Three typescript programmes for the Abbey Theatre's production of Pilgrims which premiered on Monday 10 October 1938 at 8.15pm. Inside of the first programme is a notecard with a newspaper clipping attached to it. The clipping notifies the public that the first production of Pilgrims - A Play in Three Acts by Mary Rynne will be tomorrow. It then gives the hours and phone number for the box office.
Printed programmes from productions which included design work by Joe Vaněk. Plays include "Happy Days" by Samuel Beckett (Corn Exchange Theatre Company, co production with Theatre Nationale Populaire, Lyon, Project Arts Centre, 2010); "Dubliners" by James Joyce (Corn Exchange Theatre Company, Dublin Theatre Festival, Draíocht, Blanchardstown); "The Book of Evidence" by John Banville, Kilkenny Arts Festival; "Grounded" by George Brant, Project Arts Centre, Siren Productions, Sep 2015; "Boston Marriage" by David Mamet, B*Spoke Theatre Company, Project Arts Centre, 2004; "A Moon for the Misbegotten" by Eugene O'Neill, Lyric Theatre Belfast, 2016. "Oedipus" by Sophocles, in a version by W.B. Yeats, produced by Druid Theatre Company. (1987).
Frank Bailey's collection of theatre programmes.
Bundle of programmes relating to an experimental production of "Hamlet" with Siobhán McKenna in the title role at the Theater de Lys, New York. Also review of Cyril Cusack's "Hamlet" at the Gaiety (November 1957). Also script for the role of "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare used by Siobhán McKenna in her New York semi-solo performance, heavily annotated and underlined.
Programmes mainly relating to Connradh na Gaeilge.
Programmes
Programmes for various literary events John McGahern took part in including the 'Cuirt' festival in Galway and the 'Listowel Writers Week'.
This subseries consists of programmes spanning 12 decades and is filed in chronological order. It includes both programmes of competitions and stage programmes ["Clár Ardáin"].
Tag / Ref: G60/14/3
Programme/Poster for "Peter Pan", produced by Treasa Uí Thiarnáin, giving the cast and a synopsis of the play [in Irish].
Programme/Poster for "Cailíní Monarchan" ("The Factory Girls") by Frank McGuinness, translated by Máire Stafford, giving the cast and a synopsis of the play [in Irish].