Documents relating to the case of the death of Mr. John McClenaghan and the trial and conviction of Liam John Ferguson. File includes copy of judgement and sentence of the Right Hon. Lord Justice Jones at Belfast Crown Court; Copy of the judgement of the
Press cutting from "The Weekly Freeman", of a short-story entitled "The Queen of the Isle" by P.F. Roche, Belmullet, County Mayo.
Original prompt script, loose leaf in soft cover, of The Quare Fellow by Brendan Behan and from production at the Pike Theatre, Dublin, 1954. Script is typed and is heavily annotated by Carolyn Swift with details and information on stage directions, edits, cues and related notes on the production of the play.
Typescript with manuscript annotation/stage directions by Carolyn Swift of individual character scripts from The Pike Theatre, Dublin, production of The Quare Fellow by Brendan Behan. Character scripts and partial scripts present for:
Act I
1st Young Prisoner (Scholara) (NOTE: this script includes a cardboard page with a drawing by actor David Kelly with a gallows and a noose with the play title - possible draft poster. Also pencil sketch of various people head/shoulders)
Cover page for 'Part of the Medical Orderly'
Cover page of 2nd Young Prisoner (Shaybo)
Act II, Scene 1
Act II, Scene 2
Foolscap size typescript with manuscript title note on top of cover page being "The Lifer - Complete Parts"
Also other assorted draft and partial scripts for unlabelled parts of the play.
Single manuscript page by Carolyn Swift entitled "To Make One Complete Script of The Quare Fellow" and lists what order the acts of the play, with starting points, should be ordered.
Typescript with manuscript annotation/stage directions by Carolyn Swift of individual character scripts from The Pike Theatre, Dublin, production of The Quare Fellow by Brendan Behan. Character scripts and partial scripts present for:
Act III, Scene 1 (two individual drafts)
Part of Jenkinson (Assistant Hangman)
Part of The Governor
Part of Christmas Halliwell
Part of 1st Warder Act III, Scene 1
Act II, Scene 2 - Part of the Speaking Voice of the Prisoner in the Punishment Cells
Part of the Lifer - Act I
Part of the Other Fellow, Act I
Part of the Voice of Englishman on Remand
Part of the First Cook
Part of the Chaplain
Part of Prisoner 'C'
Part of Doctor Flynn
Act II, Scene 1
Other assorted loose-leaf pages of annotated/typed script
Typescript loose leaf script of The Quare Fellow by Brendan Behan and from production at the Pike Theatre, Dublin, 1954. Script is typed and is heavily annotated by Carolyn Swift with details and information on stage directions, edits, cues and related notes on the production of the play. Edits and additional pages and part-pages are stapled in by Swift throughout the script.
File with letter from Alan Simpson, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, to Carolyn Swift, enclosing a print copy of the script of The Quare Fellow by Brendan Behan, ahead of production of the play at the Abbey Theatre (4 August 1969) and inviting Swift to view rehearsals of the play and to edit the script for production (23 May 1969)
Lunchtime Production, Fo’Castle Theatre, Dominick Street, Galway, written and directed by Garry Hynes. Includes black and white images of cast members such as Sean McGinley, Marie Mullen, Orna Garvey, Paul O'Neill, Maryann McGrath. Also includes contact sheets with numerous images also from rehearsal and production of the play.
Printed pamphlet compiled and edited by Etienne Rynne, entitled "The Published Works of A.T. Lucas", published by the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Includes loose-leaf copies and extracts of published works by Lucas from various previous publications.
Published report from Article 19 entitled "The Public's Right to Know - Principles of Freedom of Information Legislation", as part of their International Standard Series.