Item 1067 - Correspondence between An Taibhdhearc and copyright agencies

c.170pp

Contents of a folder of correspondence between An Taibhdhearc and copyright agencies relating to the performance rights of plays produced by An Taibhdhearc during these years, including the translation of plays into the Irish language. Some correspondence is with the authors of the plays. There are also occasional letters seeking copies of scripts. Includes correspondence with Mrs O’Casey in New York relating to the staging of "The Plough and the Stars" in November 1980 and 2 letters from David Krause concerning the staging of the same play in 1942 (4 June 1970 & 25 Oct 1978). There are letters from John B Keane to Coiril O Mathúna about the production of "Big Maggie" in the Irish language (1970-1971) and a letter from Eoghan Ó Tuairisc to Coiril O Mathúna enclosing some biographical details (25 May 1974). Three signed memorandums give the details of agreements between Tom Murphy, Samuel Beckett and Brian Friel and the Taibhdhearc over the translations of their plays "Famine" (6 Feb 1974), "Waiting for Godot" (8 Oct 1971) and "The Mundy Scheme" (22 Sept 1971). The correspondence about Cristóir Ó Flóinn’s play "Cluichí Cleamhnais" begins at least two years in advance of the production when Cristóir Ó Flóinn was asked by the Taibhdhearc to write a play for their Golden Jubilee year. Also includes reference to the production of "Cinder Eile" in Dec 1980 and a request to stage "Lucia di Lammermoor" in the Abbey in 1980. [in Irish and English].
The correspondence relates to the following plays:
Spíce Meala [The Honey Spike] by Brian Mac Mathúna, Feb 1970
Cemented with Love by Sam Thompon, June 1970
Big Maggie by John B Keane, July 1970
Déan Trócaire ar Shagairt Óga by Séan O Tuama, Jan 1971
Home is the Hero by Walter Macken, Mar 1971
An Béal Bocht by Myles Na gCopaleen, Apr 1971
The Mundy Scheme by Brian Friel, Sept 1971, Nov 1972 & Feb 1973
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, Oct 1971
Plaza Suite by Neil J Simon, Apr 1972
The Man who came to Dinner by Hart and Kaufman, Apr 1972
Is é Dúirt Polonius by Cristóir Ó Flóinn, Sept 1972
Moll by John B Keane, Oct 1972
Playboy of the Western World by J M Synge, Dec 1972
Rún an Oileáin by Séamus O Neill, Feb 1973
Antigone by Jean Anoiulh, Mar 1973
The Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan, Mar 1973
Dlí na Feilme by Micheál Ó hAodha, May 1973
The Flats by J Boyd, May & Sept 1973
The Caretaker by H Pinter, Sept 1973
An Hairyfella in Ifreann by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Oct 1973 & May 1974
Mise Rafteiri an File by Cristóir Ó Flóinn, Oct 1973, Feb 1974 & June 1980
Plays by Pat O’Shea, Oct 1973
The Horrid Popish Plot by Fr Desmond Forristal, May & Sept 1975
Cití by Siobhán Ní Shuilleabháin, Jan & Oct 1975
An Cailín Bán by Dion Boucicault, Nov 1975
Cluichí Cleamhnais by Cristóir Ó Flóinn, Sept 1976- June 1978
Deoraíocht by Pádraig Ó Conaire, Feb 1980
The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, July 1974
A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt, Mar 1976
Famine by Tom Murphy, Mar 1974
Richard’s Cork Leg by Brendan Behan, May 1974
Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance by John Arden, July-Nov 1974
The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca, Sept- Nov 1976
The Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan, May 1976-Mar 1977
The Plough and the Stars by Séan O’Casey, Oct-Dec 1980
(1) 1974-1980 c 100pp
(2) 1970-1973 c 70pp

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