Files (4) of typed production scripts for episodes of Down At Flannerys. Includes cast listings and full script of episodes/instalments for instalment 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, with other untitled scripts from the series.
‘Down at Flannery’s’ was an RTÉ light entertainment production, which combined ballad singing and traditional music with the day to day happenings in a fictional Irish village, Ballybeckett. It was first screened on 10 July 1963, written by Carolyn Swift and produced by Bill Skinner, and starred among the cast, Lelia Doolan.
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File with letters between Carolyn Swift and Robert Nicholson, Curator of the Dublin Writers Museum, confirming deposit of Pike Theatre Programmes from Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett among the museum collections. Includes printed flyers about the museum, typed 'guided tour' of the museum and its collections and also a typed history of the museum building.
Files relating to medieval banquet performance scripts, music, and performances held at Dunguaire Castle, Co. Galway, written by Carolyn Swift.
File 1 and 2 include handwritten drafts and notes written for the scripts by Carolyn Swift, and also annotated and final typed script written by Swift and entitled "A Celebration of the Saints and Sinners, Scholars and Songmakers of South Galway".
File 3 includes research material used by Swift in writing the script, such as history of Dunguaire Castle (with printed brochure) and research material about local historical figures of south Galway.
Files 4 and 5 include letters and correspondence between Swift, Barry Cassin (who directed the performances) and staff at Shannon Free Airport Development Co. Ltd., who commissioned the scripts, discussing edits and revisions to the work, the staging and production, audience reaction, discussion of negative reviews received in the Irish Press, fees and royalties owed to Swift, and related points from the writing, development and production of the performance at Dunguaire Castle. File 5 includes black and white photo prints taken at medieval banquet events at Dunguaire Castle and printed flyers advertising medieval banquets at various castles in the Shannon Region.
Files with scripts, draft scripts, and overviews of "Dyflin Date", a screenplay for young people by Carolyn Swift and Brian De Salvo.
Published writings by young Carolyn Swift. These stories were published under her real full name of Carol Samuel and Carol Cecil Samuel, and written when Samuel (Swift) was in her late teens and other works in her early twenties.
File with typed breakdown of earnings as a writer, compiled by Carolyn Swift, also a breakdown of income tax (all 1970s) and also statements from Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) for royalties owed to Carolyn swift.
File with bills and invoices received by the Sisters of Charity at Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry for electricity supply.
File relating to the writing, drafting, and publication of book by Carolyn Swift - 'European Myths and Tales' published by Poolbeg Press, Dublin.
File 1 includes incomplete early draft of the book, with cover page letter by Swift "About This Book"; a further typescript full draft of the book, and letters between Swift and publisher, Poolbeg. Also a letter from someone Swift recently met and who enclosed costs for postage of a copy of Swift's book.
File 2 includes typed draft of the book by Swift, all heavily annotated with detailed notes and edits, and also some letters between Swift and Poolbeg Press.
File with correspondence between Carolyn Swift and others about film plans, including a typed film treatment by Swift for a film series on 'Great Men of Irish Literature'.
File with typed film treatments by Carolyn Swift and James Douglas for "Danger On Wheels", with a script for Act 1 Scene 1.
Also letters between Swift and Cassini Productions re. a screenplay treatment called "A Waiting Game" (1984)
Typed draft outline for plot of short film for 'Young Line' by Swift.