Lot 93: Micheal MacLiammoir (1899-1978) ORIGINAL RECORDING OF MACLIAMMOIR'S RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM An interesting archive featuring the original tape

Micheal MacLiammoir (1899-1978) ORIGINAL RECORDING OF MACLIAMMOIR'S RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM An interesting archive featuring the original tape recording of Micheal MacLiammoir reading the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, made at Eamon Andrews Studio, Dublin, 21 October 1958, and the re-mastered tapes of same from the Pye Studios, London, April 1978. Formerly the collection of Desmond Fenning, of Ardmore Studios, the archive also includes ten autograph manuscript letters and fifteen postcards from MacLiammoir to Fenning. These are mostly of a social nature, recounting personal news and discussing various theatre and sound recording projects, with many sent from overseas ( Australia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, USA) whilst MacLiammoir was on tour. The archive also includes related correspondence including a letter from Sean O'Casey sent from Torquay, 6 September 1956, numerous publicity photographs of Gate Theatre productions, press clippings, a framed autograph photograph of Hilton Edwards, programmes for plays at the Gate and Abbey theatres, invitations to first night openings, a bundle of unused record sleeves from the Rubaiyat recording and related ephemera.