Records [manuscript]. 1971-1989.

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Records [manuscript]. 1971-1989.

The collection contains the following files: 1. Playwright files: files containing manuscripts, correspondence, cuttings, programs, photographs and momorabilia. The playwrights include: Judith Adamson, David Allen, Bert Bailey, Richard Beynon, Ron Blair, Michael Boddy, Bob Ellis, Alexander Buzo, Jack Davis, Alma De Groen, Louis Esson, Cliff Green, Dorothy Hewett, Jack Hibberd, Barry Humphries, Thomas Keneally, Peter Kenna, Ray Lawler, Merv Lilley, Sumner Locke-Elliott, Jim McNeill, David Malouf, Louis Nowra, Barry Oakley, Katharine Susannah Pritchard, Betty Roland, Steele Rudd, Steve Spears, Patrick White and David Williamson. 2. Business files: files containing correspondence, reports, minutes and financial statements (1971-1989). Some of these files are not Currency Press archives but deal with the involvement of Brisbane and her husband Philip Parsons in various theatrical and cultural organisations. These include: Griffin Theatre Company, Australian National Playwrights Centre, Theatre Australia and Australian Film Institute. 3. Miscellaneous papers: album of photographs of book launchings and a file of theatre programs.

17.08 m. (122 boxes + 1 fol. item).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7067970

Libraries Australia

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Brisbane, Katharine

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Currency Press

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Currency Press was founded in Sydney in 1971 by Katharine Brisbane, its Managing Editor. From the description of Records [manuscript]. 1971-1989. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225713974 ...

Parsons, Philip

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