File of documents relating to the set and staging of "The Year of the Hiker" by Druid Theatre company at various venues along its Irish tour. Items include technical specification plans and documents for touring venues, lighting and sound specifications, plans and drawings of stage and auditoria and other such items.

File includes 'Sound and FX' plot plan for The Walworth Farce, with details on track number, q. no, cue point, description and routing; manuscript notes on sound actions. Also includes setting list for stage, set and props, interval setting list with drawings of set details.

File includes financial records relating to "Leaves" written by Lucy Caldwell and directed by Garry Hynes. File includes spreadsheets of costs and projected costs for the production of "Leaves", includes details on staff costs, tour costs for transfer to the Royal Court Theatre, wages, wardrobe, set and design costs. Also includes email correspondence discussing budgetary matters.
File also includes box-office receipts, potentially from "Leaves".

File of documents including prop lists and paper props such as labels for champagne bottles; plans and drawings for various components for the set which were designed and made. Ground floor plans present designed by Francis O'Connor and drawn by Ricardo Pardo (Dec 2006); sound and lighting tech plans and rigs feature on other plans; auditorium plans and other such plans, some with MS annotation and notes.

File of documents including budget material and predictions ahead of production. Also includes full breakdown of royalties and financial figures stemming from the production after its run and email correspondence discussing the royalties between Druid Theatre staff, such as Tim Smith, Fergal McGrath, and Bernie Harrigan and with other parties such as Curtis Brown literary agents and the Royal Court Theatre, London. File includes nightly breakdown of box-office returns for the play during November 2007.

File of documents relating to the production of "The New Electric Ballroom" written by Enda Walsh, produced by Druid at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Includes contract of agreement for the production made between Druid and the Traverse Theatre (Scotland Ltd.); This production was planned to be produced as part of a double-bill with "The Walworth Farce" in Edinburgh but which had to be postponed owing to funding issues. The file includes detailed correspondence between Druid and the agents of individual actors, concerning the decision and fall-out of the decision to not proceed with the production. File also includes proposed budgets for the production as well as plans and drawing of the stage plan at the Traverse Theatre. Sales reports (programmes, additional tickets) from 9-10 July performances. Also box-office summary from production at the Traverse Theatre. Email from Tim Smith, Company Manager, with costs and receipts for transfer to staff for set, dated April 2008, perhaps related in retrospect to this production.

File of printed nightly box-office accounts from production of "Long Day's Journey into Night" by Eugene O'Neill and produced at the Town Hall Theatre Galway. Includes summary box-office statement at the end of the production. Also includes pre-production budgets with planned financial costs and income for the production.

"Long Day’s Journey into Night" by Eugene O’Neill and directed by Garry Hynes and opened at Galway's Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday, September 19th, with later performance at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, as part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival from October 2nd – 13th 2007. File includes contract of agreement made between Druid and Laura Stanczyk regarding her engagement as casting director to cast the roles of James and Edmund Tyrone. File also includes budget produced by Druid Theatre in relation to the staging and production of "Long Day's Journey ....". Also a letter from Fergal McGrath, Theatre Manager, Town Hall Theatre to Declan Gibbons, Managing Director, Druid Theatre Company enclosing cheque being an advance against Box Office for the "Long Day's Journey...". (7 Sep 2008)

File includes a box-office statement from the Gaiety Theatre production, Cork Opera House production, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Laois, production, Síamsa Tíre, Tralee production, Millennium Theatre, Limerick and also Town Hall Theatre, Galway, production of "My Brilliant Divorce" by Geraldine Aron. (Nov 2008) Copy of contract made between Druid Theatre Company and Geraldine Aron detailing the terms of the production (8 Jun 2007) Also nightly box-office and performance accounts from the play from various Irish tour venues. Also includes correspondence emails between Druid staff discussing arrangements and nightly returns from a production of "My Brilliant Divorce" in Manchester.

File includes a director's notebook written by Garry Hynes and including detailed rehearsal notes and production notes regarding staging of the play. Also includes typescript rehearsal notes compiled by Freda Farrell, Stage Manager, from specific rehearsal sessions of the play by Druid members. Reconciliation statement (box-office and royalties) for the play as staged at the Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire and general summary of income from productions along its tour schedule. Email correspondence from Garry Hynes also includes updates on casting decisions for the play and also mentions that Sean O'Loughlin has accepted a commission for a play.
The production had an Irish and UK tour schedule as follows: Dún Laoghaire – Pavilion Theatre, November 18 – 22, 2008, Oxford, UK – Oxford Playhouse, November 11 – 15, 2008; Salford, UK – The Lowry, November 4 – 8, 2008; Letterkenny – An Gríanán, October 28 – November 1, 2008; Tralee – Siamsa Tíre, October 24 – 25, 2008; Ennis – Glór Theatre, October 20 – 22, 2008; Portlaoise – Dunamaise Arts Centre, October 16 – 18, 2008; Longford – Backstage Theatre, October 13 – 14, 2008; Dublin – Olympia Theatre, Dublin Theatre Festival, October 6 – 11, 2008; Cork – Cork Opera House, September 30 – October 4, 2008; Galway – Town Hall Theatre, September 12 – 27, 2008; Opening Night – September 16, 2008.