File of colour photographic prints of production shots taken during production of William Shakespeare's "Richard II", staged by Ouroboros Theatre Company.
File relating to financial planning and expenses for production of Richard II by Ouroboros Theatre Company. Includes breakdown of expenses in Week 7 of development/production; Letter from the Abbey Theatre supporting Ouroboros in their Arts Council funding application; daft budget for Arts council proposal; prospective corporate sponsorship plan; invoices received from cast members for wages paid; publicity and marketing pack from Ouroboros outlining their work and productions for submission to the Arts Council.
File includes box office projections for the run of the play with estimated total box office; daily rehearsal reports; nightly performance reports from each production of the play; press release document with overview of the play; notes about the play by email between Ouroboros staff; daily production schedule tech and 'get in'; handwritten page of Conway and Michael Barker-Caven with points about Richard II; typed pages of notes about the production, referring to artistic goal, audience interest, production plan etc.
File with contracts made between Ouroboros and performers as part of the cast for production of "Richard II" and also venue agreement contract made with the Abbey Theatre for staging of the play at the Peacock Theatre, contract with designer Joe Vaněk and email correspondence between Denis Conway of Ouroboros and Fiach Mac Conghail of the Abbey re. scheduling of the production.
Files relating to the production of William Shakespeare's "Richard II" by Ouroboros Theatre Company in Association with The Everyman Theatre Cork, and staged at the Everyman and at the Peacock Theatre, (The Abbey Theatre) Dublin.
Printed programme from Royal Shakespeare Company/Roundhouse production of "Richard II" by William Shakespeare and directed by Michael Boyd, staged as part of 'The Histories' series. Includes article "Poor England wept in streams of blood" - images of the Bible in the History cycle by Ralph Williams. "I am Richard II, know you not that?" - 'To Elizabethan audiences , 'Richard II' was a play full of uncomfortable political questions about their own era' by Andrew Hadfield; "Thomas of Woodstock" - an anonymous, untitled play depicting the events occurring immediately before 'Richard I' survives in manuscript form, inspiring debate about its relationship with Shakespeare's play' by John Jowett; note of synopsis on the play; chronology of the written complete works of Shakespeare; pedigree of the Houses of Lancaster and York; images from rehearsal and also images and biographies of cast and creative crew members.
Records pertaining to the estate of Lt. Richard Berridge (1870-1941), who inherited his father's estate in 1887 at age 17. The seat of the younger Berridge was Ballynahinch Castle, County Galway, where he lived until selling the estate to Ranjitsinhji in 1924. He was a justice of the peace for the county and, in 1894, High Sheriff. Records include: Ordnance Survey maps; sale agreements & title records; mortgages & rental records; correspondence with the General Post Office; post-nuptial agreements with wife Mary Eulalia (née Lesley); fishing, quarrying and sporting rights at Ballynahinch and Recess; and releases of land for buildings and rights-of-way.
Records pertaining to the ownership of lands in County Galway (the former Martin estate), including Ballynahinch, by London-based brewer Richard Berridge (1808-1887), including deeds of mortgages, schedules of tenants, and post-mortem estate settlements.
Two cassette tapes, c. 1970s/1980s (no exact date), with label "RIC Interview, J. Lavelle, Fermanagh" and "(2) Fermanagh, P. [Reidwill]". Note from Joan Boyle states that "These are interviews with old RIC men made when Kevin was researching his work on the history on the RIC. I don't know who did the interviews".
Rules of incorporation, in Irish, for a proposed non-profit organisation that would operate a factory in Carna to teach traditional boatbuilding skills to young men of Connemara. Listed directors are: Pádraig Ó Cosgordha of Cárna; and Seán Ó Cathasaigh, Beartle Ó Clocharta, Colm Ó Maolchiaráin, and Pádraig Ó Cathasaigh of Muigh-Inis (Maínis).