Production files relating to "The Mines of Sulphur" by Richard Rodney Bennett with set and costume design by Joe Vaněk. Produced at the Wexford Festival Opera in 2008, directed by Michael Barker-Caven and conducted by Stewart Robinson.
File 1 contains printed emails between Vaněk and Michael Barker-Caven (February - April 2008) and which include discussions regarding design for set and costumes by Vaněk for the opera, also includes images sourced by Vaněk in his research and design for the opera. Discussion detail how the design develops, how the opera will be directed and how the design can reflect the aim of the production. The email print-outs also include images of set model boxes and costume designs for "The Mines of Sulphur" originally as email attachments, by Vaněk and sent to Barker-Caven.

File 2 includes outsize technical drawings of the set design, drawn by Vaněk for "The Mines of Sulphur". Other assorted drawings include manuscript pencil and ink drawings of the set by Vaněk; print-outs of colour photographs of the set design and model box by Vaněk; and also a printed technical schedule for the week-by-week production of "The Mines of Sulphur" at Wexford Festival Opera.

File 3 includes further research documents retained by Vaněk in his design of "The Mines of Sulphur", includes colour photographs of characters from literature/film/theatre; images of furniture and artefacts such as at the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands, images of historical plague doctors, internet biographies of Richard Rodney Bennett, and other related research documents.

Typescript text titled "The Miraculous Can" (3pp). About a woman whose Lourde water bottle is leaking on the train. Folded.

Printed programme from Gate Theatre, Dublin, production of Molière's 'The Misanthrope' in a version by Martin Crimp and directed by Alan Stanford. Includes an article by Síofra Pierse entitled "Molière: A Man of Many Masks" and also includes biographies and headshot images of cast and creative team members.

Printed programme from National Theatre, London, production of "The Miser" by Moliere, in a new translation by Jeremy Sans, directed by Steven Pimlott. Includes articles on "The Miser and His Family" by Anthony W. Clare MD; "Moliere and French Theatre Today" by David Bradby and "Rehearsal Roominations" by Edward Kemp, Staff Director, National Theatre.

Files relating to the development, rehearsal, and production of The Misfits, by Arthur Miller, reimagined for the stage by Annie Ryan, produced by The Corn Exchange Theatre Company

Typescript of The Misfits by Arthur Miller, reimagined for the stage by Annie Ryan. Draft D4. Includes some annotation and edits by Ryan.

Typescript of The Misfits by Arthur Miller, reimagined for the stage by Annie Ryan. Draft E. Includes some annotation and edits by Ryan.

Typescript of The Misfits by Arthur Miller, reimagined for the stage by Annie Ryan. Draft f. Includes some annotation and edits by Ryan.

Partial draft script for The Misfits, with notes and comments written by Annie Ryan.

Typescript and heavily annotated prompt script/tech script for The Misfits by Arthur Miller, reimagined for the stage by Annie Ryan, noted as being Rehearsal Script 3.