Correspondence relating to company administration, planning, sponsorship, and general work by Theatreworks. Includes letters to Michael Caven from audience members with praise and feedback on productions including "Troilus and Cressida" by William Shakespeare"; Letter from Fergus Linehan, Dublin Theatre Festival re programming proposal (Feb 1997); Letters re. sponsorship from Cadbury Ireland, Associated Insurance Management, Mobil Oil Ireland, Irish Distillers Limited, An Post, Norwich Union, Allied Irish Bank, First National Building Society, IFS Ireland, Irish League of Credit Unions, Jurys Hotel Group, Guinness Ireland Group, Dunnes Stores, Electricity Supply Board, British Embassy Dublin, Tile Style Limited, Bord Gáis, Pfizer, Doyle Hotel Group, Ulster Bank Markets, Telecom Eireann, Bord Fáilte, The British Council, Bank of Ireland, Guinness Ireland, Ocean, Eircell, Eagle Star Insurance, Veronica Sutherland, British Ambassador to Ireland, Esat Digifone, Conrad International, Merrill Lynch.
Letters from Caben to Fiach Mac Conghail at Project Arts Centre; to Tom Maguire, Helen Meaney (discussing criticism and reviewing in Ireland and of "Troilus and Cressida by Theatreworks in particular, and of the status/reception of Shakespeare's plays in Ireland), to Fintan O'Toole, photocopy of article from The Phoenix Magazine re. controversy surrounding David Nowlan's review of "The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde" by Thomas Kilroy at the Abbey Theatre; Series of letters with various businesses as part of a 'Partnership Scheme' led by Theatreworks, for sponsorship of production of "Troilus and Cressida" (1997).
Correspondence relating to company administration, planning, sponsorship, and general work by Theatreworks. Includes letters to Michael Caven from Embassy of France in Ireland with cheque of sponsorship for production of "The Fetishist" (22 Nov 1995); letter from Patrick Mason, Artistic Director, Abbey Theatre Dublin, responding invitation to "The Fetishist" (27 Sep 1995) and "Venus and Adonis" (9 Oct 1996); Letters with Allied Irish Bank, Dunnes Stores, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Dublin Chamber of Commerce, the IFSC Dublin; CityJet; Airbus Finance company, British Midland, Irish Ferries, Coca Cola, all re. sponsorship; Harold Fish of the British Council re. Caven's Irish premiere of 'Venus and Adonis' (1996)
File 2 includes correspondence between Michael Caven and Jimmy Fay (Director of Dublin Fringe) inviting Theatreworks to be part of Dublin Fringe in 1996 with a production of "Venus and Adonis", other letter discuss the scheduling of the production within the festival, and also letters about the choice of venue and slot available at the Beckett Theatre, Trinity college Dublin. 1996.
Box office returns and breakdown of tickets for Theatreworks productions of "Anna Karenina" (1998); "Richard III" (Sep 2001), and "Tales from Ovid" (Sep 2002).
File of bank statements from current account of Theatreworks, held at Allied Irish bank (AIB).
File with audited annual accounts at year end for The Theatreworks for years 2000, 20002, and 2003.
For more annual accounts/budgets/income and expenditure accounts see Board of Directors files and production budget files.
File of annual tax return certificates of The Theatreworks Company for years 1999 - 2003.
Roger G Kennedy, ‘The Theatre as Liturgy’, The first Sir Tyrone Guthrie Memorial Lecture, 12pp.
The text of an address by Gerard Sweetman T.D., Minister for Finance to the Savings Committee.
Printed programme from Royal Shakespeare Company production of "the Tempest" by William Shakespeare and directed by Rupert Goold. Includes article entitled "Rough Magic" - Jonathan Bate on Shakespeare's Portrayal of Magic and the Occult; article "Of Wonders and Wondering" by Marina Warner; article "Neglecting Worldly Ends" featuring diary entries of experiences of isolation from diaries of historical figures; images from rehearsal; a note on the play and also images and biographies of cast and creative team members.
Typed playscript of "The Ted's Last Stand" by Carolyn Swift and also under the pseudonym of 'Colm Grant'. Under the name of Grant the play was awarded second prize at Listowel Writers Week. File 1 includes early annotated draft of the play, news coverage of the Listowel award, and final playscript. File 2 includes further typed copies of the play.