as Irish writers being great, I think the fact that there have been two languages in Ireland for a very long time; there has obviously been a... →
I had spent time in New York, where I loved the idea that theater could be done up in tiny little rooms rather than for lots of money on a big stage... →
I think women are in much the same place in the Irish theater as they are everywhere else. Certainly, we have wonderful Irish writers, and we have... →
I was born in Ballaghadreen, but I grew up in Galway, and when I went to the University College of Galway, I became involved in the drama society... →
I wouldn't call myself religious. I'm spiritual. Everybody's a bit more so as you get older. I'm a cultural Catholic; it's... →
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