Introduction -- Memory. Centennial celebrations: the production of commemoration -- The past is myself: a history of commemoration and the AbbeyTheatre -- Identity. Representing the nation: the politics of programming and the AbbeyTheatre -- Spreading the nation: the AbbeyTheatre on tour -- Governance. A space for the nation: the architecture of memory in the Irish national theatre -- Financing the nation: the politics of mismanagement and the AbbeyTheatre -- Epilogue.