Printed programme from National Theatre, UK, and Live Theatre Newcastle production of "The Pitmen Painters" at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival, by Lee Hall, inspired by the book by William Feaver, directed by Max Roberts. Includes articles "High Culture and the Pitmen Painters" by Lee Hall; "Pitmen Painters: the Ashington Group" by William Feaver; "The Pitmen Painters: A Commentary" by Ciarán McGonigal. Also includes images and biographies of cast and creative team members and images from rehearsals.

File of production administration documents relating to "The Playboy of the West Indies" staged at the Mercy Hall, Newtownsmyth, Galway, by the Tricycle Theatre in association with Druid Theatre Company. Includes front-of-house report sheets detailing programme and bar sales; Box-office report sheets detailing ticket sales and income; Also extensive correspondence files of letters and Fax between Druid Theatre manager, Jane Daly, and Nicolas Kent, Artistic Director of the Tricycle Theatre, London, discussing initial planning and casting plans for staging the play in Galway, financial matters and budgets, technical specifications, work permits for cast members and general production administration.

'The Playboy of the West Indies', written by Mustapha Matura and directed by Nicolas Kent, produced by Druid Theatre Company, the Tricycle Theatre, London and the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton. Produced at the Tricycle, London, from 9 Dec 1993. The Galway production was staged at Mercy Hall, Newtownsmyth, Galway, 2-12 Mar 1994. Includes programmes from the London and from the Galway productions, 1 and 6 copies respectively; printed flyers from the Tricycle Theatre, London; Printed invitation to the opening performance at Galway (5 copies); a map and tourist information of things to do in and around Galway; printed flyer advertising the production in Galway, "direct from a highly successful London run". (2 copies) See also 'Photographs'.

File includes draft and signed contracts for individuals engaged in the production of "The Playboy of the Western World" by Druid Theatre Company. Contracts present for Gus Dewar, Paul Cooney, Tim Smith, Sarah Lynch, Sophie Gabzewicz, Eamon Fox, Doreen McKenna, Cillian Murphy, David Pearse, Frank O'Sullivan, David Bolger, Davy Cunningham, Scott George, Francis O'Connor, Kathy Strachan, Gary Lydon, Éamon Morrissey, Sonya Kelly, Gillian McCarthy, Simone Kirby, Anne Marie Duff, Aisling O'Sullivan, Chris O'Dowd, Johnny McDonagh, Arthur Bell, Paul Noble, Andrew Smith, and Peter Jordan.

Printed programme from the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, production of "The Playboy of the Western World", written by J.M. Synge and directed by Brian Brady. Includes article entitled "A Maverick Masterpiece" by Marina Carr and also images and biographies of cast members.

Printed box-office report from Oxford Playhouse production by Druid Theatre Company of "The Playboy of the Western World." Also includes breakdown of programme sales from the Galway production at the Town Hall Theatre.

File includes printed programme from production of The Playboy of the Western World by Pan Pan in China. Document includes a reproduction of J.M. Synge's original preface to the play; a background to the current production, a glossary of terms, and information on past Pan Pan productions.
Also includes printed flyer and programme printed in Mandarin, with information on the production. Also a printed invitation to the opening night of the play on a production "direct from Beijing", at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, performed in Mandarin with an all-Chinese cast with English surtitles.

Script from The Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge (performed in Mandarin with an all Chinese cast) and adapted by Gavin Quinn. Transposed to a modern setting of a hairdressers and foot massage parlour, otherwise known as a ‘Whore Dressers” on the outskirts of Beijing where the normal business of hairdressing takes place out front but there are other less mundane activities happening elsewhere on the premises.
Printed press release with information on the production; Letters to Pan Pan in response to invitation to attend the play at its Dublin production at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, received from the offices of President of Ireland, Mary McAleese (July, Sept, 2006), John O'Donoghue, Minister for Arts, Sport, and Tourism (Jul, Oct 2006), Zhang Wan Kun and Lan Faqing of the Beijing People's Art Theatre, China. (July 2006)
File includes a script of play (in English); the text of an essay called 'The Playboy of the Western World' in Chinese: A Textual Anthropology' by Antony Tatlow, University College Dublin.
Print out of box office statement from production of the play at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 20 December 2006; also includes printed email / fax correspondence between Pan Pan and the National Grand Theatre of China, and the Asia-Europe Cultural Foundation. (2005).

Printed programme from "The Playboy of the Western World" by J.M. Synge and directed by Ben Barnes and staged at the Abbey Theatre. Includes an article 'The Playboy and the Nineteenth Century' by W.J. McCormack, article 'The play that raised a row' by Nicholas Greene, extracts from 'Synge and the Ireland of his time' by W.B. Yeats, an article describing being on tour with the Abbey Theatre by John Olohan, cast member and actor, a glossary of language used in the Playboy and also images and biographies of cast members.

Stage plans from the Druid Theatre production of "The Playboy of the Western World" by J.M. Synge and directed by Garry Hynes.