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List of parts played by Arthur Shields compiled by Shields himself. Each items includes the following information, the date of the production, the playwright and the title of the play, some entries include the role played by Shields. For example '1920 Jan, Gardiner in 'The Golden Apple'.

Handwritten table of plays which Arthur Shields worked on, broken down into the number of plays, number of parts played, number of parts created by him, number of parts created by him in the first Abbey production and number of plays directed by Shields. The list was written by Shields himself.

Handwritten list of plays, possibly plays which Arthur Shields appeared, compiled by Shields himself.

Transcript of an interview with Arthur Shields, transcript takes the format of the speakers name followed by what he or she said. Speakers include 'Shields', 'Mrs. Shields', 'Gan', '2nd Interviewer' and 'Mrs Shields'; 'Gan' was the principal interviewer. The interview relates primarily to Shields career at The Abbey, most of his reminiscences have been extracted in T13/A/394. There is some discussion of the possibility of Arthur and Laurie Shields working on a book about Arthur's career in the Abbey. Laurie Shields is quoted as saying 'It's a period that Arthur, with his terrific recall, is possibly one of the few people left who has access to the "back story" - the story the front - the one that's in the pages of the books that are available now. And if he owes it to no one else - he owes it to his daughter, his son and his grand-children.'

Duplicates of pages 25-27 of T13/322

Handwritten account of Arthur Shields' career with the Abbey Theatre. Appears to have been transcribed from the transcript of an interview given by Shields T13/A/392. Includes account of his experiences working with Lady Gregory, he writes 'Lady Gregory was a wonderful woman. Every play in my time, was read by her. She was very helpful, as you will gather from his autobiographies, to O'Casey in his early days. She never liked me but that did not matter, she was a great person.' He also writes about working with Lennox Robinson and touring with the Abbey, he writes 'Robinson wrote some very fine plays for us. "The Whiteheaded Boy" had the longest run of any Irish play. I got leave of absence from the Abbey to play in it when it went abroad. It ran in London, America and Australia for almost two years.

Poster advertising the Irish Press, read's 'Arthur Shields Looks Back'

Book of appreciation for Arthur Shields from Dr. Swander's class in modern drama at University of California, Santa Barbara. Shields had given a lecture on 'The Irish Theatre'.

Cutting from a newspaper with television details, includes broadcast 'The Abbey Theatre with Arthur Shields' (special) - produced by the University of California, Santa Barbara, featuring actor Arthur Shields and Homer D. Swander, Associate Professor of English. Inscription reads 'Camera 28 - KCET May 1966'

Typescript transcript from a tape recording of Arthur Shields reminiscences from his time with the Abbey and touring North America, contains handwritten amendments. Also attached is a hand written list of cast members and plays from the 1934-1935 tour.