Series I. Theater Files, 1942-1994, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This series documents O'Brien's professional life as an actress and her interest in the performing arts, beginning with her involvement in the Irish Festival Singers to her later Broadway roles. Major productions include Da, Me and My Girl, and My Fair Lady. Materials include playbills, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and scripts for various performances.
Actors Equity, circa 1960s
Box: 21, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
AEA Pension Fund, undated
Box: 21, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
AFTRA, undated
Box: 21, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Broadcasting (Radio Eireann), 1954-1963, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chamesky, Paddy, The Passion of Josef D. (Arthur Cantor Office), undated
Box: 21, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Commercials, Sep 1976, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Copyright Information, undated
Box: 21, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dressing Room Door Plate for Da, 1965, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dublin Programs, 1942-1957, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Imagination" Radio Series on Irish Writers, 1972-1975, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Irish Festival Singers, 1955-1993, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 10-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs: Cast Photographs and Headshots, 1955-1979, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 14-15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs: Dressing Room, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs: Theater, 1958-1979, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 17-18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs: Theater Photo Album, 1944-1977, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 19-20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: #s, circa 1950-1999
Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 21, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: A, circa 1950-1999
Box: 1, Folder: 22-28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: B, circa 1950-1999, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 1-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 21, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: C, circa 1950-1999, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 8-18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 21, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: D, circa 1950-1999
Box: 2, Folder: 19-25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: E, circa 1950-1999
Box: 2, Folder: 26-27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: F, circa 1950-1999, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 1-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 21, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: G, circa 1950-1999, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 7-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 21, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: H, circa 1950-1999, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 14-19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: I, circa 1950-1999
Box: 3, Folder: 20-23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: J, circa 1950-1999
Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 3, Folder: 24-25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: K, circa 1950-1999, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: L, circa 1950-1999
Box: 4, Folder: 4-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: M, circa 1950-1999, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 11-19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: N, circa 1950-1999, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 20-21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: O, circa 1950-1999, bulk
Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 4, Folder: 22-24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: P, circa 1950-1999, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 2-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 23, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: R, circa 1950-1999, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 6-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 23, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: S, circa 1950-1999, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 13-29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 23, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 24, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: T, circa 1950-2000, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 2-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 24, Folder: 2-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: U, circa 1950-1999
Box: 6, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: V, circa 1950-1999
Box: 6, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: W, circa 1950-2004, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 10-15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 25, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: Y, circa 1950-2004, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 25, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Playbills: Z, circa 1950-1999
Box: 6, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Posters - Unknown Productions, undated
Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Print Work, 1966-1970, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Anta, 1962, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Beggar's Opera, Oct 1964, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Cabaret, 1977-1978, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Conduct UnBecoming, Oct 1970, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 161, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Da, 1978-1979, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 23-26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 162, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 161, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Productions: Dear Oscar, 1972
Box: 6, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 161, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Every Other Evil, 1961, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: The G.B.Essence of Woman, Dec 1964, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Hadrian VII, 1968, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Harlequinade, Dec 1960, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Hedda Gabler, 1981, 1994, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: How to Survive a Marriage, 1974-1975, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: The Killing of Sister George, 1967-1968, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 161, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Law and Order, 1998-2002, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: The Loves of Cass McGuire, 1966, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Lovers, 1968
Box: Shared Tamiment 161, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: A Man of Mode, undated
Box: Shared Tamiment 161, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: McBain, Oct 1995, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Me and My Girl: Broadway, Jan 1989-Sep 1989, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Me and My Girl: National Tour, 1988-1989, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 8-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Molly Maguires, 1965-1968, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: The Mundy Scheme, 1969, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: My Fair Lady: Art Park, 1987, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: My Fair Lady: Papermill, 1976-1977, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 162, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: The Natural Look, 1967, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: O Marry Me, Oct 1961, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Poetry in 3D, 1966, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Possession, 1986, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Returnings, 1983, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: The Right Honourable Gentleman, 1965, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Sylvia Carroll's Broadway, 1966, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Two's Company: Series 1, 1957-1958, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Two's Company: Series 2, 1958, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Productions: Two's Company: Series 3, 1959, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook, undated
Box: 7, Folder: 25-26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Screen Actors Guild (S.A.G.), undated
Box: 21, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: Beginning to End (Jack MacGowan), 1970, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: A Corner of the Bed (Allan Jack Lewis), 1968, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 28-29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: Cry, Tiger (Mel Weiser), 2008, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: Currer Bell, Esquire (William Luce), 1980, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: Dolly West's Kitchen (Frank McGuinness), circa 1999, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: The Duel (Jack Dell), 1968, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: Esther the Queen ("Abel Drugger"), 1961, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen/Rolf Fjelde), undated
Box: 8, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: Hold Out Your Hand, 1970, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: The Killing of Sister George (Frank Marcus), 1964, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: The Loves of Cass McGuire (Brian Friel), undated
Box: 8, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: The Natural Look (Lee Thuna), 1967, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: The Passion of Josef D. (Paddy Chayefsky), 1963, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: Returnings (Richie Allan), 1985, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: The Right Honourable Gentleman (Michael Dyne), 1965, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts: Toys in the Attic (Lillian Hellman), 1960, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sheet Music, undated
Box: 9, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 8, Folder: 14-17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Soap Operas, 1985-1987, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Theatrical Reviews, 1960-1973, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
