File with letters and correspondence between Carolyn Swift and others about 'Stage By Stage', the memoir written by Swift and published by Poolbeg Press. Includes letters to/from various agencies from early 1980s where Swift is seeking a literary agent, e.g. Terry Prone and Arlen House Press and Wolfhound Press. Also press releases and statements by Arlen House and prizes for women's writing as she is beginning to think about writing her memoir; Letters between Swift and BBC staff (early 1990s) concerning a possible dramatisation of the Pike Theatre / Rose Tattoo affair for television; full script of play written by Hugh Leonard entitled "The Rose Tattoo Affair" based on Swift and Alan Simpson's experiences at the Pike in the 1950s; other letters with Michael Imison Playwrights Ltd. re. rights and writing of the book;
Files with articles on travel by Carolyn Swift. (Note: there may be some overlap here with pieces written by Carolyn Swift for 'Sunday Miscellany' on RTÉ Radio.) These articles submitted to John Butler, Irish Times, during the 1980s.
Typed texts of articles as follows:
Half Doing the Alhambra
The Rose Red City of Petra
Iguacu, The Falls That Felled A Roosevelt
Cuzco - Capital of the Inca Empire
Holidays In The Jungle
Lima - City of Clouds And Colonial Buildings, Pre-Inca Pottery and Pot Holes
The Sacred City of the Incas
Rio and Brasilia
The Two Capitals of Brazil
Delphi, Prosperous From The Power of The Oracle
Through A Hundred Adriatic Islands
The Wats And Whys of Bangkok
Dubrovnik - How To Get There
The Volcano, Bananas and Wooden Balconies of Tenerife
Rhodes, the Island of Roses
Corfu - Island of Greek Mythology
Files with articles on travel by Carolyn Swift. (Note: there may be some overlap here with pieces written by Carolyn Swift for 'Sunday Miscellany' on RTÉ Radio.) These articles submitted to John Butler, Irish Times, during the 1980s.
Typed texts of articles as follows:
Room Service in the Malaysian Jungle
Cruising Around the Isles of Greece
Cruising In The Caribbean
Mexico, D.F., The City On A Lake
Machu Picchu - How To Get There
Hanging Around in Hong Kong
File also contains letters between Swift and editors of her travel writing and other outlets, such as John Butler, Irish Times; Douglas Gageby, Irish Times; Brian Trench, The Sunday Tribune; Jim Dunne, Business and Finance Magazine; P.L. Morahan, Bargain Travel Centre, New Zealand; Akira Fukunaga, Japan National Tourist Organisation; Fleet Street Arts and Publishing Ltd.
List of travel articles written by Carolyn Swift and with details of their place of publication.
Files with articles on travel by Carolyn Swift. (Note: there may be some overlap here with pieces written by Carolyn Swift for 'Sunday Miscellany' on RTÉ Radio.) These articles submitted to John Butler, Irish Times, during the 1980s.
Typed texts of articles as follows:
Majorca, Land of the Lotus Eaters
Las Palmas, Not Just A James Bond Playground
Cooking By Volcanic Energy In Lanzarote
Fuerteventura, The Connemara of The Canaries
Almeria, Where The Grapes Come From
Vigo - On Spain's Emerald Peninsular (with attached brochure of Irish Times Reader Travel Offers)
The Medieval Moslem City of Granada
Madeira, Island of Warm Wine and Flowers
A Tourist in Tokyo (with correspondence between Swift and Japanese National Tourist Organisation)
Nagasaki, Catholic Centre of Japan
Theatregoing in Japan
File with flyers, programmes, information packs, and other ephemera from dance events in Ireland, by Irish and visiting international dance companies. Includes flyers from 'Crock Of Gold' a Christmas Ballet by Rubato at Project Arts Centre, 1991; Jeux by Jonathan Lambert, Project Arts Centre; Irish Youth Dance company performance at Project Arts Centre; Ballet Gwent flyer from 'Twelfth Night' by William Shakespeare; Cois Céim Dance Theatre flyer; Dance Weekend flyer at University of Limerick, 1991; Dance Theatre of Ireland flyer from 'Touching the Moon' at Tivoli Theatre; Headed paper of The College of Dance, De Valois House, Dublin; Dance Theatre of Ireland press release 1991; Info pack with news of events by Irish Modern Dance Theatre and Daghdha Dance Company; Info pack from the 2002 International Dance Festival Ireland, with festival programme and press material, in Daghdha Dance folder; Info folder about Ballet Ireland; Arts Council UK info brochure about Mime Theatre Project Grant awards 1989.
Print issue of 'Martello' magazine, published by Ardmore Records and edited by Maureen Charlton and John Stafford (Spring 1984) with article by Carolyn Swift - 'Dancing Around the World From Mayo to Limerick"; Print issue of 'Ireland of The Welcomes' magazine, Vol. 34, No. 5, Sep - Oct 1985, published by Bórd Fáilte, edited by Elizabeth Healy. Includes article by Swift Moves - Irish Theatre Moves On', as part of wider issue on Irish arts and culture, theatre, ROSC art exhibitions and other articles; Article by Swift in 'Ireland Today', the bulletin of the Department of Foreign Affairs, No. 996, March 1983, article by Swift titled "Dance In Ireland'.
Typed text of article by Swift "Dance in Ireland Today".
Handwritten draft of article by Swift, "A Light At the End of The Tunnel for Irish Ballet".
Black hardback folder with handwritten draft by Swift titled "Mixed Reaction to Art Council Report' and regarding response by Irish National Ballet to Arts Council report.
Print issues of 'Dance News Ireland', the newsletter of the Dance Council of Ireland, issues Vol. 1 No 1, April 1985; Vol. 1 No. 2 July 1985, Vol. 1 No. 3 Oct 1985, with news and articles on dance events and performances, history of dance in Ireland, and general dance articles.
Print newsletters of 'Prodance News': The Newsletter of the Association of Professional Dancers in Ireland'. Published between 1998 and 2002 and with issues underlined and annotated by Carolyn Swift.
File with print issues of Dance magazines. Includes 'Dance Europe', Iss. 10, Jun/Jul 1997;
Hardback illustrated book, 'Princess Book of Ballet', published in England, undated, c. 1980s.
Issue of 'Ballet International Tanz Aktuell (English Edition), Issue 8/9, Aug 1995.
Files with press cuttings of listings and reviews of dance performance events in Ireland and published in the Irish Times, compiled by Carolyn Swift.