Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1936-1986 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
10 boxes, 1 parcel.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Rhoda Felgate born in London on 31 July 1901. The family migrated to Australia when she was 18 months old. They eventually settled in Brisbane in 1910. Rhoda was a founding member of Brisbane Repertory Theater Society. In 1936 she was a foundation member and first director of the Twelfth Night Theatre. She was a commissioner of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (1960-1972), member of the Library Board of Queensland (1961-1975), member of the Lyceum Club in Brisbane, and was awarded an honorary MA from the University of Queensland in 1983. For an in-depth biography please see the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
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Biographical history
Actor
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Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Arlene Maude Sykes (1928 - 1990), was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Queensland and the founding Principal Advisory Editor of Australasian Drama Studies. In the 1950s she commenced work at the ABC on Australian theatre. She was a scholar, critic and teacher of Australian drama and literature and the author of numerous critical studies. She edited several volumes of playtexts by Australian writers, including those of her colleague Eunice Hanger. She was Principal Investigator for the Australian Drama Bibliography Project. Her list of Australian Drama Productions 1950 to 1969 was published by the Fryer Library in 1984.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1936-1986
Collection alternatively titled as: Rhoda Felgate Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Scrapbooks, photograph albums, cassette tapes.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Itemised listing of photographs within each album available in the library.
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Material from this collection has been cited in:
Kerr, Joan. (1995). Heritage : the national women's art book, 500 works by 500 Australian women artists from colonial times to 1955. Roseville East, NSW: Craftsman House.
Notes area
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Twelfth Night Theatre (Brisbane, Qld.) (Subject)
Genre access points
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Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 1-Jul-2021. Revised, AM, 25-May-2020. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.