Box 1

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Founded in 1983 by five Belfast actresses, Charabanc's focus is on new Irish plays. Included in the collection are a selection of programs from Charabanc productions between 1984 and 1992, correspondence between McKenna and Charabanc, and brochures, publicity, and touring history

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Established in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1968, The Lyric specializes in repertory productions. Included in the collection are programs from the twenty-fifth anniversary season (1993 – 1994), correspondence, a list of productions (1983-1995), and commemorative postcards from the twenty-fifth anniversary season

Scope and Contents Founded in Derry in 1980 by Brian Friel and Stephen Rea, Field Day produces plays by Irish and other contemporary playwrights. The collection contains programs from a number of productions (1983-1995), including the 1990 world premiere of Seamus Heaney’s The Cure at Troy; correspondence; a list of company activities; and a review of the company’s production of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya from the Dublin Sunday...

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Includes list of productions at the Abbey Theatre between December 1993 and December 1994

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This Dublin theater, founded 1984, produces original Irish plays. The collection contains the program from the 1994 production of Paul Mercier’s Home. Included in the program are pictures and information on plays produced between 1984 and 1994

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Correspondence with Bernard McKenna during 1994-1995 largely concerned McKenna’s contributions to the “revised and expanded” 1996 edition of the Dictionary, most of which were biographical entries for Irish authors