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Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of his play The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde ; lacking front matter and the end of Part One; with extensive handwritten corrections and deletions. Beginning in a space defined by the great white disk deployed in all subsequent drafts; "Oscar" and "Constance" are led there by attendants. (Paginated 1-103, missing 38-61; marked by hand "early: Secret Fall".)

Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of his play The Madame MacAdam Travelling Theatre, with few handwritten corrections or cuts variant from the previous draft. Near-identical to P103/ 186. With handwritten caption: "starting with Mde. Mac 'what else is there?'" - referring to the monologue at the beginning that is identical to previous draft. [Paginated 2-116.]

Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of his play The Madame MacAdam Travelling Theatre , marked "Early draft - not rehearsal script". Beginning with "Madame"' s monologue, and ending (like all previous drafts) with the two teenagers. Beginning of Scene 2 is missing (the insert of a previous draft was not realised here; neither is the insert with the appearance of "Madame" and "Lyle Jones" on the race track, Scene 5). [Paginated 1-100; missing pp 5, 8, 10-11, 19-20, 25, 29-30, 39, 42, 49, 52, 54, 56, 73, 74, 78, 79.]

Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of his play The Madame MacAdam Travelling Theatre . This version opens with Madame MacAdam's monologue, followed by the LDF men. Missing the end; last scene is that between "Sergeant" and "Chamberlain".

Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of his play The Madame MacAdam Travelling Theatre, based to about two-thirds on the printed text (Methuen, 1991), and for the rest on a typescript draft. Change to "Madame"'s monologue, with a different entry to the monologue, "It is the beginning of Herr Hitler's war...". Introducing a new dialogue between "Rabe" and "Lyle Jones", breaking away from the historical tableau from Emmett's time (Scene 2). (Paginated 1-79, missing pp.55, 58-60.)

Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of his play My Scandalous Life in the two-act version. Entitled "Revised working typescript draft of 2 Act Version". With handwritten excisions and corrections in both acts; changes were taken over from Act 2 in the preceding draft. [Paginated 1-43. The next draft is near-identical and dated.]

Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of his play My Scandalous Life in the one-act version. Reworked from the directly preceding draft (changes made); some added handwritten notes. Listing literary agent as Alan Brodie Representation. [Paginated 1-27.]

Typescript draft brief synopsis of the 'The Leavetaking' beginning with a quote from the first line of the book followed by 'The teacher on schoolyard duty is to be dismissed at nine of the actual day of the novel by the Authorities for, in their eyes, his immoral relationship with an American divorcée'. Contains handwritten amendments and additions.

Typescript "Draft B" of Thomas Kilroy's play My Scandalous Life, in the one-act version, with added comment "without Eileen disclosures". [Paginated 1-30. Note on original folder marked this as a version improved for the Irish Repertory Theatre production, 2011.]

Typescript "Draft B" of Thomas Kilroy's play My Scandalous Life, in the one-act version. With added comment "with Eileen rewrites". [Paginated 1-30. Note on original folder marked this as a version improved for the Irish Repertory Theatre production, 2011.]