Phyllis Ryan (actress)

[2] In 1939 she toured with the Abbey Theatre and appeared in a production by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy called The King of Spain's Daughter;[3] there were 16 performances in all from September to November.

Phyllis Ryan and her Gemini Productions kept independent theatre alive in Dublin and premièred most of the work of playwright John B. Keane.

[1][2] she had worked with people such as Cyril Cusack, Eileen Crowe, Shelah Richards, Ria Mooney and Barry Fitzgerald.

[5] This theatre was the main house for Gemini Production which debuted plays such as John B. Keane's The Field, King of the Castle by Eugene McCabe,[1][2] and An Trial by Mairead Ni Ghrada’s.

[5] This production company let relatively unknown young writers such as Brian Friel, Hugh Leonard, Fionnuala Flanagan and Keane debut their work to a wide audience.