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Mainly programmes and press cuttings illustrating Sara Payne’s career as a dancer, teacher and choreographer; the activities of the Payne School of Dance and Mime; and the early development of ballet as an art form in Ireland.

Scrapbook containing reviews and other press cuttings relating to Sara Payne and the Payne School of Dance and Mime, providing a detailed insight into the early years of ballet in Ireland. One of the items is loose.

Programmes and flyer relating to performances by Sara Payne and the Payne School of Dance and Mime

Programme of performances of James Bridie’s play Tobias and the Angel at the Gate Theatre, Dublin. Among the actors was Sara Payne, who performed the dances in the play.

Programme of performances of Molière’s classic comédie-ballet Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme at the Gate Theatre, Dublin. The dancers included Sara Payne, who was also responsible for the choreography.

Programme of performances of the Christmas show Jack in the Box, a mixture of theatre and revue, at the Gate Theatre, Dublin. The repertoire included Prelude; The Little Match Girl; Zoo Blues; A Lady Fair; Thirst; Four Flops; La Sainte Courtesane or The Woman Covered in Jewels; Finnigan’s Wake; Interlude; The Old Sailor; The Stylish Marriage; Snow in the Air; Songs with the Harp; The Fall; Vache Sur de Toit or Liffey-Side Nights: A Political Misconception and Jack-in-the-Box. The performers included Sara Payne. The programme incorporates introductions by Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir and short articles by Lynn Doyle, Myles Na gCopaleen and M. H. Jellet, and has been signed by Hilton Edwards, Micheál Mac Liammóir and many of the performers, including Christopher Casson.

Programme of performances by Sara Payne Ballet at the Gate Theatre, Dublin. The repertoire included The Scarecrow; Lusmore; Dances; Faust; Doomed Cuchullan; Table d’Hote Or…; A Fiddler’s Story and The Snow Queen.

Programme of performances of ballets directed by Sara Payne at the Gate Theatre, Dublin. The repertoire included The Snow Queen; Spanish Dance; Folk Songs; Liebeslieder; Pas de Trois from Swan Lake; Sea Shanties and The Scarecrow.

Programme of performances of ballet directed by Sara Payne at the Gate Theatre, Dublin. The repertoire included Act II of Casse Noisette; Russian Court Dance; Mairin de Barra/ Thankye Ma’am Says Dan; Waltz from Les Sylphides; Czardas; Tarantelle; Van Dieman’s Land; Pas Seul; Silent Noon; Waltz; A Fiddler’s Story; Ich Grolle Nicht and Liebeslieder.

Programme of performances of ballets directed by Sara Payne at the Gate Theatre, Dublin. The repertoire included Doomed Cuchulain; Pas de Trois from Swan Lake; Nautch Dance; Villikins, the Ratcatcher’s Daughter; The Sugar-Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker; Mazurka from Coppelia; Polka; Waltz from Les Sylphides; Farewell and Adieu/ Stormalong/ A’Roving/ Fire Down Below; Ballet for the Opera Faust and Ballet Atha Cliath.