Invitation to the unveiling of 'The Final Journey ' the sculpture honoring Galway's Magdalene Women by Mick Wilkins featuring a verse from Patricia's poem 'Make Visible the Tree ' on the 8th March 2009.
Typed copy of script for sketch "The Film of the Show" produced as part of the Late Night Follies by the Pike Theatre, Dublin.
Published edition, reprint 1987, by Mercier Press of John B. Keane's "The Field", includes autograph on the cover page by Keane. Photocopy of book also included.
This section contains the papers which relate to the ffrench family of Rahasane. A series of letters record the relationship between Robert J ffrench and his attorney Brabazon Browne concerning Robert J ffrench's legal and financial affairs. On occasion this was a rather fraught relationship due to Robert's continual financial difficulties. Other papers concern a legal case between the Hennessy family and Robert J ffrench over property, inherited from his great-uncle, Joseph Nagle, in county Cork. The involvement of the Clanmorris [Bingham] family, James Smyth, members of the Blake family and others, in Robert J ffrench's financial affairs is also documented. Most of this section is composed of letters but there are also legal papers and some accounts. It has been divided into 5 subsections, comprised of legal and other papers relating to the Hennessy case and to settlements with the Clanmorris family, letters, accounts and miscellaneous.
Printed programme from Theatreworks production of "The Fetishist" by Michel Tournier, translated by Barbara Wright, directed by Michael Caven. Produced at the Café Theatre, Alliance Francaise, Dublin as part of the Theatre Festival Fringe 1995. Also printed flyer about the production.
Four folders of early Tim Robinson writing, when he was writing under the name Timothy Drever. 'The Festival of Creation' was originally conceived as a novel when he first worked on it in the 1960s. It became truncated into the first short story in the 2002 book 'Tales and Imaginings'.
Folder 1: Handwritten notes sketching out the novel.
Folder 2: Handwritten notes originally captioned 'Scraps from Novel 1', with doodles and number puzzles interspersed.
Folder 3: Drafts (one handwritten, two typed from 'The Festival of Creation' of 'Now and Later'. Drafts (one handwritten, two typed) of 'The Identicals', which later became 'Secret Meeting'.
Folder 4: Typed draft of 'Now and Later'.
File of black and white images from the Druid production of "The Fascinating Foundling" by G.B. Shaw. Includes images of cast members in costume and on set, features Marie Mullen, Maelíosa Stafford, Paul O'Neill and Ray McBride.
Programme of Abbey Theatre production of "The Far-Off Hills" by Lennox Robinson. Produced by Lennox Robinson.
Programme of Abbey Theatre production of "The Far-Off Hills" by Lennox Robinson. Produced by Lennox Robinson.
Printed programme from the Robert Lepage/Ex Machina production of "The Far Side of the Moon" directed by and written by Robert Lepage at the O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin and staged as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival. Includes information on the Dublin Theatre Festival, information on the play, images, an article entitled "The Race to the Moon" by Colm J. Cannon, biographies and images of cast and creative team members.