Item 1 (1-3) - Pike Theatre Play Programmes

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Files of printed play programmes from productions at the Pike Theatre, Dublin.

File 1 includes programmes from "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett, produced at the Pike Theatre, produced and lighting directed by Alan Simpson, assisted by/assistant producer Carolyn Swift; programme from Irish touring production of the play by the Pike Theatre; Programme from Pike production of Godot at the Gate Theatre with Longford Productions (12 - 17 March 1956).

Programmes from original Pike Theatre Dublin production of "The Quare Fellow" by Brendan Behan, produced by Alan Simpson, with assistant producer Carolyn Swift.

File 2 includes programmes from Pike Theatre Dublin production of:
Pantagleize by Michel De Ghelderode
God's Child (Duine Le Dia) by J.B. McGowan
The Millstone by Carolyn Swift (Note: by Pike Theatre at Dun Laoghaire Town Hall, Co. Dublin, 1951)
Stealing the Picture by Joy Rudd and Carolyn Swift
Inquisition by Diego Fabbri, translated by Carolyn Swift
Victims of Duty (translated by Donald Watson) and The Shepherd's Chameleon (translated by Sasha Moorsom) both by Eugene Ionesco.
Hamlet and The Colleen Bawn (Romar Productions, book and lyrics by Carolyn Swift. (Dec 1963 - Pike Theatre Club)

File 3 includes programmes from Pike Theatre Dublin production of:
Peg O'My Heart by J. Hartley Manners
The Surprise by G.K. Chesterton
Dragon's Mouth by J.B. Priestley and Jacquetta Hawkes
The Solid Gold Cadillac by Howard Teichmann and George S. Kaufman
The New House and the Big House by Brendan Behan
Nekrassov by Jean Paul Sartre
The Respectful Prostitute by Jean Paul Sartre and A Phoenix Too Frequent by Christopher Fry
Posterity Be Damned by Dominic Behan (Note: programmes also present for production at the Metropolitan, London's Irish Theatre, with play poster) and production of the play at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin (Sep - Oct 1959)
The Scatterin' by James McKenna produced at the Olympia Theatre Dublin (10 Oct 1960)
Hamlet and The Colleen Bawn (Romar Productions, book and lyrics by Carolyn Swift. (Dec 1963 - Pike Theatre Club)

NOTE: File also includes original programme from Gate Theatre Dublin production of Ill Met By Moonlight by Michéal MacLiammóir (Jan 1947) signed by the cast and with well wishes to Alan Simpson on his leaving of role with the Gate Theatre, includes hand written notes by MacLiammóir, Hilton Edwards, Eithne Dunne, Nora O'Mahony, Ronald Ibbs, Liam Gaffney, [Maureen Cusack], Sally Travers, and Pat (Patricia) Kennedy.

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