Twelve letters of J. M. Synge relating to the Abbey Theatre, the disturbances and criticisms, of which ten letters are to W. G. Fay and the others to Lady Gregory and Miss Horniman. One letter deals with the projected production of Synge's works in Prague, 1904-1909.

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