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File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these six months. Includes letter of resignation from Desmond McComb from the post of treasurer of the Trust (26 August) and a note from Sam Hanna Bell expressing his pleasure at the Lyric staging his play That Woman at Rathard (29 [August]).

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these nine months. Includes copy letter to Brian Friel asking if the Lyric might stage one of his plays at the Grove Theatre (31 May), and a copy letter from A.C. Brooke to the chairman of the Arts Council in relation to the possibility of the Council taking over the Lyric Theatre (17 June). Also includes documents relating to the income and expenditure of the theatre.

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these nine months. Includes letter to the wife of Sam Thompson, asking if the Lyric may stage his play Over the Bridge (5 February) and a memorandum from A.G. Johnson to the trustees informing them that Belfast Corporation refuse to make any grant to the Lyric, but that the Gulbenkian Trust are willing to fund the theatre's sound and lighting equipment (6 January). Also includes some financial material, such as estimates for income and expenditure for the theatrical year, and a copy letter to Christopher Fitzsimon confirming his appointment as Productions Manager (4 July).

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these three months. Mainly consists of correspondence relating to the opening of the new Lyric Theatre building on Ridgeway Street, primarily replies to invitations from various parties and letters of thanks from Mary O'Malley to those who assisted in the launch and the opening night (October). Also includes a blank invitation and a list of individuals to be invited. Also includes a copy of a report from Productions Manager Christopher Fitzsimon (2 September) and an undated, handmade draft brochure for the Lyric.

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these nine months. Includes administrative and artistic reports, notably an unsolicited letter from former guest Artistic Director Ian Lindsay, who describes what he sees as the problems with the theatre (not dated). Also includes correspondence relating to the temporary closure of the theatre (January) and correspondence relating to the appointment of Paul Clarke as manager of the theatre (April-May).

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these three months. Includes a private letter from W. Brian Boyd to Pearse O'Malley in relation to the difficulties at the Lyric, suggesting that he might consider resignation (15 December). Also includes several managers' reports to the trustees, and notes made in preparation for two draft statements to shareholders on the status of the theatre, which are included.

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these eleven months. Includes reports for the trustees from the manager and artistic director and financial reports on productions. Also includes letters from Atkinson and Boyd, chartered accountants, advising the Lyric on how to resolve the problems in its accounting procedures (May), and a letter from Dawson Moreland confirming that he will become a trustee (25 June).

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for the calendar year. Includes financial reports on productions and the artistic director's report on the recently staged Yeats plays and John Bull's Other Island , as well as several other reports to the trustees. Also includes a letter from John Boyd reporting on the play The Lads , which he feels may be too salacious to stage (January).

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for the calendar year. Mainly consists of various reports to the trustees from the treasurer, secretary and artistic director. Also includes a report from John Boyd on the play The Sell Out by Michael J. Murphy (24 November).

File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these ten months. Includes several reports to the trustees from the artistic director and the treasurer, a letter from British Equity outlining their position on the Lyric hiring inexperienced actors (9 August), and a document exploring proposals which the Lyric is considering in relation to negotiating with Equity. Also includes a telegram from Ingmar Bergman sending good wishes to his 'dear friends' (20 January) and two invitations to a fifth anniversary luncheon at the Dunadry Inn, county Antrim to mark the opening of the new Lyric Theatre building.