Also known as The Scheming Lieutenant, Richard B. Sheridan's 18th-century farce is directed Jon Tarlton.

The cast includes Sabina Higgins (née Coyne, wife of Michael D. Higgins, the future President of Ireland). This is Sabina's second Druid production following Children of the Wolf in 1975.

Garry Hynes directs the world premieres of two one-act plays by Geraldine Aron.

The Donahue Sisters is a story of reunited sisters (Ingrid Craigie, Marion O'Dwyer, Kate O'Toole) at a tragic event, their mother's funeral. While mourning their mother, the three sisters reveal a family secret locked in the family attic from many years ago.

The Stanley Parkers is the tale of a gay couple (Des Keogh, Michael Roberts) and how their relationship hits a bump in the road when Stanley is diagnosed with AIDS. As Stanley tries to comprehend the news, his partner Dimitri reflects on the time they have spent together.

Garry Hynes directs a cast of nine in Louis D'Alton's 1941 tragedy: Seán McGinley, Marie Mullen, Catherine Cusack, Ingrid Craigie, Marion O’Dwyer, Ray McBride, Aidan Gillen, Noel O’Donovan and Maelíosa Stafford.

The production opens in Galway before visiting 18 tour venues including Dublin's Gate Theatre and Inis Meáin.

Maelíosa Stafford becomes Druid's new artistic director following the departure of Garry Hynes who has accepted the position of artistic director at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.

Maelíosa agrees to lead Druid for four years and then return to Australia in 1995 where he has made his home.

In 1991, his first year as artistic director, Druid delivers five productions:

• The Increased Difficulty of Concentration by Václav Havel (poet, playwright and the last President of Czechoslovakia), directed by Maelíosa Stafford
• Look Back in Anger by John Osborne, directed by Maelíosa Stafford
• John Hughdy and Tom John by Vincent Woods, directed by John Crowley
• Cheapside by David Allen, directed by Roland Jacquarello
• Shadow and Substance by Paul Vincent Carroll, directed by Maelíosa Stafford

Directed by Maelíosa Stafford and designed by Monica Frawley, The Midnight Court is Galway folk-singer Sean Tyrrell's musical adaptation of David Marcus's English language translation of Brian Merriman's original poem 'Cúirt an Mheáin Oíche', written in the late 18th century.

Described as a battle of the sexes in fairyland, the play depicts a mythical court case in which the women of Ireland are suing the men of Ireland for refusing to marry and father children with them.

A lively combination of drama and music, the production is a huge hit for Druid and draws many new audiences to the theatre.

Officially Druid's 100th production, Vincent Woods's celebration of cross-border love, the tradition of mumming, storytelling, dance and music is a ground-breaking production for Druid.

Following its world premiere in Galway, the show, directed by Maelíosa Stafford and designed by Monica Frawley, tours the length and breadth of Ireland in the winter of 1992 with 18 tour stops in total.

It returns in 1993 for runs in Derry and London. In 1994, it plays at seven Irish venues before international stops in Toronto and Glasgow. Its final stop is Australia in the spring of 1995.

Directed by Maelíosa Stafford, Belfry is Druid's first production of a Billy Roche play, followed by Poor Beast in the Rain (1995) and The Cavalcaders (2022).

The cast includes Séan Lawlor, David Wilmot, Stephen Kennedy, Hilary Fannin and Ray McBride.

After opening in Galway, the production visits 17 venues on a two-month national tour.

Following the success of At the Black Pig's Dyke, playwright Vincent Woods and director Maelíosa Stafford reunite for Song of the Yellow Bittern.

The play, a mix of a love story and a ghost story, is the tale of a Protestant woman who brings a Catholic priest to court for a paternity lawsuit.

Following its world premiere in Galway, the productions tours to 14 Irish venues across the island of Ireland.

Directed by John Crowley, Tom Murphy’s The Blue Macushla is set in a 1970s nightclub against the backdrop of the Troubles.

The cast includes Maria Doyle Kennedy, Ray McBride, Tommy Tiernan and Seán Rocks.

1995 also marks the return of Garry Hynes as Druid's artistic director.

Plucked by Garry Hynes from a slush pile of scripts, Martin McDonagh’s masterpiece bursts off the stage, becoming one of the most important plays in modern Irish theatre.

In its first year, the play is selected to be the inaugural production for the new Town Hall Theatre in Galway in February – a new play for a new theatre.

Later that spring, it embarks on a short Irish tour before transferring to London’s Royal Court Theatre.

A longer tour of Ireland follows in the winter ahead of a full West End run at the Duke of York's Theatre that lasts till early 1997.

Druid celebrates its 21st birthday with a major new production of Brian Friel's The Loves of Cass Maguire.

Cass Maguire was the first play Garry ever directed back in her Dramsoc days at U.C.G. and it was one of the first three plays in Druid's inaugural season a few years later in 1975. On both occasions and again in 1996, Marie Mullen plays the lead role of 'Cass'.

President Mary Robinson, Patron of Druid, is the guest of honour at the opening performance in Galway's Town Hall Theatre.

Another honour is bestowed upon the 21-year-old theatre company when Galway City Council officially renames the lane outside their home venue as Druid Lane. Until then, the lane had gone by numerous names, including Red Earls' Lane, Chapel Lane and Courthouse Lane.

Later the same month, shortly after the 21st birthday production of The Loves of Cass Maguire at the Town Hall Theatre, Druid invites French theatre-maker and writer Simone Benmussa to direct her own adaptation of George Moore's novella at Druid's own theatre on Druid Lane.

Following runs abroad in London, New York and Paris among others, this Irish premiere marks a homecoming for the play which is set in Ireland.

Jane Brennan leads the cast in the role of Nobbs.

Beauty Queen is joined the following year by the world premieres, just days apart, of A Skull in Connemara and The Lonesome West.

The Leenane Trilogy, as the three plays are billed, is arguably Druid's first true foray into event theatre with audiences afforded the opportunity to see all three plays in a single day. Individual performances are also presented.

Following its world premiere run in Galway, the trilogy transfers to London's Royal Court and then returns to Ireland for runs in Cork, Dublin and a repeat run in Galway.

In total, including runs of the three individual plays and runs of the trilogy, Druid’s tours of The Leenane Trilogy last from 1996 to 2001, playing 31 venues on the island of Ireland alone, plus visits to England, the United States, Canada and Australia.

The success of the trilogy proves both Druid's ability to produce event theatre and its audience's appetite for marathon theatrical attendance.

Druid's event theatre productions continue in the decades to come with DruidSynge (2005), DruidMurphy (2012), DruidShakespeare (2015) and DruidO'Casey (2023).

After two years of critically acclaimed runs across Ireland and in the West End, Druid takes Martin McDonagh’s masterpiece to New York in the spring of 1998.

It opens off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company where it plays for two months before transferring to the Walter Kerr Theater for its Broadway run.

At the Tony Awards in June, the production is nominated for six awards and wins four:

• Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for Marie Mullen
• Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for the late Anna Manahan
• Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for the late Tom Murphy
• Best Direction of a Play for Garry Hynes, who becomes the first woman in the history of the Tonys to win for Best Director

Martin McDonagh's The Lonesome West tours Ireland, visiting 11 venues in the winter of 1999.

The touring cast includes Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, David Wilmot and Pauline Hutton.

Directed by Maelíosa Stafford, the Shakespeare comedy stars Joe Hanley, Helen Norton, Jason Gilroy, Mark O’Halloran, Jamie Robertson, Judith Ryan, David Wilmot and Michael Hayes.

Following its world premiere as part of The Leenane Trilogy in 1997 and its national tour in 1998, The Lonesome West opens on Broadway in the spring of 1999, running at the Lyceum Theater.

The production earns four Tony Award nominations: Best Play, Best Actor (Brían F. O'Byrne), Best Featured Actress in a Play (Dawn Bradfield), Best Direction of a Play (Garry Hynes).