Garry Hynes
Garry Hynes
Garry Hynesis an Irish theatre director. She holds the distinction of being the first female to win the prestigious Tony Award for direction of a play...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth10 June 1953
CountryIreland
Garry Hynes quotes about
corners encouragement english fact four ireland national reaches theater younger
The English playwrights of the '50s and '60s didn't really keep writing or getting produced, while the Irish did. There's encouragement for the younger ones also in the fact that Ireland is exceptional in its ability to make theater part of the national dialogue, and it reaches to all four corners of the country.
absolutely along felt pretending terrifying
I remember thinking, 'I can't act.' Pretending to be someone else is a terrifying thought. The thing was that, along with other people, I could create a whole world. I felt absolutely right directing.
case early looked notice realized stick stuff theater until unusual
I still get called 'a stick of dynamite' or 'pint-sized dynamo,' stuff like that. Actually, I was too busy to notice there was anything unusual about being a woman director until the early 1980s, when I looked around the professional theater and realized there weren't many of us. You have to make more of a case for yourself than any man.
bit call cultural
I wouldn't call myself religious. I'm spiritual. Everybody's a bit more so as you get older. I'm a cultural Catholic; it's inescapable, but I think I have to believe.
everywhere number quite women wonderful
I think women are in much the same place in the Irish theater as they are everywhere else. Certainly, we have wonderful Irish writers, and we have quite a number of Irish women directors. But there could be more, and there should be more.
became born directing grew involved society university
I was born in Ballaghadreen, but I grew up in Galway, and when I went to the University College of Galway, I became involved in the drama society there and started directing plays.
islands odd-things odd
The odd thing about Cripple of Inishmaan is its never actually been performed on the island.
winning firsts minutes
I was the first woman to win a Tony for directing, but the second woman came along five minutes later.