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- 22 October 1978 (Creation)
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4 items ; 34 cm and smaller.
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Playwright and one of the founders of New Theatre, Melbourne. Husband of Doris Huelin.
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Playwright. Was involved in New Theatre, Melbourne, along with her husband, Frank Huelin, who was a co-founder of New Theatre, Melbourne.
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Dorothy (Dot) Thompson was an Australian theatre director, as well as a costume, lighting and set designer, born on 19 August 1914. She was involved in New Theatre, Melbourne. She died on 17 December 2001.
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David Martin (born Lajos Frigyes Detsinyi) was a playwright, poet and novelist born into a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, on 22 December 1915. Ludwig, as he was known, spent his early years in Germany. He left Germany in 1934 and lived in various different countries, including Holland and Palestine. In 1941 he married (Elizabeth) Richenda Martin, née Powell. The couple had a son, Jan, in 1944. Around this time he adopted the name David Martin. In 1949, David and his family migrated to Melbourne, Australia. David published works under his birthname (Ludwig Detsinyi), his adopted name (David Martin) and various pseudonyms, including Spinifex, Louis Destiny and Louis Adams. Some of his plays, such as The shepherd and the hunter and Birthday of a miner, were produced by New Theatre, Melbourne. David died on 1 July 1997.
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Letter to Richard Brown, dated 22 October 1978, addressed in Bendigo, Victoria. The subject of the letter relates to the history of New Theatre, Melbourne. The letter is accompanied by a photocopy of an undated letter to Frank and Doris Huelin from David Martin discussing their script for Peace, bread and roses, as well as two undated letters from Dot Thompson regarding the New Theatre, Melbourne.
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Unrestricted access.
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In copyright
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- English
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Typescript (duplicated) and holograph.
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- New Theatre (Melbourne, Vic.) (Subject)
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Revised
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Minimal
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Kymberley Doyle, 20-Jan-2025.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.