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- 12/01/1990-12/10/1995
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File of correspondence between Thomas Kilroy and various agents and theatres regarding his play The Madame MacAdam Travelling Theatre. Including correspondence regarding possible publication by Penguin Books, Lilliput Press Ltd, or by Faber and Faber. Notably containing correspondence with Max Stafford-Clark of The Court Theatre, London, who originally commissioned the play, with much detailed comments on characters and plot (see especially Kilroy's letter of late January 1991). Also including correspondence with Dr. Jo Harrop, expert in portable theatres in England; criticism from Christopher Fitz-Simon (Dublin), Jim Nolan (Waterford), and Barbara Hayley (Maynooth); hopes for a rewriting in cooperation with Michael Cottrell (London).
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2116; 198
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27/06/2013
28/07/2025