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Pony from Tarella

'Pony from Tarella', a television serial for children by Mavis Thorpe-Clark and Dorothy Blewett has several typescript drafts with handwritten annotations.

Clark, Mavis Thorpe

No margin for error

'No margin for error' is a typescript of a television lay by Adeline Collier and Madelaine Duke, what was adapted from the novel by Madelaine Duke, 68 numbered leaves, undated. The novel was published in 1963. On the title page the name and address of Christopher Mann has been crossed out and Dorothy Blewett's name and her Eltham address handwritten.

Duke, Madelaine, 1919-1996

First Joanna : a play in two acts

The First Joanna : a play in two acts was written around 1941 and revised over the following 17 years. It was not published in her lifetime but was published online in 2016 by AustLit. This file is comprised of draft typescripts, some ephemera from stage productions, and a few letters.

Box 1
Folders 8-13
Six folders with unbound and 'bound' typescripts/carbon copy typescripts of The first Joanna : a play in three acts, pagination for each varies, some have handwritten emendations, all are undated, most are in very poor condition and fragile.

Box 2
Folders 1-2
Two folders with unbound carbon copy typescripts of The first Joanna : a play in three acts, 92 leaves, undated, with accompanying envelope addressed to the Merry Days Correspondence School in Eltham, Victoria. [The principals of Merry Days Correspondence School, Nursery School, Kindergarten and Sub-Primary were R. and E. Blewett, which they began in 1942.]

Folder 3
Loose pages of The first Joanna, some with handwritten emendations, undated.

Folder 4
Correspondence and contracts:
Contract with: J.C. Williamson Theatres Limited and Dorothy Blewett, dated 20 Jun 1944; Maxwell Wray Productions Limited and Dorothy Blewet dated 26 Sep 1952.
Letters: Australian Broadcasting Commission to Dorothy Blewett dated, 9 Dec 1947; letter to and from Linnit and Dunfee, date 16 Oct 1951 and 5 Dec 1951; telegraph offering payment for television rights, 27 Sep 1960; Australian Broadcasting Commission to Dorothy Blewett, 28 Sep 1960; and A.B.C. Television Rehearsal Schedule for The First Joanna from 1 Feb 1961 to 22 Feb 1961, from producer Christopher Muir.

Folder 5
Ephemera relating to The first Joanna. Includes: 1 b&w photograph of the first performance in Marc 148 at Metropolitan Theatre Sydney; 1948 program from the Metropolitan Theatre (2 copies); hand drawn stage setting; The Metropolitan newspaper, vol 1 no. 3, 21 Feb 1948 (2 copies); and program for the St. Peters Community Plays performance, from 1949.

It has happened before

It has happened before, a verse play for radio was written between 1941 and 1942. There are two copies of this play: Bound carbon copy typescript, 30 numbered leaves, handwritten emendations, undated; and a carbon copy typescript, 32 numbered leaves, front cover has pasted to it a transcribed copy of an expert from The Listener in, 1951.

Challenge

Challenge, a play in one act was most likely written in the 1940s. There is one typescript and three carbon copy typescripts, 12 leaves, undated.

Con sordini

Con sordini, a play in one act was most likely written in the 1940s. There is one typescript with some carbon copy leaves, 28 numbered leaves, undated.

I have taken a prisoner

I have taken a prisoner, a play in six scenes, was most likely written in the 1950s. Carbon copy typescript, 119 leaves, undated.

Relative truth

Relative truth, a play in three acts, was most likely written during by Dorothy Blewett when she lived in London in the 1950s, as this address appears on earlier versions of the play, and when she returned to Australia in 1959 (later versions have her Eltham (Victoria) address on it). It would appear the play was never performed. There are five versions of the playscript in this file.

Box 2
Folder 10
This typescript, with some original and carbon copy leaves, has 'NO' written on the cover with a circle around it; it has Dorothy Blewett's name and address handwritten on the title page, approximately 94 leaves (separately numbered for each act), undated.

Folder 11
This typescript, with some original and carbon copy leaves has 'Old version' written on the front cover, with Blewett's London address on the first page, two inserted pages, approximately 94 leaves (separately numbered for each act), undated.

Folder 12
Carbon copy typescript, the title page has 'by "Gemma" crossed out and "Dorothy Blewett" written instead, approximately 91 leaves (separately numbered for each act) with 2 inserted leaves at the end for Act 2, undated but most likely 1959. Earlier versions have time of play as 'the present however this version has the time as 1959.

Folder 13
Carbon copy typescript, with Blewett's Eltham (Victoria) address on title page, 91 unnumbered leaves, with envelope that housed the playscript retained, undated but most likely 1959. Earlier versions have time of play as 'the present however this version has the time as 1959.

Folder 14
Typescript, with Blewett's Eltham (Victoria) address on title page, 91 unnumbered leaves, [1959]. Earlier versions have time of play as 'the present however this version has the time as 1959.

Folder 15
Various incomplete sections of the play.

Astral journey

Astral Journey, a radio play, was most likely written by Dorothy Blewett in the 1950s. There are several pages of incomplete versions of the play; and four complete versions of the playscript:

'Call it justice' typed on the cover page is crossed out and 'Astral journey' is written in pencil above, 5 leaves with one leaf with 'Alternate ending' at the end, undated.

Carbon copy typescript, 12 numbered leaves, accompanied by 2 leaves with an Alternate ending, undated.

Typescript, 11 numbered leaves, undated.

Carbon copy typescript, 11 numbered leaves, undated.

A warning to wantons

A warning to wantons, is a radio play in three acts, by Dorothy Blewett from the novel of the same name by Mary Mitchell. Mitchell's book was published in 1934. It is unknown when Dorothy Blewett adapted this play, possibly from the 1940s or 1950s. There are two carbon copies of Act 1 and one complete version of this play: Carbon copy typescript, with typescript title cover, 37 leaves (separately numbered for each act), undated.

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