The Glittering Gate (a short one-act play for two actors) written by Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) and first performed and directed by David Llewellyn and Jade Thomson, at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 29 April 1909

   Scenes from The Glittering Gate (a short one-act play for two actors) written by the Irish playwright Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) and first performed and directed by David Llewellyn and Jade Thomson, at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on  29 April 1909, featuring Tom Galashan as ‘Jim’ and Isaac Nixon as ‘Bill’.

Original Cast:  

Jim Fred O'Donovan (1)
Bill Norreys Connell

    The Glittering Gate tells the story of two burglars trapped outside the gates of heaven. In its mixture of comedy and existential bleakness, the play anticipates the work of Beckett, and clearly was a major influence on Waiting for Godot in particular.