Says he is sorry Brophy is distressed about Martin Whelan. Says the play did not go well on Wednesday night and that the audience didn't seem to like it and so they decided not to repeat it on Saturday. Says they had not played it since October 1910 and had forgotten it more than he thought and didn't have as many rehearsals as they should have. Says the papers were all respectful, and sends along one or two Brophy might not have seen. Sent from “Court Theatre, Sloane Square”, London, on Abbey letterhead.

Says he has received the new version of Martin Whelan, and that it is tentatively down for December 5th. Back to more detailed Abbey letterhead.

Encloses a check of £3.1.3 for one performance of “Martin Whelan” from June 14, asks him to sign and return the receipt. Sent from “Royal Court Theatre, Sloane’s Square, London, SW” on Abbey stationery.

Says he has now read Martin Whelan and thinks it is good. Sending it to Mr. Yeats to read and if he is happy with it they will produce it on December 5th. Says the autumn program is mapped out very carefully that it is impossible to change the date, but he will remember that Brophy would prefer it done in November. Says he spoke to Yeats about Gombeenism when he was up, and says Yeats thinks it needs a good deal of alteration, and that if he (Yeats) had the play with him he might have written to Brophy about it. Says there would be no harm in Brophy writing to Yeats in London about it. Written on the bare Abbey letterhead. The word “gombeenism” is scribbled on the left-hand margin next to the second paragraph about “the new play”.

Says he encloses "Gombeenism" with Yeats' criticism. Says that Yeats said in a letter that the play could not be produced as it was, but with some edits and rewrites it could be.

Asks if in the event of the Abbey company going to America in the Autumn, they can have permission to play Brophy’s play there, and includes the Authors Fees that the American Agents agreed on. 10 dollars for 1 act plays, 15 for 2 act plays, and 20 for 3 act plays. Sent from “Royal Court Theatre, London, SW” on Abbey stationery. Note initialed by Brophy saying that permission was sent in a letter on June 12, 1911. In the third line of the text from Robinson, the word “plays” is altered to “play”.

Says it was nice to hear from Brophy, even though the letter was a complaint. Talks about the program for a festival in which some were not able to be represented. Says of the Cork Realists, only Mr. Murray is represented. Says he has always admired Brophy’s plays, and he would like to see a revival of one and that it could maybe be done in winter. Late 1930s Abbey stationery, many Directors, secretary is Eric Gorman. Brophy’s address is Dublin.

Says it has been a busy week preparing all the scenery and “stuff” for America. Says thank you for trying to get the clothes, says he is writing down to Galway for the flannel jackets. Letter shares a sleeve in the binder behind item 23

Says that he is sorry the play wasn’t complete, and the man who looks after the MS wasn't there so he had to find it himself. Says he sends it now complete. They had to cut down the third act, and is sending two versions of it. Says that since Brophy is re-writing the principal parts he will probably alter the end himself a good deal. Asks for the revised version the next month to put it on with the first company before Christmas, and if not in time then it won’t be done until spring by the second company. Says he has heard nothing about “the new play”. The word “play” in the first sentence is underlined in pencil, and above it is written “Casting Out of Martin Whelan” in Ray’s handwriting. The letterhead is in its more basic form again, with Fred O'Donovan listed as the Business Manager, and Nugent Monck listed as the Controller

Printed copy of a letter to Professor J C C Mays from Robinson, in which he asks for his help in identifying a verse with 'a Coleridge echo' quoted by Colville Scott in his diary.