File includes printed press release by the Gate Theatre regarding its 2001 season of productions; assorted black and white copy images used in research by Joe Vaněk in design of the play; rehearsal reports of rehearsal sessions for The Shape of Things; Initial Furniture/Props/Costume issues; draft pencil sketches and drawings of the set by Joe Vaněk; Colour photographs of building interiors and exteriors; press cuttings of reviews of the play and news coverage of the Gate Theatre, generally, such as the funding of new facilities at the Gate; Manuscript notes by Joe Vaněk entitled Provisional Costume Breakdown; Colour photographs of the set model-box designed by Joe Vaněk; flyer from the Gate production; Copy of TS production schedule, with MS notes by Joe Vaněk; letter from Joe Vaněk to [ ] regarding watches and other costume design queries; Prop and Dressing list for production of The Shape of Things at the Gate Theatre.

File of colour photographs, 6inch X 4inch, taken during rehearsal of The Shape of Things at the Gate Theatre. Also images of the set model-box designed by Joe Vaněk. Also includes black and white print, c. 8inch X 10 inch, of actor Cillian Murphy.

File includes outsize plans and drawings, such as Stage Left Section of the Gate Theatre (1999) draughted by [Gillian Ní Chasaide]; Elevation of set/stage design of The Shape of Things at the Gate Theatre, drawn by Joe Vaněk; Set Design plan for The Shape Of Things; Technical Drawing Sheet 1; Technical Drawing Sheet 2; list of set props and furniture and assorted draft pencil sketches by Joe Vaněk, as well as copy of character costume drawings by Joe Vaněk.

Printed programme from the Abbey Theatre production of "the Shape of Metal" written by Thomas Kilroy and directed by Lynne Parker. Includes an article by Tony Roche entitled "Finding a Form: Thomas Kilroy's Theatre"; poem "A Bronze Head" by W.B. Yeats; article "The Body of Life" by Adrian Frazier; article "Beauty and Deformity: A Note on Sculpture" by Paula Murphy. Also includes images and biographies of cast and creative team members.

Stage plans with annotations and notes regarding prop placements for the production of "The Shadow of the Glen" by J.M. Synge and directed by Garry Hynes as part of "DruidSynge".

Includes a postcard flyer for production of "The Seven Year Itch", produced by the Dublin Globe Theatre Company, Gaiety Theatre, 4 October 1954. MS note on reverse has costuming notes.

Printed programme from the Globe Theatre Production of "The Seven Year Itch", Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, 1954, written by George Axelrod, and which starred Genevieve Lyons.

File includes colour and black and white photographs from the production of The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde, written by Thomas Kilroy, directed by Patrick Mason and designed by Joe Vaněk. Some photographs were taken by Amelia Stein. Also printed play programme from the Abbey Theatre production of the play.

Printed flyers and programmes from various Pan Pan Theatre productions of The Seagull and Other Birds, adapted from 'The Seagull' by Anton Chekhov and directed by Gavin Quinn.
Includes printed flyer from production at FFT, Dusseldorf, Germany; flyer from production at Noorderzon Festival, Groningen, Netherlands; flyer from the San Francisco International Arts Festival production; and typescript sheet/programme from production as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival at the Project Arts Centre.

Printed programme from double-bill of productions at the Dublin Theatre Festival from Krétakor Theatre and staged at the O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin. "BLACKland" was directed by Árpád Schilling and devised by extensive (and listed) group of people. "The Seagull" was written by Anton Chekhov and also directed by Schilling. Includes articles "Black, Black, Black World", excerpts from "BLACKland" rehearsal diary by Anna Veress; article "Chekhov's 'The Seagull'" by Lisa FitzPatrick; "Completing the Circle: Krétakor and Hungarian Theatre" by Anna Lengyel; "Festival Memories" by Lewis Clohessy on past memories of the Dublin Theatre Festival.

File includes daily rehearsal reports, nightly show reports, assistant stage manager cue sheets, rehearsal and technical schedule, scene structure outline for the play, auditorium plans and lighting/tech design details for production in the Gaiety Theatre and Draíocht Theatre, Blanchardstown, Dublin.