Original and photocopy press cuttings taken from Irish Times, City Tribune, Western People, Galway Advertiser, Cork Evening Echo, Limerick Post, The Kingdom, Avondhu, Irish independent, the Examiner, Sunday Independent, RTE Guide, Sunday Times, Waterford Star and News, Evening Herald, Sunday Business Post, Image, The Connacht Sentinel, Munster Express, The Times (U.K.)Limerick Chronicle, Dublin Echo. Includes coverage, reviews, features and interviews regarding the production of 'The Country Boy' by Druid Theatre Company. Key articles include "Druid bring an Irish Classic to the Belltable" (Limerick Leader, 19 Jun) "21% increase in local arts funding for 1999" (Munster Express, 4 Jun)"Country Boy is Stuck in a Turgid Time Warp" (Sunday Independent, 6 Jun) "Garry Hynes recalls Druid Success Story" (The Connacht Sentinel, 8 Jun)
Original and photocopy press cuttings taken from The Sunday Telegraph, The Sun Telegraph (Sydney) City of Sydney Times, The Irish Echo, Sydney Star Observer, City Hub, The Daily Telegraph, Irish Times, The Examiner, The Daily Telegraph (AU) The Sydney morning Herald. Includes coverage and reviews of production of 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane' by Martin McDonagh and produced in Sydney, Australia. Key articles include "Beauty and the Beastliness" (The Sun Herald, 25 Jul) and "Backstage at the Gaiety" (Irish Times, 1 Jul) - Article detailing the needed renovation work at the Gaiety Theatre.
Original and photocopy press cuttings taken from Connacht Tribune, Connacht Sentinel, Galway Advertiser. Includes coverage of a civic reception in Dublin Castle to mark the achievement of Druid Theatre Company over twenty five years. Includes colour images of Garry Hynes, Gabriel Byrne, Marie Mullen, Sean McGinley, Mick Lally, Jerome Hynes, Ray McBride and Sile De Valera, T.D., Minister for the Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands. Key articles include "Druid honoured at Dublin Castle reception" (Galway Advertiser, 5 Aug) Also includes extensive Australian press coverage of the Sydney Theatre Company production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane.
Original and photocopy press cuttings taken from RTE Guide, Irish Times, Avondhu, City Tribune, Sligo Weekender, Limerick Leader, Cork Evening Echo, Limerick Post, Limerick Leader, The Examiner, Wexford People, Leitrim Observer, Roscommon Herald, Galway Advertiser, The Star, Clare Champion, Longford News, Longford Leader, Tuam Herald, Limerick Post, Sunday Tribune. Coverage and reviews of Druid production 'The Country Boy', on tour to various Irish venues and coverage of honorary MA degrees conferred on Marie Mullen and Mick Lally by National University of Ireland, Galway. Key articles include "Southern Star" - Feature on Cillian Murphy (RTE Guide, 17 Sep) and "Hynes Sight" - Interview with Garry Hynes (Sunday Tribune, 31 Oct)
Original and photocopy press cuttings taken from The Irish Times, The Examiner, Business and Finance, City Tribune, Sligo Weekender, Longford News, Roscommon Champion, Leitrim Observer, Longford Leader, Southern Star, Wexford Echo, Corkman, Sunday Tribune, Kerryman, Connacht Sentinel, Kerry's Eye and Tuam Herald. Key articles include "New writer in Residence [Vincent Woods] appointed at NUI Galway, coverage from the Hennessy Literary Awards for New Irish Writing (Sunday Tribune, 14 Nov) "A Donegal Homecoming" - Opening of new theatre, An Grianán, in Donegal town. (The Irish Times, 3 Nov)
Press cuttings from productions by Druid Theatre Company in 1997 and related news from Arts/theatre issues in Ireland.
Original and photocopy press cutting taken from the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, Longford Leader, Galway City Tribune, Evening Herald, Galway Advertiser, RTÉ Guide, The Kingdom, Sligo Weekender, Connacht Sentinel, Limerick Leader, Tuam Herald, Business and Finance, Irish Post, Southern Star, Foinse and Daily Telegraph (UK), Files relate to new Druid productions including Shoot the Crow by Owen McCafferty and The Leenane Trilogy by Martin McDonagh. Other cuttings relate to the emphasis on new writing by Druid Theatre, the Irish Times Theatre Awards. Other headlines include "All the World's an Irish Stage"; UCD Dramasoc - Creatively Building on Tradition"; "Galway Arts Groups get £1 million boost" "Bringing Theatre to the Nation as a Whole" by Michael D Higgins; an interview with Loughlin Deegan at the Belltable, Limerick and other related articles.
Original and photocopy press cuttings taken from City Tribune, Sunday Independent, City Tribune, Evening Echo, Cork Examiner, Connacht Sentinel, Galway Advertiser, Clare Champion, Mayo News, Irish Times, Limerick Leader, Evening Echo, Avondhu, Derry Journal, Birmingham Post (UK) The Herald (UK), Sunday Telegraph (UK) The Times (UK), The Daily Telegraph (UK), The Independent (UK) The Guardian (UK)The Sunday Times (UK) The Observer (UK) The Evening Standard (UK), "What's On in London" (UK) Other headlines include "minister [Michael D. Higgins] launches Druid's rehearsals for unique trilogy"; "Blue Raincoat bring 'Bard' to Black Box"; "Nowhere Man" - feature on Martin McDonagh; "A New Force From Galway Again" and other coverage of McDonagh and Druid.
Printed and photocopy press cuttings from the City Tribune, Sunday Times, Tuam Herald, Connacht Sentinel, Galway Advertiser.
Headlines include "Druid go into rehearsal for Connemara Trilogy", "Listening to Theatre's New Voices"; Irish Hardware and Allied Trader, Roscommon Herald, Evening echo, Sligo Champion, Sunday Tribune, Irish Times, and the Phoenix. Articles related to planning and rehearsal of the Leenane Trilogy and other articles on Druid, Garry Hynes, Martin McDonagh and others.
Original and photocopy press cuttings from the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Galway Advertiser, Tuam Herald, City Tribune, Connacht Tribune, Sunday Tribune, Nenagh Guardian, Farmer's Journal, Cork Examiner, Galway Observer and numerous other titles and feature extensive coverage of the Druid production of the Leenane Trilogy. Headlines include "the New Playboy of the Western World"; "Galway-made Mia Farrow film set for Fleadh premiere"; "Jordan set for World Premiere of 'Butcher Boy' in Galway" among others arts and theatre related news stories.