Writing pad (c. 60 pp) with handwritten draft dialogue by [Thomas Kilroy] for a play entitled Wife to Mr. Wilde [ The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde ]. Enclosing some notes with separate dialogue; on reverse of a letter from Emile J. Dumay, 14 June 1995, about the translation of Madame MacAdam's Travelling Theatre . Cover bears handwritten quotations from T.S. Eliot and from W.B. Yeats, defining a "pose".
Writing pad (c.21 pp) and some loose pages with handwritten notes and early drafts by Thomas Kilroy for his play The Shape of Metal . Including lists of the three characters (working towards their respective ages); further notes on Giacometti; attempt at an outline (in four points); otherwise extensive draft dialogue between "Nell" and "Judith" (a distinct part is paginated 1-5). Also including a page entitled "Ja[me]s Joyce in Love" with the line "he thinks he falls in love with the daughter until he meets the mother".
Writing pad (c.30 pp) and some loose material with handwritten notes and drafts by Thomas Kilroy towards his adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's Henry IV . Including some historical notes; outlines of the play and specific acts and scenes; draft of stage directions, .
Files with texts of weekly column written in the Irish Press newspaper by Lelia Doolan in the 1960s. Doolan's column was called "It's Only Me". Three files of typed articles with some manuscript notes and drafts present.
Fax copy of text of article/chapter written by Kevin Boyle entitled "Hate Speech - The United States Versus the Rest of The World", with manuscript annotation by Boyle. Also text of written work by Boyle and co-authored with Anneliese Baldaccini and entitled "A Critical Evaluation of International Human Rights Approaches to Racism." Also includes bound collection of essays entitled "Hate Crimes and Hate Speech" (Feb 2011) featuring an essay by Kevin Boyle entitled "Controlling Hate Speech: What Do International Standards Require of Turkey". This is noted to be Kevin's last publication.
Copy of academic article written by Kevin Boyle and Tom Hadden entitled "The Peace Process in Northern Ireland" and published in 'International Affairs', 71, 2, 1995. Attached is a TS document entitled "Synopsis of Tom Hadden's Contribution".
Text of paper by Kevin Boyle entitled "Paper on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe", The Commonwealth Human Rights Mechanism Consultation (London); Text of paper by Boyle entitled "Marking Another Birthday: 10 Years of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Utrecht, 29 Sep 2003)
Files with print copies of newsletter/newspaper for members published by the Writers Guild UK. Issues of Writers' News' begin in 1973 - 1978 and 'The Writers' Newsletter' with issues between 1987 - 1991.