Item 941B - At the Black Pig's Dyke - Production Administration - Correspondence

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UGA T2/12/941B

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At the Black Pig's Dyke - Production Administration - Correspondence

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  • 1992-1994

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File of correspondence and Fax between Druid Theatre and various people and organisations concerning the planned productions and international tour of "At the Black Pig's Dyke. Letters include from Jane Daly, Druid, to Michael D. Higgins, T.D., Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht detailing Higgins' support within Government and contact with Dick Spring, T.D. Minister for Foreign Affairs, regarding a production tour by Druid to Montreal and Canada (5 March 1993); Letter from Daly to Geoffrey Keating, Cultural Relations Committee, Dept of Foreign Affairs, Dublin, concerning transportation grant support (1 Mar 1993) Letter from Lucy Neal, Director, London International Festival of Theatre, inviting Druid to perform "At the Black Pig's Dyke" at the Tricycle Theatre, London, especially following the success of Druid's previous LIFT production of "A Whistle in the Dark" (14 Jan 1992); Letter faxed from Marie Héléne Falcon to Jane Daly, inviting Druid to present the play at the Festival de théâtre des Amériques, Montreal, in 1993; Further letters and Fax between Daly and de Falcon discussing the unsuccessful bid by Druid to perform at the Montreal Festival (Mar 1993); Letter from Colin Hicks, Cultural Attaché, Government of Quebec, London Delegation (Aug 1993); Letters between Jane Daly and Robert McNamara, Scena Theatre Artistic Director, upon Daly's return from staging "Black Pig" at Toronto with Druid and discussing an offer from McNamara for Druid to stage the play at an Irish Festival of Theatre in Washington D.C. (Apr 1994); Letter from Maelíosa Stafford to Don Toner, Live Oak Theatre, Texas, discussing a possible production of "Black Pig" in Texas (26 Feb 1993); Letters from Jane Daly to other international theatres proposing a production of "Black Pig", including Alan Inkles, Director, International Theatre Festival (Feb 1993); Elizabeth Judge, Philadelphia (Dec 1992); Reneta Klett, Munich (5 Nov 1992)

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      08/08/2016
      30/07/2025

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