Mr. Neil Murray:

That is not what we are doing. The 2019 programme has three new plays on the Abbey stage. There is room for revivals and other presentations, but we are also making new theatre. This also happened in 2018; there were new productions in the Peacock such as "Porcelain" and "Come on Home", as well as new productions on the Abbey stage. In 2019 there will be three new plays, commissioned by the Abbey and all by Irish writers, on the Abbey stage.