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
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.
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.