File includes minutes of touring meeting attended by members of Druid Theatre Company, Jun - Oct 1996; Play programme along with correspondence between Druid, designers and printers and also media outlets regarding design of programme and poster image and also media recording linked to Evening Standard Drama Award. Also includes further correspondence regarding venue agreements.
File also includes tour 'Book of Words' with information on schedules, travel, accommodation etc., and issued to all cast members.
Files relating to the planning and administration of the Irish and UK tour of 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane' by Martin McDonagh and directed by Garry Hynes produced at Town Hall Theatre, Galway, 15th Oct – 19th Oct, 1996; Town Hall, Skibbereen, Cork, 22nd Oct – 23rd Oct, 1996; Lu’ na Gréine, Oilean Chleire, 25th Oct – 26th Oct, 1996; Siamsa Tire, Tralee, 28th Oct, 1996; Portmagee Community Centre, 29th Oct, 1996
; Town Hall, Lisdoonvarna, 31st Oct, 1996; Halla Naomh Eoin, Inis Meain, 2nd Nov, 1996; An Halla, Inis Óirr, 4th Nov, 1996; Halla Rónáin, Inis Mór, 6th Nov, 1996; Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen, 8th Nov – 9th Nov, 1996; Community Centre, Árainnmhór, Donegal, 11th Nov, 1996; The Playhouse, Derry, 13th Nov – 14th Nov, 1996; Parochial Hall, Rathlin Island, 16th Nov, 1996; Parish Hall, Bangor-Erris, 20th Nov – 21st Nov, 1996; Parish Hall, Leenane, 23rd Nov, 1996, Duke of York’s Theatre, London, 29th Nov, 1996 – 4th Jan, 1997.
File includes fax records and correspondence between The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin and with Druid Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre, London, detailing nightly and weekly box office reports from the Gaiety production.
File of correspondence between Druid Theatre Company and The Royal Court Theatre detailing production plans, arrangements, publicity and finance for the production of "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" by Martin McDonagh and directed by Garry Hynes. Includes letters and fax such as from Vikki Hayward, General Manager, The Royal Court Theatre; Jane Daly, General Manager, Druid Theatre, Jess Cleverly, Public Relations the Royal Court, Donna Mundy, Royal Court Theatre, Garry Hynes, Artistic Director, Druid Theatre. Letter from Hayward to Hynes mentioning royalty payments to McDonagh and also commission agreements for a third play (23 Nov 1995); Letter from Hynes to Hayward detailing split in budget ratio (31 Nov 1995) Royal Court Budget for BQL, No1., 4 Dec 1995 and also Fax from Daly to Mundy re. final BQL budget on 6 Dec 1995; MS letter from Hynes to Daly outlining points made to Hayward on final agreement (5 Dec 1995); Copy of Performer's Contract of Tom Murphy (11 Dec 1995); Fax of BQL 'Theatre Upstairs' budget from The Royal Court (13 Dec 1995); Fax from Mundy to Daly confirming staff agreement terms in production (21 Dec 1995); copy of contract agreed for Francis O'Connor, set designer, for BQL (28 Dec 1995); BQL tour production schedule; signed copy of agreement between the Royal Court and Druid Theatre for the co-production of BQL at the Theatre Upstairs (8 Jan 1996); Further correspondence discusses text for media flyer and promotion and other staff agreement terms.
File of correspondence detailing other potential touring productions of The Beauty Queen of Leenane and enquiries regarding production. Includes correspondence on a potential tour production in Waterford at Garter Lane Theatre (Jan 1996); The Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork (Oct 1995) Siamsa Tíre, Tralee; Theatre National de Bretagne; Festival de Theatre des Amérique.
File of correspondence (fax and letters) between Michael Diskin, Manager, Town Hall Theatre, Galway, Garry Hynes, Artistic Director, Druid and Jane Daly, General Manager Druid, regarding production matters. Includes letters between Diskin to Colette O'Brien, Research Editor, 'The World of Hibernia' magazine (9 - 23 Oct 1995) Further letters in the file relate to publicity for the Galway and Irish tour production of BQL, such as images and text. Also detailed list of venues for where posters for the play were put.
Files of documents relating to the planning and administration of production of "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" by Martin McDonagh and staged at the Atlantic Theatre, New York (11 Feb 1998 Opening Night) and at the Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway (14 Apr 1998 Opening Night) ina co-production between Druid Theatre and The Royal Court Theatre, London, directed by Garry Hynes, a Tony Award-winning production.
Scripts and prompt script for 'the Beauty Queen of Leenane' by Martin McDonagh
Printed programme from "The Battle of Stalingrad: A Requiem" written and directed by Rezo Gabriadze and staged at Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin. Performed in Georgian with pre-recorded English voice-over. Includes "Lights at the End of the Tunnel: Rezo Gabriadze's "The Battle of Stalingrad" by Lisa Fitzpatrick; article entitled "The Battle of Stalingrad" by Judith Devlin; a biography of Gabriadze.
Typescript of "The Battle of Aughrim" by Richard Murphy, with a letter from Murphy included, 2 Dec 1967, sending the item to John McGahern.