Papers of Wendy Beckett [manuscript]. 1928-1997.

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Papers of Wendy Beckett [manuscript]. 1928-1997.

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Papers maintained by Beckett while researching her biography Peggy Glanville-Hicks (Angus & Robertson, 1992), including correspondence, interviews, articles, press clippings, correspondence, drafts, financial records and other There are also papers relating to a proposed documentary film on Glanville-Hicks' life. Correspondents include Yehudi Menuhin, Gore Vidal, Leonard Bernstein, and Peter Sculthorpe. Other papers include drafts and final copies of Beckett's works, in particular her plays, radio plays, an outline for an intended novel and a libretto for 'Beckett'. There are also transcripts of interviews by Beckett with Lawrence Durrell and Paul Bowles, and other related papers. Publications by Beckett, received with the papers, have been incorporated into the Library's book collection.

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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999

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Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012

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Glanville-Hicks, Peggy

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Composer. Her works include "Choral suite" (1938), "Letters from Morocco" (1952), the operas "Nausiacaa" (1961) and "The transposed heads" (1958), as well as film and ballet scores. From the description of Papers [microform]. 1934-1981. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222662403 From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1934-1981. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225809114 From the description of Sappho [manuscript] : an opera in three acts. 1...

Sculthorpe, Peter, 1929-

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Composer, academic. Works include Irkanda IV (1961), Sun Music III (1967), Port Essington (1977), Burke and Wills (1985), Earth Cry (1986) and Kakadu (1988). From the description of Papers of Peter Sculthorpe, 1941-2002 [manuscript]. 1941-2002. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223239303 ...

Durrell, Lawrence

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Lawrence George Durrell was born Feb. 27, 1912 in Julundur, India; the son of British parents, he grew up in India and spent his young adult years in England; he held many odd jobs such as jazz pianist, automobile racer, real estate agent, instructor, and press attaché; moved to France and became a full time writer in 1957; of his various publications, Durrell is best known for the Alexandria quartet, a tetralogy with titles, Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, and Clea which appeared between 1957 ...

Beckett, Wendy

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Biographer of Peggy Glanville-Hicks. From the description of Papers of Wendy Beckett [manuscript]. 1928-1997. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225809663 ...