File of letters from Tyrone Guthrie to Mary O'Malley relating to theatre matters. Includes a brochure for the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in county Monaghan (1990).
File of letters from W.J. Haire, playwright, to Mary and Pearse O'Malley informing them on the progress he is making with his current play.
File of letters and cards from Valentin and Sheila Iremonger to Mary and Pearse O'Malley, discussing personal and professional topics throughout the years. Also includes newspaper cuttings of Valentin Iremonger's obituaries (May 1991).
File of correspondence between Denis Johnston and Mary and Pearse O'Malley relating to the Lyric Theatre, of which Denis is a trustee. Much of the correspondence in 1958 deals with the staging of The Voice of Shem . Includes a copy letter from Mary O'Malley to Johnston requesting that he become a trustee (23 November 1959).
File of correspondence between John B. Keane and Mary O'Malley relating to the staging of several of his plays in the Lyric Theatre. Includes a letter from Keane asking if the Lyric plans on producing Many Young Men of Twenty , as another company have approached him to produce it in Belfast (3 April 1962).
File of letters relating to the invitation of Jacqueline Kennedy to open the new Lyric Theatre at Ridgeway Street. Includes a reply declining the invitation from Nancy Tuckerman, Kennedy's secretary. Also includes a letter from Senator Edward Kennedy, thanking Mary O'Malley for sending him a copy of Threshold, and a memorial card for President John F. Kennedy.
File of correspondence between Thomas Kinsella and Mary and Pearse O'Malley, initially relating to his contribution to Threshold, and then in greater part to his involvement with the Lyric Theatre as Honorary Director. Includes copy of a letter sent by Kinsella to the chairman of the board of directors, enclosing a memorandum on his worries about the theatre (3 November 1981). Also includes a press release for 'One Fond Embrace', a documentary on the poetry of Thomas Kinsella by RTÉ (3 December 1990).
File of correspondence between James Larkin of the Workers' Union of Ireland and Mary O'Malley, mainly in relation to his attending The Risen People . Includes letter detailing his reaction to the performance: 'the atmosphere of Dublin of 1913 and the whole spirit and message of the play seemed to be conveyed and transmitted across the footlights with great emphasis and power' (23 March 1962).
File of correspondence between Sylvie and Louis Le Brocquy and Mary O'Malley dealing with various articles, exhibitions and openings related to the Lyric Theatre. Includes a letter from Louis apologising for not being able to design the set for some Yeats plays (12 May 1968).
File of correspondence between Lord Longford, Francis Pakenham, and Pearse and Mary O'Malley, discussing theatre matters.