Bound playscript consisting of 96 leaves. The play, in two acts, is based on the biographical novel Wacvie by Faith Bandler. In 1863 Wacvie Mussingkon was kidnapped from a village in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) and sold as a slave to a sugar plantation in Queensland.

19 digital copies of photos from the filming of 'Lay me down in Lilac Fields', featuring actors Kim Deacon and Ed Deveraux and some shots of director Frank Arnold and crew. Folder contains proof sheets only. 'Lay me down in Lilac Fields' was a 1981 ABC television drama production, written by Colin Free and directed by Frank Arnold

Concerns script and performance details for Little Topar, John Grant's Journey and Wentworthville.
Accompanied by [Letter] 1981 Apr 12 [to] Kevin McGrath, Double Bay / Alrene Sykes.--(1 leaf; 30 cm. - Typescript, signed, photocopy).

George Essex Evans Memorial Lecture delivered by J P Buckley on 10 June 1979 to the Toowoomba Ladies Literary Society.

Screenplays, scripts, photographs, correspondence.

Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, written notes, flyers, posters, theatre programs and play scripts.

Playscripts.

Accompanied by: 'An opera is born' (4 leaves; 26 cm.--Typescript).
Poems for the opera by Thomas W. Shapcott. Music by Colin Brumby.

The file comprises:

1. Dux exercise book with choreography for the opera "7 deadly sins" by Merly E. Hughes. The opera was based on the book by Thomas Shapcott. Hand drawn figure drawings for choreography movements glued and attached. Additional handwritten notes inserted. Undated.
2. Typescript; lettercard; addressed: Miss Meryl Hughes, Bray Road, Lawton, post-dated 23 Apr 1970; from Colin [Brumby].
3. Typescript, memorandum to Meryl, subject line is 'Tape of ballet music for "7 deadly sins"', from CB [Colin Brumby], undated.
4. Flyer the seven deadly sins, "A new concept in musical theatre by Colin Brumby, Thomas Shapcott and Mervyn Moriarty." Presented by the Queensland Opera Company at SGIO Theatre, Sep., undated.
5. Program for the seven deadly sins present by the Queensland Opera Co., book by Thomas Shapcott, music by Colin Brumby. 3 fold program: 32 x 48 cm folded to 32 x 16 cm. Lists performers and staff, including Meryl Hughes as choreographer.

Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, literary drafts, playscripts, photographs, publications, realia.