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File of correspondence relating to the administration of the theatrical group which preceded the Lyric. Includes a letter of thanks from Sister M. Paul thanking Mary O'Malley for organising a play at St Mary's Dominican Convent in Belfast. Also includes a Christmas card from Jack Beattie MP.

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre. Includes a note of thanks from Sister Bertrand of Aquinas Hall, Belfast thanking Mary O'Malley for arranging an evening's entertainment for the school and many letters of thanks from audience members after productions. Also includes a Christmas card from Geoffrey Bing MP.

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for the calendar year. Includes correspondence and publicity material for a dance held in aid of the Players, held in Maxim's Ballroom in Belfast (June). Also includes a letter from Joy Rudd discussing music for her play The Children of Lir (1 December 1956) and correspondence with the League of Dramatists relating to the Lyric's proposed production of Jack B. Yeats' La La Noo .

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for the year. Includes a letter from John Larchet, Professor of Music in UCD, enclosing the music for Yeats' Deirdre (1 May). Also includes a letter from Robinson Jeffers granting the Players permission to perform his play Medea (28 October), and correspondence with Margery Vosper, authors representative, relating to an Irish Times review of the Lyric's production of Under Milk Wood , for which permission was granted only on the understanding that it would receive no publicity.

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for the year. Includes copy letter from Pearse O'Malley to the Lyric Players calling a meeting to reorganise the group: 'it is believed that players and artists who have been associated with our group at some stage since 1951 may be interested in further co-operation or association' (11 June).

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for the month. Includes copy letter from Pearse O'Malley to Brendan Smith, organiser of the Dublin Theatre Festival, expressing an interest in performing there (7 January), and requests from the Lyric to the Richard J. Madden Play Company and Curtis Brown Limited for permission to stage Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill and Endgame by Samuel Beckett, respectively. Also includes some correspondence relating to the recording of The Voice of Shem by Broadcasting and Theatrical Productions of Henry Street, Dublin.

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for the month. Includes a letter from Frances Jackson on behalf of John Boyd at the BBC in relation to Mary O'Malley appearing on the Arts in Ulster programme (12 February).

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for the month. Includes copy letter from Pearse O'Malley to Rutherford Mayne outlining the plans for the Lyric Theatre's St Patrick's Day activities.

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for the month. Includes correspondence between Mary O'Malley and John Crowley relating to the Lyric Players using Dagg Hall for their performance at the Dublin Theatre Festival, and the possibility of their performing The Voice of Shem (10-14 April). Also includes copy letter from Mary O'Malley to Ernest Blythe, seeking permission to stage Long Day's Journey into Night , which the Abbey has the performance rights to in Ireland (27 April).

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for the month. Includes letter from Harold Goldblatt informing Mary O'Malley that he will do his best to arrange matters so that he is free to produce The Dybbuk at the Lyric (2 May). Also includes letter from P.J. McLoughlin of Newcastle, enclosing a copy of his play If Today is Sweet (5 May), and correspondence relating to O'Malley's efforts to secure permission to perform Long Day's Journey into Night .