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Sat 03 Mar 2009National theatre wants your manuscripts
ARTSCAPE: ASPIRING WRITERS mostly assume, with some justification, that any manuscripts they send to publishers or agents or theatres join a giant slushpile in the corner.
Not so at the Abbey, they say, where they positively welcome unsolicited manuscripts. Young, hip, innovative writers may not generally send scripts to the Abbey, but the national theatre is actually asking for them for its New Playwrights Programme, which it hopes will contribute to improving the quality and vibrancy of the Irish theatre scene and new plays in Ireland.
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