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Most holiday guides on Ireland will tell you that the Dublin Theatre Festival is one of the greatest reasons to visit the city of Dublin on the months of May, June, September and October. The Dublin Theatre Festival, the oldest specialist theater festival in the entirety of Europe, features the best works in international theater along with productions made by the best of Ireland's very own dramatists and playwrights.

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The Dublin Theatre Festival first started out as a proposal by Brendan Smith to the Irish Tourist Board in the 1950s, when the agency was looking for a means to draw in tourists not just from outside Dublin but also from all over the world during the period considered as the shoulder months of the tourist calendar in Ireland. After getting the desired nod from the Irish Tourist Board, Brendan Smith began operating the Dublin Theatre Festival in 1957. Brendan Smith, who also managed the Olympia Theater and the Brendan Smith Academy of Acting in Dublin, served as the director of the Festival until 1983.

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The productions featured in the Dublin Theatre Festival do not just come from the homegrown talents of Ireland. Many pieces also come from various parts of the world and covering a wide array of subjects. There is often a healthy sampling of Shakespearean drama in the Dublin Theatre Festival, and theatre traditions from other countries are also showcased there. Many a premiere by a leading Irish playwright, such as Tom Murphy, Brian Friel, Frank McGuinness and Hugh Leonard, have been included in previous presentations by the Dublin Theatre Festival.

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If you are thinking of attending the Dublin Theatre Festival and you are going to come from outside of Dublin, it is best that you book your accommodations as early as possible. The Dublin Theatre Festival is an awaited annual event in the theatre world and if you make your reservations too late, you might end up not having any place to stay in Dublin.

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