File of press cuttings regarding Thomas Kilroy's radio play The Door (broadcast in January 1968 as Say Hello to Johnny ), with a preview by Augustine Martin, and notices (all undated) about Kilroy receiving the first prize for a BBC play competition.
File of correspondence between Thomas Kilroy, his literary agents, radio producers in the UK, the Netherlands, Switzerland, regarding his radio play The Door . Regarding rights to repeat the BBC broadcast (1971); rights to broadcast in other countries (e.g. By Belgische Radio en Televisie, Radio Suisse Romande).
File of loose, fragmented notes kept by Thomas Kilroy, in preparation of the radio play That man Bracken . Including biographical notes on Bracken and Joyce, general historical points, two schemes of (8, 16) scenes for the play; early sketches of dialogue, including the scene on the rooftop [later fire warden scene].
File of loose draft fragments by Thomas Kilroy [for his radio play That man Bracken ]; containing some character sketches, and first trials of dialogue.
Hardbound notebook kept by Thomas Kilroy in preparation for his radio play That man Bracken , as well as loose segments torn out of the book. Containing some historical points, notes on the mise-en-scene, as well as early drafts of scenes. The sections still bound with the book contain two longer drafts of a dinner scene. The loose sections include a beginning of the play, with the narrator's "I cannot vouch for the accuracy of any of this..."; another large segment beginning with Bracken's "beyond the Rhine. Out of the woods...". [Loose sections are paginated 1-27; 2-12.]
File of early drafts by Thomas Kilroy for his radio play That Man Bracken , with scenes numbered 7 to 9, and entitled "The take-overs", "The right-honourable gentleman", "The dinner-party". With instructions for typist. [Possibly from the same notebook as P103/ 331. First scenes have not survived.]
Handwritten early draft with typescript annotations by Thomas Kilroy for his radio play That Man Bracken , entitled "Scene one" and beginning "Sound of severe blitz over London, late Spring 1941".
Handwritten early draft by Thomas Kilroy for his radio play That Man Bracken , entitled "Scene two", beginning "The sound of a typewriter".
Handwritten early draft by Thomas Kilroy for his radio play That Man Bracken , beginning with "Narrator one": "this is the story of a man who invented himself". (Paginated 1-7.)