Printed programme from Gate Theatre production of "Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw and directed by John David, staged at the Gate Theatre, Dublin. Includes article entitled "Pygmalion" being an extract from Ovid's 'Metamorphosis', Book X; article entitled "My Fair Ladies - and Gentlemen" by Sir James Pitman; image of "the first Eliza: Lilli Marberg at the Holberg Theatre, Vienna, 1913. Also includes images and biographies of cast and crew members.
Put a Beggar on Horseback by John McCann staged by the Abbey Theatre at the Queen's Theatre pending rebuilding and enlargement of the Abbey. Includes an insert which announces that after the fall of the final curtain, a short play in Irish entitled Mac Uí Ruda í by Maireád Ní Ghrada . Signed by Yvonne O'Boyle and Josef Pilkington.
Typed screenplay of "Pushka and the Sandtrap" by Shane O'Sullivan
Handwritten draft of song entitled "Purtuidheacht", from mrs. Dunlevy, Ó Máille 517, index 400.
Staged at the Royal Glasgow Theatre, with Siobhán McKenna in the role of Avril.
Purchase book for the Film School. Also includes personal lists made by Mary O'Malley in later years for Christmas gifts and similar.
Case files and documents relating to the case of Betty Purcell Vs. Ireland. These files refer to the case brought by Purcell and others, staff members and journalists at R.T.E., national broadcaster, against the Government of Ireland, regarding acts and b
Contact sheet and corresponding negative sheet containing 15 images.
A puppeteer on the Charles Bridge in Prague entertains with a guitar-playing marionette. Photograph of a man and a woman identified as Andreas and Eva, sitting outside on a bench, and also photographed walking through Prague.
File relating to productions by The Puppet People, which comprised the Lambert puppet family company, Carolyn Swift as writer, music by Jolyon Jackson.
Scripts for The Puppet People shows written by Swift and included are:
The Fantabulous Circus (Typed script with detailed annotation by Swift)
Dinky the Circus Donkey (Typed script with edits by Swift)
Thumbelina (noted as being a Lambert Family Bandwagon production, written by Swift)
The Ugly Duckling (noted as being a Lambert Family Bandwagon production, written by Swift)
File also includes manuscript notes by Swift, press cuttings from Puppet People shows.