File of letters from Trader Faulkner, actor and director, to the O'Malley family, relating to theatre business. Includes a Christmas card and a letter from Sheila Faulkner thanking them for their kindness to Trader.
File of correspondence between Desmond Fennell and Pearse and Mary O'Malley, mainly relating to the Lyric, to Threshold, and to some personal matters. Includes a copy letter from Mary O'Malley outlining her future plans for the Lyric: 'branching out gradually into semi-professional theatre, with a view to moving out of the house completely in two years time, and possibly handing over control to a group of Directors' (21 July 1958).
File of correspondence between Christopher Fitzsimon, productions director of the Lyric, and Pearse and Mary O'Malley. Includes letters relating to his appointment (July-August 1968) and also his letter of resignation (16 January 1969).
File of correspondence between Professor James Flannery and Mary O'Malley, mainly in relation to his production of and critical work on the plays of W.B. Yeats. Includes typescript copy of his article 'Professional and Yeatsian Quest for Perfection', which was intended for Threshold (1979). Also includes many circulars relating to the W.B. Yeats Drama Foundation, of which Flannery is director.
File of correspondence between Brian Friel and Pearse and Mary O'Malley, mainly in relation to the staging of his plays in the Lyric Theatre. Includes two signed programmes of The Enemy Within (September 1963). He describes his worries at an opening night in Dublin: 'before it went on, nobody could assure me that it could stand up. My sweat on opening night was mighty!' (18 November 1964). Also includes a letter discussing his proposed editorship of Threshold (17 May [1966]).
File of Christmas cards from Rowel and Yvonne Friers, each featuring a drawing of Rowell's on the cover.
File of letters from Patrick Galvin to Mary O'Malley, discussing his plays and poetry. Includes copies of several poems sent by Galvin, including Midnight , which is dedicated to Mary O'Malley, and The Madwoman of Cork , which is inscribed 'To Mary O'Malley the true madwoman of Cork! P.G.'. Includes some ephemera sent by Galvin to O'Malley related to his work.
File of letters from Armand Gatti, playwright to Pearse and Mary O'Malley relating to the position of writer in residence at the Lyric. These letters are in French.
File of letters from Monk Gibbon of Letterkenny, county Donegal, to Mary O'Malley, arranging for the delivery of a lecture he has written. he states of the reader 'above all let him believe it with personal conviction' (23 June).
File of correspondence between Harold Goldblatt and Mary O'Malley relating mainly to his possible production of The Dybbuk for the Lyric.