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Max and Thelma Afford Papers

  • UQFL184
  • Collection
  • 1912-1987.

Collection reflects the work of both Max and Thelma Afford, particularly from the early 1930s to the late 1950s. Personal and business correspondence (Max Afford : 1939-1966; Thelma Afford : 1930-1987). Drafts, typescripts and recordings from Max Afford's work for stage and radio. Transcript of interview, "Conversation with Thelma Afford" by Hazel De Berg. Typescript "Adelaide, little theatres of the 1930s and their visionaries" by Thelma Afford. Press books of Max Afford (1929-1936, 1936-1954). Albums of costume designs by Thelma Afford for the Minerva Theatre (1946-1949) and Sydney theatres and television (1938-1958). Family photograph album of Thelma Afford, with images of her early life in Broken Hill and Adelaide, and with Max Afford. Press material relating to Sesquicentenary parades costumed by Thelma Afford.

Afford, Max, 1906-1954

Double demon : a new Jeffery Blackburn adventure/ by Max Afford

  • H0017
  • Item
  • [1951-1954]

Radio serial written under contract to A.B.C. between 1951 and 1954. Ep.1. Rendevous with Lottie Dodd -- ep.2. The knave of diamonds -- ep.3. The meeting at the strangler fig -- ep.4.The rock carving riddle -- ep.5. The elusive stockwhip -- ep.6. The devil they know -- ep.7. The burning road -- ep.8. The pictures from the past -- ep.9. Tragedy at Sheerdrop Leap -- ep.10. The men with false faces -- ep.11. Re-appearance of Mr Winkle -- ep. 12. The last bullet -- [ep.13]. [Unknown] -- ep.14. The paradox of failure.
Includes synopsis of story.

Afford, Max, 1906-1954

Hagen's circus / by Max Afford

  • H0022
  • Item
  • [1941-1949]

Episodes of an 800 episode radio serial written between 1941 and 1949 and broadcast on Radio 2UE.

Afford, Max, 1906-1954

First light Fraser / by Max Afford

  • H0018
  • Item
  • [1941-1949]

Episodes from a 624 episode serial written between 1941 and 1949 and broadcast on Radio 2GB. Each set of approximately 20 episodes is a complete adventure sequence with a separate title. Ep.76-103. The adventure of Madame Terlin -- ep.128-157. The adventure of Major Harvey Polland -- ep.158-184. The adventure of the interrupted honeymoon -- ep.185-216. The adventure of the secret weapon -- ep.236-259. The adventure of the channel tunnel -- ep.307-324. The adventure of the information leakage -- ep.326-351. The adventure on the island of Oahu.

Afford, Max, 1906-1954

Danger unlimited/ [Max Afford]

  • H0014
  • Item
  • [1941-1948]

Radio serial written between 1941 and 1949 for broadcast on Radio 2UE. Ep.1-27. The affair of the atomic weapons plans -- ep.28-52. The strange case of the Nazi funk fund -- ep.53-78. The adventure of the primitive healers -- ep.79-104. The adventure of the Rotterdam sisters -- ep.105-130. The adventure of the escaped Nazi war criminal -- ep.131-156. The mystery of the Mansell vendetta -- ep.157-182. The fantastic affair in Transylvania -- ep.183-208. The adventure on the island of flowers -- ep.209-234. The curious adventure of the club-footed scientist -- ep.235-260. The adventure of the evaded assignment -- ep.261-286. The affair of the feathered serpent -- ep.287-312. The curious business of Queen Neru's bracelet -- ep. 339-364. The case of the French black market organisation -- ep.365-390. The fantastic adventure of the "Twenty-one" club -- ep.391-416. The quest for the golden slipper -- ep.417-442. The murder of Jeffery Blackburn -- ep.443-468. The strange affair of the bleeding portrait -- ep.469-494. The ordeal on the island of Mingaroo -- ep.495-520. The adventure of the cousin from Australia -- ep.521-546. The adventure of the Turkish prayer mat -- ep.547-572. The adventure of the terrorist organisation and the island of Alanoe -- ep.574-598. The vendetta of Mr Vengeance -- ep.599-624 [untitled].

Afford, Max, 1906-1954

Awake my love : a romantic drama based on the life of Colonel William Light, first Surveyor-General of South Australia

  • H0011C
  • Item
  • 1947

Typescript of the stage play in three acts. Awake my love, is rewritten from: Colonel Light the founder, South Australian Centenary Prize-winning play, 1936. This typescript is for the performance of the radio play. It includes the names of the actors for each role; includes handwritten emendation "The play produced by Miss Doris Fitton"; as well as emendations in the text. Newspaper cutting 'Drama of S. Aust. is retold in radio writer's play' from The Sun, 7 Aug 1947, p. 6 pasted to initial page. Includes reviews from newspapers (2 leaves), and a foreword dated 1947 (3 leaves).

Afford, Max, 1906-1954

Awake my love : a romantic drama based on the life of Colonel William Light, first Surveyor-General of South Australia

  • H0011A
  • Item
  • 1947

Two copies of this version:

Copy 1: Typescript; loosely bound with paper covers and coming apart; six leaves of excerpts copied from newspaper reviews dated 1936 or 1947; foreword; and list of cast members for the extended season at the Independent Theatre in September 1947. Biographical and illustrative material from the 21st issue of Drama and the school, inserted in introductory pages which includes: three pages of a biography of Max Afford, two pages of music notation and two pages of costume designs by Thelma Afford. Awake my love, is rewritten from: Colonel Light the founder, South Australian Centenary Prize-winning play, 1936.

Copy 2: Carbon copy typescript of Copy 1

Afford, Max, 1906-1954

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