Copy of the trustee's reports and accounts for the year.
Also includes material such as notifications of future meetings, and occasionally reports from theatre officials. These reports are also represented in the General Correspondence section
Bound volume containing a photocopy of the first minute book of the Board of Trustees of the Lyric Players Theatre. Information in the minutes includes attendance, reports from the various officers and resolutions passed in relation to the running of the theatre. Includes minute of the Board appointing Mary O'Malley as managing trustee in charge of the day to day running of the theatre, and a minute recording the business of establishing the trust (2 May 1960). Also includes minutes recording: the decision not to play an anthem at productions (29 November 1960); the report of Alice Berger Hammerschlag on proposals for the opening of the New Gallery (15 March 1963); noting the laying of the foundation stone for the new theatre (2 April 1965), and the Board's acceptance of the transfer of the new theatre into the hands of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (6 June 1967).
Bound volume containing a photocopy of the first minute book of the Board of Trustees of the Lyric Players Theatre. Information in the minutes includes attendance, reports from the various officers and resolutions passed in relation to the running of the theatre. Includes minutes recording: the procedures in place during a bomb scare (3 May 1971); the disapproval of the Board of an incident where an actor walked off stage in protest (9 September 1974); the Secretary's report on the actions of a Mr A. Clarke of Equity in relation to recent productions in the Lyric (18 April 1977), and a complaint by Pearse O'Malley in relation to a recent BBC programme which he claimed was biased against the Theatre (13 March 1978). The minutes for the meeting of 11 September 1978 are separate from the binding.
File of duplicate minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Lyric Players Theatre. There are minutes for four meetings prior to September 1975, and a full set from then on. Information in the minutes includes list of those in attendance, reports from various officer, and resolutions passed in relation to the administration of the Theatre. Includes minutes recording: the decision that management of the Theatre will be conducted in accordance with a memorandum entitled 'Provisions for the Management of the Lyric Players Theatre Trust' (7 January 1969), and approval by the Board for the suggestion of John Hewitt for a special anniversary issue on Forrest Reid by Threshold (8 December 1975).
File of minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Lyric Players Theatre. Information in the minutes includes attendance, reports from the various officers and resolutions passed in relation to the running of the theatre. Includes minute recording that the theatre had secured the rights to stage Grease , and that Michael Poynor had accepted the post of director (11 September). Also includes minute noting the Board's consideration of the play Once a Catholic by Mary O'Malley and its decision to permit the play once the ending had been changed with the author's permission (11 December).
File of minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Lyric Players Theatre. Information in the minutes includes attendance, reports from the various officers and resolutions passed in relation to the running of the theatre. Includes minute noting the cover design of the thirtieth Threshold would be by Louis Le Brocquy (12 February).
File of minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Lyric Players Theatre. Information in the minutes includes attendance, reports from the various officers and resolutions passed in relation to the running of the theatre. Includes plans for the staging of the prize winning play The Dark Rosaleen by Vincent Mahon and to invite Michael Poynor to direct (14 February). Also includes minute noting Sam Macready's efforts to get the Eugene McCabe plays Cancer , Heritage , and Victims to the Lyric.
File of minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Lyric Players Theatre. Information in the minutes includes attendance, reports from the various officers and resolutions passed in relation to the running of the theatre. Some copy correspondence is included with relevant minutes. Includes a copy of a 'Memorandum on the Affairs of the Lyric Players Theatre' by Pearse O'Malley, which complains of a decline in the artistic and financial management of the Theatre, and that 'for the first time the Lyric Board had to actively intervene in order to ensure that the artistic standards in presentation achieved a minimal professional standard' (24 June 1981). Serious disagreements are centred on the minutes between the Secretary, Ciaran McKeown, and Pearse O'Malley, as well as disagreements between McKeown and Lyric front of house manager Winifred Bell. Includes copy of a memorandum by Thomas Kinsella as Honorary Director on the August meeting, noting these problems and recommending that McKeown be replaced (26 August).
File of minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Lyric Players Theatre. Information in the minutes includes attendance, reports from the various officers and resolutions passed in relation to the running of the theatre. Includes some copy correspondence with relevant minutes, including a letter from Pearse O'Malley to the Chairman objecting to the proposed AGM as there is no annual report and, in his opinion, no proper accounts (30 June), and correspondence between Ciaran McKeown and Pearse O'Malley in relation to the possibility of changing the time and day of Board meetings (October).