Letter discusses the production history of 'Pacific Paradise' and other plays by Cusack.
Accompanied by a note (1970 Mar 13) from W. Preehill (1 l.).

Babette Stephens talks with Rodney Lumer and Marguerit Millis and about her life and work. The Fryer Library arranged the interviews which were conducted in the Language Laboratory at the University of Queensland. Tape 1 was recorded 12 Mar 1991, Tape 2 was recorded 2 Apr 1991.

Folder of material related to PACT (Producers, Authors, Composers, Talents), Sydney, including press clippings, photocopied articles, lists of plays, memo to Directors of PACT, and note on PACT's objectives entitled 'Waiting for the Bulldozer.' Also photocopied press clippings relating to radio plays by Richard Lane, 1938-1944; a list of plays available through Gregg Branson, literary agent and author's representative in Adelaide, [1966?]; and a list by Albert Moran of Australian TV drama series, 1956-76.

Eric Irvin talks with Alrene Sykes about his life and work.

Ephemera relating to the work of Ken Campbell-Dobbie. Includes leaflets for: 'The playbox - burnt but boyant' with The Playbox Progress, Feb 1984; 'Metamorphosis : a classic workshop theatre company'; 'Brecht on Brecht' at The Hole in the Wall Theatre (1982); 'Phaedra'; 'My name is Pablo Picasso', performance schedule (1982); 'My name is Pablo Picasso' (1984); 'Uncle Vanya' at The Hole in the Wall Theatre (1981); 'Ring round the moon' (1981?); 'Spring awakening' (1980); two different flyers for 'Commission : a theatrical anthology of poetry' ; photocopied article from Artlook, June 1980; and one leaf with two photocopied newspaper cuttings.

This collection is comprised mostly of papers relating to Dorothy Blewett including: drafts of playscripts, novels, short stories, and articles for published and published works; a small amount of incoming and outgoing correspondence; photographs; personal documents; documents relating to her professional activities; and theatre programs and travel ephemera relating to her time spent in the 1950s in England and Europe. There are also some papers relating to the activities of her sisters, Elizabeth Melville Blewett (born Elsie Melville Blewett, also referred to as 'Bill') and Rowena Sarah May Blewett.

Typed report by the Popular Theatre Troupe on the Orana Region Project, dated October 1975. The first page describes the project as a community theatre project in association with the Queensland Festival of the Arts, assisted by the Australia Council (now known as Creative Australia) and the Queensland Government. The project was undertaken over three weeks from 1 September 1975 to 21 September 1975, and centred on three towns: Dubbo, Narromine and Wellington.

The report is organised into four sections titled consecutively as Sections A through D. Section A comprises a general report, which includes a program of activities, an evaluation of the project approach, a statistical summary, a preliminary statement of income and expenditure, and a project planning paper. Section B contains an individual activities report, detailing various performances held in different community venues, youth workshops, a workshop with the Dubbo Amateur Theatrical Society, video workshops with South Dubbo High School, and a training session for school teachers. The performances delivered were 'The Puny Little Life Show', adapted from a play by Roger McGough and directed by Brent McGregor, starring Duncan Campbell, Nick Hughes and Kathryn Porrill; and 'The White Man's Mission', written by Richard Fotheringham and Albert Hunt, and directed by Albert Hunt. Section C comprises photocopied and original newspaper cuttings relating to the Orana Project. The final section, Section D, contains photocopies of ephemera distributed by the Popular Theatre Troupe, including typed and hand-drawn flyers and leaflets advertising activities and performances; two of the flyers have hand-drawn black-and-white illustrations.

Submissions, correspondence, minutes, compendiums, working papers, public hearings, reports, draft reports, publications, periodicals, newspaper clippings, newsletters, meeting agendas, articles, applications, inquiries, pamphlets/booklets, program reviews, financial statements/reports, notebooks, meeting calendars, poems/prose, theatre programmes (Australian and overseas). Material includes items from Committee of Review of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, the Australia Council, and the Australian Bicentennial Authority’s 200 Unsung Heroes and Heroines Program.

Research material on people connected with Australian theatre, newspaper cuttings, drafts of books and articles, correspondence.

Contains play scripts, musical revues, stand-up comedy material, song lyrics, published musical scores, silent film scripts, radio play scripts, theatre programmes, running orders, stage directions and set design drawings, theatre management papers, musicians' union papers, and photographs.