Frank Smith

I'll be looking back at you to see you looking back at me to see me looking back at you.

[Frank Smith @Franksmithactor]

@nievebookcorner Finished until 30th Dec Nieve hope you're doing well and Happy Christmas 🎄

[Frank Smith @Franksmithactor]

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[Castaway Actors @CastawayActors]

We’re deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and former client, Seán Rocks.

A gifted artist and champion of the arts, Seán’s warmth, talent, and generosity touched many. Our thoughts are with his loved ones and colleagues. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

[Frank Smith @Franksmithactor]

Poignant and Brilliant 💔

[RTÉ One @RTEOne]

.@lisaoneillmusic performs 'Homeless In The Thousands'

#TommyTiernanShow | @Tommedian

[Dublin Theatre Festival @DubTheatreFest]

'Guest Host, Stranger Ghost' is afoot!👻
Hear what the audience is saying about these wonderful shows!

📅 3–13 Oct
📍Various Venues
Tickets on Sale now at https://t.co/ClmYUmHT1Z

[Dublin Youth Theatre @DubYouthTheatre]

"Paddy, and the other artists he inspired, helped me discover who I could be. An actor, an artist, and a citizen."

A beautiful tribute to Paddy O'Dwyer from former DYT member & chairperson, and current deputy director of @YouthTheatreIrl, Alan King

https://t.co/HIdh5kjAB9

[Michael Paulson @MichaelPaulson]

Carole Rothman cofounded @2STNYC, a successful nonprofit that produces work on and off Broadway, in 1979. Now she’s leaving, and as she does she has a lot to say about her experience as a woman in leadership. https://t.co/N1c6YvCMbf

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

You’re never too important to be nice to people.

A beautiful reminder by Bruce Springsteen

[Mark O’Brien @obrienmark]

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Flood it with your interests.
Art, History, Cinema, TV, Politics, Theatre, Literature, Gaming, Holidays, Nostalgia, Memes. There are many here happy to engage civilly, to listen and debate. Don’t leave this space to bile, hate & nihilism. Pass it on.

[Frank Smith @Franksmithactor]

Brilliant. One of my favourites. Definitely time to read it again 🍷

[Poetic Outlaws @OutlawsPoetic]

Tonight’s read. One of my favorite Steinbeck novels. 🍷

“Look at them. There are your true philosophers. I think that Mack and the boys know everything that has ever happened in the world and possibly everything that will happen.”

[Frank Smith @Franksmithactor]

@nievebookcorner Ahh thank you Nieve safe journeys

[BUCHANAN: Dublin Time Machine @RobLooseCannon]

Happy Bloomsday! James Joyce's novel Ulysses is a modernist masterpiece. The book is set over one day, the day of the author's first date with his wife Nora, the 16th of June. Here are 10 Dublin locations from the world changing adventure.

📖1. Glasnevin Cemetery stands in for Hades, home to some of our nation's greatest dead and the reopened O'Connell tower. It also features special watchtowers to defend against 18th & 19th-century body-snatchers.

📖2. The Martello Tower in Sandycove is where the novel begins, with Telemachus. It is also home to a James Joyce museum. It was originally part of the coastal defence system against Napoleon. The tower pic below is actually Sandymount as the historic photos of Sandy Cove are either watermarked or are modern with modifications. I chose this one to give a better feel for the original and to see the tramline.

📖3. The National Library of Ireland was built in 1877 and plays host to the Scylla and Charybdis episodes. It's home to a fascinating Yeats exhibition and is a great resource for Irish genealogy.

📖4. The long-abandoned and sadly recently demolished Ormond hotel on Ormond Quay featured in the Sirens episode and was once home to the Sirens Lounge. The quay, and hence the hotel, was named after James Butler the 1st Duke of Ormonde in the 1670s. Founded originally in 1788 before the Great Rebellion, it was remodelled in 1900 into the form Joyce would recognise.

📖5. "Circe" is set in a fictional part of the city called Nighttown, which was based on Monto, a notorious red-light district. Monto got its name from Montgomery Street (now Foley Street). The area was parallel to lower Talbot Street and Connolly Station. It was home to thousands of prostitutes servicing the locals and the nearby British army barracks. In 1925, the Legion of Mary and the Dublin Police Commissioner closed down the brothels, and Monto's dirty days were over.

📖6.The original door of 7 Eccles Street, home of Leopold Bloom, Ulysses. Sadly, the gaff was demolished in 1967. It's now part of the Mater Private Hospital. The door is preserved in the James Joyce Centre, near King's Inn.

📖7. The Merchant’s Arch building dates from 1821 and was originally a Guild Hall serving Wellington Quay. Linking the Ha’penny Bridge with Temple Bar, Leopold Bloom visits the iconic archway to buy pornographic books for Molly!

📖8. The Clifton School in glamorous seaside Dalkey was the setting for "Nestor." Joyce briefly taught history here. It is now the home of Summerfield Lodge.

📖9. Sandymount Strand, along the infrequently sunny south side of Dublin Bay, features in “Proteus” and “Nausicaa”. Bloom commits what would legally be called an act of public indecency, stimulated by the fair Gertie lifting her skirt.

📖10. Sweny's pharmacy on Lombard Street, Lincoln Place is beautifully preserved and is home to cultural events associated with Ulysses and Joyce still. In the "Lotus Eaters," chapter Bloom purchases a bar of lemon-scented soap from the chemist here before he heads to the public baths.

[Frank Smith @Franksmithactor]

Oh no. That's so sad she was an amazing beautiful person 💔

[Mark O’Brien @obrienmark]

I am gutted to hear that the wonderful Annie Kent has passed away. One of the finest people & actresses. I had the great pleasure of working with her many times over the years. A lady and a star.
Sending love to Pierce, all her family, friends & colleagues
https://t.co/vndy8sFxhq

[Castaway Actors @CastawayActors]

A massive congratulations to our wonderful Shannon Ayako Martin who finished up a run of YAQUI AND BÉAL: YOEME AND IRISH IN CONVERSATION at this year's @GwayTheatreFest. 🔥

[Castaway Actors @CastawayActors]

The brilliant Eoghan Burke will rejoin the cast of SEVEN DRUNKEN NIGHTS - THE STORY OF THE DUBLINERS for the UK and Ireland tour: including three shows in the @3olympiatheatre this June. 🔥

For tickets and more information, click here:

https://t.co/0wnXLUkDMV

[Castaway Actors @CastawayActors]

Our wonderful Julie Sharkey will be appearing in the marvellous AN ANT CALLED AMY in the next few weeks.

The show will be performed in @RosArtsCentre on the 22nd and 23rd of May before packing up and heading to Edinburgh @traversetheatre. 🔥

[Frank Smith @Franksmithactor]

Wow!

[Shakespeare’s Globe @The_Globe]

Nearly 300 years ago, the first Black performer to play Juliet was Rachael Baptiste, an Irishwoman also hugely successful as a singer.
She performed in Lancashire in the mid-1700s.

[Frank Smith @Franksmithactor]

Sad news. Was so iconic. RIP

[Frank Smith @Franksmithactor]

Wow!

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

She is amazing, like a solo orchestra ...

https://t.co/02ibAWZ0ea