Item 8 - Pike Theatre - Press Cuttings

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UGA T40/1/8

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Pike Theatre - Press Cuttings

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  • [195-]

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1 file, c. 35pp

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File of press cuttings with coverage of plays and events, with photographs, relating to the Pike Theatre, Dublin and its founders Alan Simpson and Carolyn Swift. Productions covered include "Say It With Follies", "Posterity Be Damned" by Dominic Behan; "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett; "Crime on Goat Island" by Ugo Betti; "The Rose Tattoo" by Tennessee Williams; "The Power and the Glory" by Graham Greene; "Stealing the Picture" by Joy Rudd and Carolyn Swift; Inquisition" by Diego Fabri and translated by Carolyn Swift;

Also includes Dublin theatre Festival 1958 by Jack White; a profile on the small theatres of Dublin - the Pike and the Globe Theatres; "Stealing the Picture" by Joy Rudd; news story about young/teenage readers and books; profile on Roger Blin by Alan Simpson; article on Irish amatuer drama; article in the Times (UK) about minor theatres in Dublin;

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      15/11/2024
      24/07/2025

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