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Assorted typed script of 'The King Who Wished to Know Everything', written by Carolyn Swift, a play for children in two acts. Seven distinct scripts present, many with extensive edits, cuts, and annotation by Carolyn Swift.
File also includes letters between Swift and Joe Dowling of the abbey Theatre, Dublin. Letter outlines Swift's recent work commitments and her now having completed the play for consideration by Dowling at the Abbey (15 Aug 1972); Letter of response from Dowling to Swift, with comments on the play (8 Sep 1972), further letters from Swift to Dowling seeking final clarification on the submitted script proposal. (Sep 1972 - Feb 1973).

The King of Friday's Men by M.J. Molloy at the All-Ireland Amateur Drama Festival Final, adjudicated by Frank Bailey.

Offprint of article entitled "The Kilshanny Bell" by Etienne Rynne, from The Clare Archaeological and Historical Society.

The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. Concert held at the Aula Maxima, National University of Ireland, Galway. Includes printed concert programme with details and notes on works produced from Mozart, Danielpour and Mendelssohn. Also has a brief biography on the group.

The Joy Luck Club. Printed poster featuring colour image from the film version of the book "The Joy Luck Club" written by Amy Tan. Poster features an image of an embracing couple. Text includes "The No.1 International Bestseller". Poster measures 262mm X 410mm.

This collection consists primarily of drafts of John McGahern published works, it also includes a small amount of correspondence and other material which relate to publication and John McGahern's writing career in general.

The collection includes drafts of all six of John McGahern's published novels as well as drafts of his unpublished novel 'The End or the Beginning of Love'. It also includes drafts of all 37 of his published short stories, and 10 different dramatic pieces, some of which are adaptations of his own work, others of which were never produced. The collection also includes drafts of most but not all of John McGahern's published non-fiction and several drafts of his autobiographical work Memoir . For the purposes of description drafts are characterized as being either handwritten, typescript or faircopy. 'Faircopy' describes any draft that is almost identical to a published piece and contains few if any handwritten amendments. The vast majority of typescript drafts contain handwritten amendments or additions. In many instances drafts are considered partial in that only part of a longer draft has survived or the original draft was of only part of the complete work. Where drafts consisted of a small number of pages, typically ten or less for novels or three or less for short stories they are described as fragments and grouped together with other fragments of the same format and work for the purposes of description e.g. 'Handwritten fragments of Amongst Women '. It is clear from the presence of fragments and from the pagination on drafts that not all drafts of every work survive. Indeed this is true for the vast majority of works. The number of drafts of each work in the collection varies considerably, for example while only two drafts and a number of fragments of the short story 'The Recruiting Officer' are included in the collection, in contrast 15 drafts and a number of fragments of the short story 'Parachutes' are included in the collection. This may of course be a reflection of the different writing processes involved in writing the two stories. The papers are in very good physical condition.

The Jiving Lindy Hoppers. File of colour photographs taken of a duo of dancers, the Jiving Lindy Hoppers who performed on the streets of Galway during the Galway Arts Festival. The duo consisted of one male and one female and the photographs feature them performing in front of crowds at the Galway Arts Festival. Images measure 111mm X 114mm. Also includes two black and white images 177mm X 127mm and 203mm X 254mm, depicting the duo performing.

Opening Night: 26/04/1937
Playwright: George Shiels
Venue: Dublin