Lyric Players Theatre collection, 1944-2002 (bulk 1956-1981).

Lyric Players Theatre collection, 1944-2002 (bulk 1956-1981).

Lyric Players Theatre (Belfast, Northern Ireland)

Montague, John.

O'Malley, Mary.

Rosenfield, Ray,collector.

Abbey Theatre.

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The collection consists of programs and playbills from the Lyric Players Theatre. It also includes correspondence between Mary O'Malley and John Montague. The letters relate to THRESHOLD (the Theatre's literary journal), Montague's submissions to the magazine, and W.B. Yeats. The collection also contains a playbill of Yeat's THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN produced by Dublin's Abbey Theatre.

The Lyric Players Theatre was founded by Mary and P. Pearse O'Malley in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1951. The Theatre is especially known for the production of plays by Irish dramatists and continues to produce a wide repertoire of plays today.

The programs, playbills and other publications were collected by Ray Rosenfield.

Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Montague, John

O'Malley, Mary

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.

Abbey Theatre

Lyric Players Theatre (Belfast, Northern Ireland)

Threshold (Belfast, Northern Ireland : 1957)

Authors, Irish

Theater

Theaters