File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these ten months. Includes letter from Elie Siegmeister of New York to Mary O'Malley, enclosing a tape and press cuttings for his opera based on The Plough and the Stars (9 February), and copy of précis for several manuscript plays which are under consideration for the Lyric Drama Award, shortlisted by John Boyd (30 June). Also includes the usual monthly reports to trustees and details of the theatre's income.
File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these eleven months. Includes a letter from Patrick Galvin to Mary O'Malley enclosing his final draft of The West's Awake (also known as My Silver Bird ) based on the life of Grace O'Malley and disagreeing with some of her proposed changes (28 August). Also includes readers' reports from Jack McQuoid and J. Brannigan on John Boyd's play Speranza's Boy (November), and the usual monthly reports to trustees and details of the theatre's income.
File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these eleven months. Includes copies of readers' reports on plays submitted for consideration (February), and a list of costumes needed for a play which is headed 'Blue Bird' (not dated). Also includes the usual monthly reports to trustees and details of the theatre's income.
File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these eleven months. Includes memorandum from Director of Productions Leon Rubin, in which he recommends several cost-cutting measures, including dispensing with the annual full-scale Yeats productions: 'the ritual performance every year of a Yeats play to an empty audience by a demoralised cast is the worst possible way to keep his tradition alive... why should we lose seven or eight thousand pounds for running a Yeats play every Season just because that has always been the case?' (May). Also includes the usual monthly reports to trustees.
File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these ten months. Mainly consists of monthly reports to trustees, including one from the Productions Director, stating that the stage management problems with Oliver were a result of the absence of the designer at vital points in rehearsal (December). Also includes a letter from Michael Poynor applying for the post of Artistic Director with enclosed curriculum vitae (3 March).
File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these three months. Mainly consists of monthly reports to trustees but includes proposals for a new play by Martin Lynch entitled Diddler (February). Also includes memorandum from Ciarán McKeown to the board askig that the position in relation to Threshold be regularised (14 March).
File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these five months. Mainly consists of monthly reports to trustees, but includes a letter from Seamus Helferty of the Archives Department in University College Dublin relating to the possibility of the Lyric Theatre archives being deposited there (4 July).
File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these four months. Mainly consists of monthly reports to trustees, including one from the Production Manager, outlining the production difficulties with Annie , commenting that musicals are placing a strain on the stage department's resources and demoralising the staff (December).
File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these six months. Consists of monthly reports to trustees and details of the theatre's income, including production budgets for One for the Road , the season's Yeats plays, and A Doll's House .
File of correspondence relating to the administration of the Lyric Theatre for these five months. Consists of monthly reports to trustees and details of the theatre's income, including production budgets for The Seagull, Minstrel Boys , and Peter Pan .