This article considers the relationship between Druid Theatre’s productions
and its administration during the company’s first decade by investigating
the links between three features: the company’s fundraising practices;
Druid’s infrastructure development in terms of personnel and physical
space; and the organisation’s programming choices. Druid’s artistic
partnership with Irish playwright Tom Murphy is also examined as it
assisted in launching Druid’s international touring when Murphy’s
Conversations on a Homecoming was the first Druid production to travel
outside of the United States/United Kingdom festival circuit.
