Printed programme from Royal Shakespeare Company/Roundhouse production of "Henry IV" by William Shakespeare and directed by Michael Boyd and staged as part of "The Histories" series. Includes article "Civil War in England and Sierra Leone" by Aminatta Forna; synopsis of the play; Article "Codes of Honour" regarding honour in warfare by Paul Robinson; pedigree of the Houses of Lancaster and York; chronology of complete works of Shakespeare; article "History Repeating" - Shakespeare's 'Henry IV' plays addressed vital issues at heart of Elizabethan society; images of the plays in rehearsal and also images and biographies of cast and creative team members.

Printed programme from Royal Shakespeare Company/Roundhouse production of "Richard II" by William Shakespeare and directed by Michael Boyd, staged as part of 'The Histories' series. Includes article "Poor England wept in streams of blood" - images of the Bible in the History cycle by Ralph Williams. "I am Richard II, know you not that?" - 'To Elizabethan audiences , 'Richard II' was a play full of uncomfortable political questions about their own era' by Andrew Hadfield; "Thomas of Woodstock" - an anonymous, untitled play depicting the events occurring immediately before 'Richard I' survives in manuscript form, inspiring debate about its relationship with Shakespeare's play' by John Jowett; note of synopsis on the play; chronology of the written complete works of Shakespeare; pedigree of the Houses of Lancaster and York; images from rehearsal and also images and biographies of cast and creative crew members.

Printed programme from Irish premiere production by the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, of "The Seafarer" by Conor McPherson and directed by Jimmy Fay. Includes article entitled "Accidental Truth" by Dominic Dromgoole, Artistic Director, Globe Theatre, London; article "The Pagan Landscape" by Conor McPherson, images and biographies of creative team members and cast members.

Printed programme from National Theatre of Great Britain production of "Waves", a work devised by Katie Mitchell and the company from the text of Virginia Woolf's novel, "the Waves", staged at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin, as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival. Includes a note on the National Theatre; an article on Virginia Woolf by Victoria Glendinning; article "Waves' sets a high-water mark for multimedia theatre" by Lyn Gardner; details of events taking place as part of the Festival and biographies of cast members.

Printed programme from Blue Raincoat theatre company production of Flann O'Brien's "The Third Policeman", adapted by Jocelyn Clarke. Includes forward from Malcolm Hamilton and Niall Henry; article entitled "Flann O'Brien: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Post-Modernist" by Keith Hopper; a note on the history of Blue Raincoat, a note on Jocelyn Clarke and biographies of cast members.

Printed programme from opera "El Rey Que Rabió", music by Ruperto Chapí. Programme is in Spanish and includes articles regarding the production; images and biographies of cast and creative team members.

Printed programme from Irish Chamber Orchestra/Storytellers Theatre Company production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare and conducted by Orlando Jopling, directed by Liam Halligan and Lawrence Evans, music by Felix Mendelssohn. Includes introduction from the Directors' and images and biographies of cast and creative team members.

Printed programme from National Theatre of Scotland production of Blackwatch, staged at the RDS Shelbourne Hall, Dublin, as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival. Written by Gregory Burke and directed by John Tiffany. Includes Director's Foreword; Writer's Note; images from the production; images and biographies of cast members and also details of other events as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival.

Printed programme from Gate Theatre, Dublin, production of "The Real Thing" by Tom Stoppard and directed by Alan Stanford. Includes article on Tom Stoppard; article on Harold Pinter by Michael Colgan entitled "The Picasso of Literature"; images from rehearsals and also images and biographies of cast members.

Printed programme from Opera Ireland detailing cast information, images of cast members and various articles regarding productions of "Don Giovanni" and "Mazeppa". (Spring 2009)