File including a setting list, production schedule and copies of props used on stage during the production.
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Printed proposed set breakdown for The Walworth Farce by Enda Walsh and drawn for production at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland.
File of information packs issued on the occasion of Druid's 21st Birthday, including invitations, histories of Druid, draft and final press release and other documents.
File of letters between An Taoiseach, Charlie Haughey, T.D., and Druid Theatre Company. Letter from Jerome Hynes, Druid, to Haughey, thanks him for his recent visit to Druid and makes a direct appeal for increased funding for the Arts in Ireland and for a new theatre premises in Galway (19 Mar 1988); Letter from Haughey to Jerome Hynes, thanking both he and Garry Hynes for the occasion of meeting the cast of Factory Girls at Druid and thanks them for the presentation of a "very fine etching". (23 Mar 1998); Letter from Jerome Hynes to Maire Geoghegan Quinn, thanking her for assistance in organising the visit of Haughey and adds "National publicity was not possible due to Saturday's tragedy in the North". (22 Mar 1988); Text of press release drawn up by Druid detailing the visit of an Taoiseach Charles Haughey to Druid Theatre (20 Mar 1988); Fact sheet and information prepared by Druid for submission to office of An Taoiseach in advance of visit;
(5 May 1988) from Haughey to Druid, following visit by Haughey to Druid in Galway, states that "I have watched with keen interest the growing national and international critical acclaim which Druid has gained in recent years" and adds Druid are proof that an Irish theatre company can be rooted in Ireland but also be cosmopolitan. Requests for increased funding for the Arts in Ireland and for Druid are discussed. (5 May 1988)
Filer of MS and TS letters between Druid Theatre and playwright Geraldine Aron. Letters between Jerome Hynes, Druid; Geraldine Aron; Aron's literary agent, Tony Peake of London Management; Aron's earlier agent Joanna Marston and others concerning production matters. Letters include discussion on securing rights for the 1984 production by Druid of Aron's play "Same Old Moon" and its subsequent "very successful" production, include box-office returns and statement of royalties. Also includes correspondence to Aron concerning an 1986 revival of the play by Druid. General letters between Druid and Aron feature discussion of current plays by Druid, such as "Famine" by Tom Murphy and also work elsewhere by Aron, such as her play "Brenda" and wider comments on her writing and her literary agents.
Later correspondence, fax and letters between Druid (Jane Daly) and Aron, discussing her new work for Druid, two short plays "The Donohue Sisters" and "The Stanley Parkers", 1993. Letters discuss production rights and arrangements.
File of Christmas cards received by Druid Theatre Company in the 2000s.
TS correspondence between Garry Hynes, Jerome Hynes, of Druid Theatre Company and various literary agents concerning play licenses and rights. Includes letters between Garry Hynes and Joanna Marston of Rosica Colin Ltd. regarding rights to play "Sundance" by Meir Z. Ribalow. (Oct - Nov 1980); Letters between Jerome Hynes and Clive Godwin Associates regarding rights to produce Sam Shepard's "Geography of a Horse Dreamer, including grant of play license and royalty figure (Jul 1981); Letters between Hynes and Clive Godwin Associates regarding license to produce Shepard's "Action". (1983)
Letters between Jerome Hynes and Felix de Wolfe concerning rights to produce "The Nightingale and Not the Lark" by Jennifer Johnston. Letter from Ruth Cooper of Fraser & Dunlop Scripts Ltd. discussing rights for Tom Stoppard's play "On the Razzle" with Garry Hynes. (21 Dec 1981)
TS letters between Garry Hynes and Jerome Hynes of Druid Theatre to various play agents concerning production rights. Includes letters between Jerome Hynes and Fraser Dunlop Ltd., London, and the Playwrights' Horizon, New York, concerning rights for plays "Sister Ignatius Explains it All To You" by Christopher Durang and "Terra Nova" by Ted Tally (1982); Letters between Jerome Hynes and Jane Phillips of The International Copyright Bureau concerning rights and license for "Mother Courage and All Her Children" by Bertolt Brecht (1983)
Copy letter from Jerome Hynes to Michelle Steinberg, Margaret Ramsay Ltd. concerning rights for M.J. Molloy's play "The Wood of the Whispering" (Dec 1983); Letters between Garry Hynes and Diana Gibbons, Margaret Ramsay Ltd. seeking script and rights for "Top Girls" by Caryl Churchill. (Feb 1983)
File of letters between Jerome Hynes, Druid Theatre Company and staff at agencies such as Curtis Brown Ltd, London and Samuel French Ltd. London, concerning play license agreements to produce "Aristocrats" by Brian Friel. File includes copy letter dent by Hynes to Leah Schmidt at Curtis Brown indicating an agreement from Brian Friel to Druid's planned production of "Aristocrats" to take place in Galway in December 1986 (27 Oct 1986); Letter from Hynes to Justin Dewhurst at Samuel French Ltd. indicating a delay to the planned production of "Aristocrats" owing to 'casting and scheduling difficulties' (14 Nov 1986); Copy of license granted to Druid attached. Letter with further licence attached, for Druid to produce the play in March 1987 (26 Nov 1986) Letters between Hynes and Schmidt indicating Druid's renewed plans to produce "Aristocrats" directed by Ben Barnes, however the rights to the play are not available. (Sep 1988)
File of letters between Maureen Hughes, Druid Theatre Company, and Michael Callahan, Warner CHappell Plays Ltd., discussing production rights for Druid to produce "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck; "Of Shadow and Substance" by P.V. Carroll. Includes grant of play licence to Druid for "Of Shadow and Substance and terms of royalties owed on the production.