Item 5 (1-2) - Making History Tour - Schedule, Design, and Planning

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UGA T30/2/6/4/5 (1-2)

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Making History Tour - Schedule, Design, and Planning

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  • 2007

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1 file, c. 120 pp

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File 1 includes list of touring venues, description and location for Ouroboros Theatre Company tour of Brian Friel's "Making History"; costume list with price list; budget for March tour of the play with breakdown of projected costs; manuscript calendar entries and notes of tasks and deadlines; pages of manuscript admin and planning notes; email correspondence regarding planning notes and queries ahead of "Making History Northern Tour". tour and 'get in' schedule, ground set plan, list of costumes hired for the play.

File 2 includes map and information about the Dublin rehearsal space used for the play (Teacher's Club, Dublin); production budget and breakdown of costs for tour; flyers and brochures from various heritage sites and venues connected with the Irish tour of "Making History", season programme and technical information, with photographs of performance spaces at the Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris; also correspondence including letter from Joe Kennedy, Dept of the Taoiseach to Denis Conway discussing early plans to use OPW heritage sites as part of this site specific touring production; Letter from Appointments Secretary, Office of the Taoiseach to say that Bertie Ahern T.D. cannot attend the launch of "Making History" tour at Drumcondra Castle; text of invitation to said launch; letter with terms of sponsorship/marketing arrangement between the Irish Times and Ouroboros for the production; letter from the OPW with attached terms of contract for use of OPW sites within the Ouroboros tour; proposal form to RTÉ with details of documentary to be made about the "Making History" tour; three 'Good Luck' cards sent to Denis Conway on the opening of the play.

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      16/09/2024
      24/07/2025

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