Printed programme from Royal Shakespeare Company/Roundhouse production of "Richard II" by William Shakespeare and directed by Michael Boyd, staged as part of 'The Histories' series. Includes article "Poor England wept in streams of blood" - images of the Bible in the History cycle by Ralph Williams. "I am Richard II, know you not that?" - 'To Elizabethan audiences , 'Richard II' was a play full of uncomfortable political questions about their own era' by Andrew Hadfield; "Thomas of Woodstock" - an anonymous, untitled play depicting the events occurring immediately before 'Richard I' survives in manuscript form, inspiring debate about its relationship with Shakespeare's play' by John Jowett; note of synopsis on the play; chronology of the written complete works of Shakespeare; pedigree of the Houses of Lancaster and York; images from rehearsal and also images and biographies of cast and creative crew members.

Printed programme from The Royal Opera staging of concert of "Simon Boccanegra", opera in a prologue and three acts, music by Giuseppe Verdi after the play by Antonio García Gutiérrez, revised by Arrigo Boito, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner an directed by Ian Judge. Includes cast list; opera synopsis; article "Simon Boccanegra: A Journey through the Years" by Mary Jane Philips; extracts from correspondence by Verdi on revisions to 'Simon Boccanegra; article entitled "Boccanegra and the 14th Century Genoa" by D.S. Chambers; "Guelfs, Ghibellines and Galleys" by Sarah Lenton; "Citizen Verdi" by Anthony Arblaster'; "Verdi's Father and Daughters" by Paul Robinson; Performance History of the opera and also images and biographies of cast and creative team members.

Printed programme from Irish premiere production by the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, of "The Seafarer" by Conor McPherson and directed by Jimmy Fay. Includes article entitled "Accidental Truth" by Dominic Dromgoole, Artistic Director, Globe Theatre, London; article "The Pagan Landscape" by Conor McPherson, images and biographies of creative team members and cast members.

Printed programme from Vesturport Theatre and Lyric Hammersmith production of 'Metamorphosis', written by Franz Kafka, adapted and directed by David Farr and Gísil Orn Gardarsson, at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin, as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival. Includes a note on the producers; an interview with David Farr and also Gardarsson; article "God doesn't want me to write but I must" by David Williamson; list of special events during the DTF and images and biographies of cast and creative crew members. Attached is a ticket from the performance attended by Ros Dixon.

Printed programme from The National Theatre of Great Britain production of "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion, based on her memoir and directed by David Hare, staged at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival. Includes a note on the National Theatre of Great Britain; an article "The Year of Hoping for Stage Magic" - an extract from "The Year of Hoping for Stage Magic" by Joan Didion; article "Staging Magical Thinking" by David Hare; biographies of cast members and details of events taking place within the Festival.

Printed programme from Eric Abraham-Isango/Portobello production of "the Magic Flute" by Impempe Yomlingo, adapted and directed by Mark Dornford-May, staged at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival. Includes a note on the producers, synopsis of the play, images and biographies of cast members.

Printed programme from National Theatre of Great Britain production of "Waves", a work devised by Katie Mitchell and the company from the text of Virginia Woolf's novel, "the Waves", staged at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin, as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival. Includes a note on the National Theatre; an article on Virginia Woolf by Victoria Glendinning; article "Waves' sets a high-water mark for multimedia theatre" by Lyn Gardner; details of events taking place as part of the Festival and biographies of cast members.

Printed programme from Blue Raincoat theatre company production of Flann O'Brien's "The Third Policeman", adapted by Jocelyn Clarke. Includes forward from Malcolm Hamilton and Niall Henry; article entitled "Flann O'Brien: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Post-Modernist" by Keith Hopper; a note on the history of Blue Raincoat, a note on Jocelyn Clarke and biographies of cast members.

Printed programme from Rough Magic/Lyric Theatre, Belfast, production of 'The Parker Project' - two Stewart Parker plays, "Spokesong" and "Pentecost". Includes an article "Beyond the National Question" by Marilynn Richtarik, Georgia State University; a note on Rough Magic Theatre Company and also on the Lyric Theatre, Belfast; a chronology of the plays and works of Stewart Parker and also images and biographies of creative team and cast members.

Printed programme from Lane Productions, "I, Keano", a musical by Arthur Mathews, Michael Nugent and Paul Woodfull, directed by Terry Byrne. Includes information on the play, biographies of cast and creative team members; information on Lane Productions, images from the production from 2005 - 2008.