File includes colour and black and white photographs from the production of The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde, written by Thomas Kilroy, directed by Patrick Mason and designed by Joe Vaněk. Some photographs were taken by Amelia Stein. Also printed play programme from the Abbey Theatre production of the play.
File relating to the drafting, writing and publication of novel for children, 'The Secret City', by Carolyn Swift. First published in 1991 by Kilnadore Press, Dublin. Cover design by Carolyn Swift. The book was reissued by O'Brien Press in 1994.
File includes correspondence between Carolyn Swift and publisher Fran Dempsey of Kilnadore Press, regarding publication of the book and a later dispute that arose with Swift seeking back the rights to her books with the press owing to her not receiving royalties and not being consulted on re-issue of her books; Also letters between Swift and O'Brien Press discussing the publication of the book with them in 1994.
File also includes two typescript drafts of the book by Swift, with manuscript edits and notes made by the author.
File with draft scripts and overview proposal for a television series for children called The Silent Circus, featuring a young girl character who is deaf/has hearing disability, written by Tony Grant, and sent to Swift. Also RTÉ document about a children's television drama competition.
Typed version (with handwritten edits) of 'The Seanchaí and the Database', and a printed German translation 'Der Geschichtenerzähler und die Datenbank'.
German language print out on Die Orgelborns-Kirmes, a German neighbourhood.
German language tourist material and maps for Koblenz.
Printed flyers and programmes from various Pan Pan Theatre productions of The Seagull and Other Birds, adapted from 'The Seagull' by Anton Chekhov and directed by Gavin Quinn.
Includes printed flyer from production at FFT, Dusseldorf, Germany; flyer from production at Noorderzon Festival, Groningen, Netherlands; flyer from the San Francisco International Arts Festival production; and typescript sheet/programme from production as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival at the Project Arts Centre.
Printed programme from double-bill of productions at the Dublin Theatre Festival from Krétakor Theatre and staged at the O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin. "BLACKland" was directed by Árpád Schilling and devised by extensive (and listed) group of people. "The Seagull" was written by Anton Chekhov and also directed by Schilling. Includes articles "Black, Black, Black World", excerpts from "BLACKland" rehearsal diary by Anna Veress; article "Chekhov's 'The Seagull'" by Lisa FitzPatrick; "Completing the Circle: Krétakor and Hungarian Theatre" by Anna Lengyel; "Festival Memories" by Lewis Clohessy on past memories of the Dublin Theatre Festival.
File includes daily rehearsal reports, nightly show reports, assistant stage manager cue sheets, rehearsal and technical schedule, scene structure outline for the play, auditorium plans and lighting/tech design details for production in the Gaiety Theatre and Draíocht Theatre, Blanchardstown, Dublin.
File with three notebooks written by Annie Ryan, director of The Seagull, staged by Corn Exchange Theatre Company and in a version of the play by Anton Chekhov.
Notebook 1 contains notes on rehearsals, scene by scene analysis and development, notes on characters, notes on the adaptation, sketches and drawings of set design etc.
Notebook 2 is labelled "Rehearsal Notebook - Sept 2016" with notes and comments from daily and weekly rehearsal schedules, with notes on direction, set, props etc.
Notebook 3, spiral bound notebook, with comments from previews and tech rehearsals, notes on characters, drawings of costumes etc. technical notes on sounds/lighting etc.
File 1 includes typescript Draft A (April 2016) of The Seagull in a new version by Michael West and Annie Ryan. Script is annotated throughout with comments by Annie Ryan. File also includes a clean typescript of The Seagull, in a Russian language version.
File 2 includes Draft D Rev[ision] 16 Aug 2016; Draft D Rev[ision] 19 Aug 2016; and 'Draft D Gaiety' (6 Oct 2016). All three draft scripts include notes and annotation by Annie Ryan.
Files relating to production of The Seagull, by Anton Chekhov, in a new version by Michael West and Annie Ryan, directed by Annie Ryan and staged by Corn Exchange Theatre Company in a presentation with Dublin Theatre Festival and at Draíocht Theatre, Sep 29 — Oct 1, 2016 and Gaiety Theatre Oct 5 — Oct 16, 2016.