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Typescript ringbound draft by Thomas Kilroy of his play The Madame MacAdam Travelling Theatre , with the note "text for reading at Court"; also file of loose leaves that complete the draft. This is a duplicate of the preceding draft, with the addition of handwritten corrections as well as notes regarding performance. Also including handwritten insert for the beginning of Scene 2: a scene with "Madame" and "Lyle Jones" that was later incorporated into the play (as printed by Methuen). [Paginated 1-98, including loose leaves which were cut out of the bound draft, without however indicating cuts or otherwise linking up the broken scenes. ]

Typescript "revised early" draft by Thomas Kilroy of his play The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde ; with title page and list of characters (three main characters and six attendants with puppets). Listing literary agent as Casarotto Ramsay Ltd; with duplicate (ringbound). [Paginated 1-103. It can be dated by the letter from Judy [Friel], contained in the file from The Abbey Theatre production.]

Typescript review of 'The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta' by Mario Vargas Llosa published under the title 'The Hero We Didn't Know' in the Evening Herald on 2 January 1987. Beginning '"The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta" can be described as a search for the unknown intellectual revolutionary.' Includes handwritten amendments.

Typescript response of the Belfast Housing Trust to the Centre for Environmental Studies working paper, ‘Housing in Northern Ireland’ (CES UWP 12) contesting a number of points made in the paper.

Typescript report of the Secretary of the Galway Arts Festival. The report is compiled by Geraldine Quinn, Honorary Secretary, following the completion of the 1980 Galway Arts Festival. The report details an account of a general overview of the Festival and deals specifically with the success of the Festival, its contents, publicity, Irish language, official opening, banners and bunting, exhibition centre, opening of exhibitions at exhibition centre, Festival office, publicity during festival, festival club, public literary readings, ballet/Jesuit Hall venue, Children's paintings workshop, puppet shows, Craft workers exhibitions, concerts, close of Festival, financing of Festival and organisation of Festival committee.

Typescript report by Maurice Hayes of a study trip to the USA, organised as part of his role as first Chairman of the Northern Ireland Community Relations Commission. He details his visits to various academics and others. He concludes that labour dispute resolution won’t work as a model for dispute resolution in Northern Ireland, that the race issues in the States centred on improving people’s lives, not on the great “unbargainables” of nationality and religion, and that the visit has been of great benefit to clarifying his thoughts on his role.

Typescript report (2 pp) by [Brendan Duddy] (in the first person) for [ ], following an extensive telephone conversation with 'Fred'. Stating firstly that Major was now to be reckoned on. Then offering six conclusions to their discussion; including recommendations that Sinn Féin comment on the PLO/Rabin deal and the parallel it presents, and that they respond to the last document. They also state that there is an expectation Sinn Féin come out with a 'full frontal' [by way of press publications]; other points (partly in code) - a visit to 'Re...' turned into a discussion of the Joint Declaration, on Hume, and on Reynolds being prompted rather than actively involved; Duddy's own opinion on the latter two ('Reynolds is being deliberately misled...'). (With a caption by [Éamonn Downey], referring to Sinn Féin's Setting the record straight where this is paraphrased and mentioned as an oral message from the British government.)

Typescript proposal for a radio play by Thomas Kilroy, based on his novel The Big Chapel . Falling into two parts (paginated continuously): proposal 1 deploys Horace Percy Butler as narrator; then summarising the two parts of the play and giving 10 scenes as samples. Proposal 2 consists of an introduction, a summary of scenes, one short sample scene at the beginning.

Typescript projected income and expenditure account of Music for Galway for the year ended 31 Aug 1990; photocopy of profit and loss account and income and expenditure account of Music for Galway, year ended 31 Aug 1990 (signed by O'Leary and Cuddy, Directors of MFG) Also includes monthly analysis of accounts of MFG for period Sep 1989 to Aug 1990.

Typescript printed and bound 'stage play treatment' of Hurl written by Charlie O'Neill for Barabbas Theatre Company. Includes concept for the play, author's notes, notes on the set, the sound score and the cast, a summary of each act, pre-show, prologue and text of the play.