Programmes from the 'Late Night Follies', produced at the Pike Theatre, Dublin. Programmes present for:

The Follies of Herbert Lane
More Follies of Herbert Lane - Second Edition
Further Follies of Herbert Lane
Folly It Up!
Say it with Follies
The Pike Export Follies (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London)
Dublin Pike Follies (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London, Nov 1957)
Irish Coffee
Pike Follies in the Sun

File with typed running orders, with notes and annotation, cast listings, and stage directions, for the production of the Pike Theatre Dublin Follies. Running orders present for:

The Follies in the Sun (Gate Theatre, Dublin); More Follies of Herbert Lane; Say it With Follies; More Follies of Herbert Lane; More Follies 2nd Edition; Further Follies; Folly It Up.
Also folded outsize chart with listing of all individual Folly sketches and their running order/cast member.

File also includes folder covers (separated) with hand written list by Carolyn Swift of material contained in the original folder - all being Pike Theatre Follies.

Manuscript and typed (with annotations) of monologues made within Follies and revues at the Pike Theatre, Dublin. Includes:

One of the Sites of Dublin; Keep it Clean!; How To Serve a Dinner; Eating Out.

Letters from the Cultural Relations Committee of the Dept of External Affairs to Carolyn swift, discussing the selection of a photograph, put forward by Swift for inclusion in a new book being compiled called "Theatre in Ireland". The image Swift selected is Donal Donnelly and Nigel FitzGerald as Lucky and Pozzo in Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" at the Pike Theatre. 5 items. 1963.

List of sixteen photographs borrowed from Carolyn Swift for "Eyewitness". (14 Nov 1978)

Blank headed paper from the Pike Theatre, one bearing a black and white image of the Pike Theatre stage and interior, the other the Pike logo and headline banner of "Posterity be Damned" by Dominic Behan.

File of handwritten pages with hours and duties completed by cast and members of the Pike Theatre, Dublin. File labelled as 'Time Sheets'.

Typed contract of agreement made between Carolyn Swift and Alan Simpson (the producers) and with author James McKenna, with terms and conditions of the production of McKenna's play, "The Scatterin'" at the Olympia Theatre.

Typed contract of agreement made between Simpson and Swift (the producers) and with John Ryan, the investor, for support towards the production of James McKenna's "The Scatterin'" by Pike Theatre to be produced at the Abbey Lecture Hall, Dublin, as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival, from 13 to 24 Sep 1960.

Typed script of play "The New Tenant" by Eugene Ionesco, translated by Donald Watson and supplied to Swift and Simpson at the Pike Theatre. Includes article "The Theatre of Eugene Ionesco" by Daniel Mauroc.

Typed script of 'The Hunger Demon' by Joy Rudd

Typed script of 'The Lady Of The Manor' by Leah Goldberg

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;

Files of annotated scripts for the sketches and scenes produced as part of the Late Night Follies at the Pike Theatre, Dublin.

Typescript carbon copy of script, likely for theatre, of play entitled 'Pig In the Middle'. No date/author noted.

Files of photographs from the life and work of Carolyn Swift, from theatre and literary events and from her family.