Collection 01: New Theatre records, 1914-1990

MLMSS 6244
VT 663-VT 669
PXA 874
PXD 899-901, 1079
PXX 36
ON 223-224, 266
FM2/2026
GR 258
MLOH 397

sub-fonds

1914-1990

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Posters, Architectural and Technical Drawings, Drawings, Photographs, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Musical Sound Recordings, Moving Images, Design Drawings

127901

Partially Microfilmed : MAV/FM4/10860 (Series 23: 50th Anniversary Exhibition display boards, 1982)

22 metres of textual material (244 boxes) - manuscript, typescript, and printed
Clippings
Posters
Architectural and Technical Drawings
Drawings
Photographs
Sound Recordings
Moving Images - video recordings
Design Drawings

The records of New Theatre are divided into 23 record series. A detailed description of series 1-15 is available from the Manuscripts Section.

SERIES 01
Minute books, 1950-1989
These comprise minutes of meetings of long running groups including general, executive, management, New Theatre national annual conferences and production committees as well as committees to advise on particular events including the site committee established to monitor progress on the Newtown theatre and the committees established to celebrate the retirement of long serving secretary Miriam Hampson, O.A., and the theatre's fiftieth anniversary, both in 1982
ML MSS 6244/1-12

SERIES 02
Correspondence files, 1950-1989
Includes inward and carbon copies of outward correspondence, and files devoted to specific topics such as correspondence with the Australia Council for the Arts, the Chief Secretary's Department of the NSW government, management of the Sydney Opera House re the theatre's fiftieth anniversary, specific events, plays, budgets, publicity, and grant applications
ML MSS 6244/13-46

SERIES 03
Miscellaneous subject files, 1914-1990
ML MSS 6244/47-59

SERIES 04
Playscripts
These are arranged alphabetically. A few are printed, some with annotations, but the majority are typescript. Some are multiple copies tracing the development of plays, while others are prompt copies or those which indicate lighting cues
ML MSS 6244/60-126

SERIES 05
Revue scripts
These comprise scripts of complete shows and numerous short sketches which have been listed by the title of the sketch
ML MSS 6244/127-130

SERIES 06
Revue and musical scripts
These mainly comprise scripts of complete shows, sometimes with musical scores, and scripts of short sketches which have been listed by the title of the sketch
ML MSS 6244/131-133

SERIES 07
Children's playscripts
Listed alphabetically by title
ML MSS 6244/134-135

SERIES 08
One act plays
Listed alphabetically by title
ML MSS 6244/136-140

SERIES 09
New Theatre Castlereagh Street, 1943-1953
Listed alphabetically by title
ML MSS 6244/141-144

SERIES 10
Playfolders
A folder has been made and labelled for each play performed for the public. A typical folder contains flyers, programmes, reviews, photographs of productions. Material has been added retrospectively to play folders for some early productions. A few of these early folders are empty
ML MSS 6244/145X-231X

SERIES 11
Printed material, 1948-1989
This includes National Spotlight (1954-1967), Spotlight, the journal for Sydney members of the New Theatre (1950-1989), and a few copies of Spotlight from the New Theatre groups in Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne. Other printed material includes theatre journals and miscellaneous books
ML MSS 6244/232-244

SERIES 12
Posters, 1947-1988
MLMSS 6244/245X-248X

SERIES 13
Videotapes of productions, 1975-1988
VT 663-VT 669

SERIES 14
Audio tapes of productions
MLOH 265

SERIES 15
Cast recording of the musical play, Reedy River, 1979
ML G.R. 258

SERIES 16.
Photographs, photonegatives and colour transparencies of plays, 1980-1984
PXA 874 ; ON 223

SERIES 17
Harold Ciddor negatives, 1914-1972
ON 224

SERIES 18
Costume and set designs, 1944-1977
PXX 36 (2 folders)

SERIES 19
Architectural set designs, 1967-1985
PXD 899

SERIES 20
Architectural plans for the New Theatre, Darlinghurst and 542 King Street, Newtown, 1969-1982
PXD 900

SERIES 21
Artwork for flyers and posters, 1946-1982
PXD 901

SERIES 22
Phototransparencies of set models, 1997 (copies of set models, 1964-1986)
FM2/2026

SERIES 23
Exhibition Display Boards for New Theatre's 50th Anniversary, 2002 (Microfilm from original display boards made 1982)
MAV/FM4/10860

SERIES 24
Recordings for 'American Hurrah', 1968
MLOH 397

AUTHOR ENTRIES:
Abell, Kjeld, 1901-1961
Adshead, Kay
Afinogenov, Alexander
Aitkens, Carroll
Albee, Edward, 1928-
Aldridge, James, 1918-
Allan, David
Andersen, H.C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875
Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959
Antill, Keith
Ardrey, Robert
Arent, Arthur
Aristophanes
Arrabal, Fernando, 1932-
Atherden, Geoffrey
Auden W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973
Babe, Thomas
Baeyertz, R.E.
Baker, John
Balodis, Janis
Bann, Fanny
Barker, Howard
Barnett, Pat
Barr, Margaret, 1904-1991
Bartholomew, Brad
Batten, Peter
Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
Behan, Brendan, 1923-1964
Bela, Nicholas
Bell, Donald
Belotserkovsky, Vladimir
Bengal, Ben
Benjamin, Rosemary
Berg, David
Berkoff, Steven, 1937-
Bernard, Jean-Jacques, 1888-1972
Beste, R. Vernon, (Raymond Vernon)
Bird, Stewart
Bishop, John
Blair, Jon
Blank, Goldie
Blankfort, Michael, 1907-
Blitzstein, Marc
Bloch, Jean Richard, 1884-1947
Block, Toni
Bolster, Tom
Bolt, Carol
Bond, Edward, 1934-
Box, Muriel, 1905-
Brabazon, James, 1923-
Brand, Mona
Bray, Errol
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
Bren, Frank
Brenton, Howard, 1942-
Bridges, Tom
Brooks, Harry
Brown, J.
Brown, W. J. (Wilton John), 1917-1992
Bryden, Bill, 1942-
Bullen, Pat
Buzo, Alexander, 1944-
Caine, Peggy
Capek, Karel, 1890-1938
Carmines, Al
Cartwright, Jim
Charteris, Damian
Chih, Ho Ching
Chiplin, Rex
Churchill, Caryl
Clark, Joan
Clarke, Paul
Clements, Colin
Cobley, Tom, 1914-1969
Cochrane, Pierre
Cole, Peter
Coleman, Glyn
Collier, John
Collinson, Laurence
Cooper, Walter
Corman, Rena
Corwin, Norman, 1910-
Cove, Michael
Craig, Bette
Craig, Betty
Crawford, Archer
Crawford, Jim
Critchley, Louis
Crundwell, Rod
Cullen, Max
Cullen, Roger
Cunnington, C.L., (Charles Leslie)
Curry, Neil, 1937-
Cusack, Dymphna, 1902-1981
Daggett, James
Daley, Timothy, 1944-
Dann, George Landen, 1904-1977
Darke, Nick
Davis, Ossie
De Boissiere, Ralph, 1907-
Diamond, Dick
Diamond, Muni
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970
Dowling, Jeanette
Drake-Brockman, H. (Henrietta), 1901-1968
Drexler, Rosalyn
Drinkwater, John, 1882-1937
Duncan, Catherine, 1915-
Durrenmat, Friedrich, 1921-
D'Usseau, Arnaud, 1916-
Edgar, David, 1948-
Edliss, Julius
Ehrenberg, Ilya
Eliot, T.S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
Elliott, Sumner Locke, 1917-
Ellis, Robert
Enright, Nicholas, 1950-
Erdman, Nicholas, 1902-1970
Esson, Louis, 1878-1943
Ewen, Joyce
Fairfax, Warwick, 1901-1987
Farmer, Frank Rhodes
Farrell, James
Farwell, George, 1911-1976
Fast, Howard, 1914-
Faulkner, Noel
Feiffer, Jules
Fenton, Norman
Finogenov, A.A.
Flanagan, Patrick
Florsheim, Karel
Flower, Cedric, 1920-2000
Flower, Pat
Fo, Dario, 1926-
Folkard, Frederick C.
Foster, Paul, 1931-
Fowler, Pat
Fox, Len, 1905-
France, Anatole, 1844-1924
Francis, Peter
Fratti, Mario, 1927-
Freed, Donald
Friedman, Bruce Jay, 1930-
Fry, Christopher, 1907-
Fuller, Michael
Galitzky, V.
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933
Gard, Stephen
Garson, Barbara
Garven, K.M.
Gellatly, Graham
Gems, Pam
George, Bruce
Gibson, Joan
Gilbert, W.S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911
Gleitzman, Morris, 1953-
Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich, 1809-1852
Golder, John, 1944-
Gooch, Steve
Gorelik, Mordecai, 1899-1990
Gorky, Maxim, 1868-1936
Gow, James
Gow, Ronald, 1917-
Gray, Nicholas Stuart
Gray, Oriel, 1920-
Great Canadian Theatre Company
Green, Paul, 1894-1981
Griffiths, Trevor, 1935-
Grumberg, Jean-Claude, 1939-
Gubarev, Vladimir
Hachfeld, Rainer
Hampton, Christopher, 1946-
Hanger, Eunice
Hannet, Leo
Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965
Hardy, Frank (Francis Joseph), 1917-1994
Hardy, Luke
Hare, David, 1947-
Hargity, Richard
Hauser, Harald
Havel, Vaclav, 1936-
Hawley, Esther M.
Hayes, Alfred
Hecht, Ben, 1893-1964
Heijermans, Herman, 1864-1924
Hellman, Lillian, 1906-
Hendry, Joan
Hepworth, John, 1921-
Herbert, Alan
Herbert, R.C.
Hewett, Dorothy, 1923-2002
Hill, R.A.N.
Hines, Leonard
Hodge, Herbert
Horovitz, Israel, 1939-
Houston, Noel
Howard, Tony, 1947-
Hsiao, Chun, 1908-
Hubec, Jirl
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Hume, Oliver
Hutchings, R.S. (Reginald Salis), 1915-
Hutchinson, George, 1930-
Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
Ighe, Helena
Irwin, Ben
Irwin, Leonard
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986
Jaffe, Eli
Jarry, Alfred, 1873-1907
Jawodimbari, Arthur
Johnson, Patricia
Johnston, David
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
Kana, Vasek
Kaniku, John Wills
Karchmer, Sylvan
Kaverin, Veniamin
Keefe, Barry
Kemp, Peter
Kerr, Sophie
Kidd, B.R.
King, Frank
Kirby, Foveaux
Kozlenko, William, 1908-
Kramer, Larry
Kroetz, Frank
Kruczkowski, Leon
Lamont, Ena
Lampell, Millard, 1919-
Langton, George
Laurents, Arthur, 1918-
Lawrence, Joseph
Lee, Christopher
Levett, Wallace
Levy, Benn W. (Benn Wolf), 1900-1973
Lindsay, Jack, 1900-1990
Littlewood, Joan, 1914-
Loveri, M.
Lucas, Eric, 1911-
Ludwig, Volker
Lyne, Allen
Maas, Chris
McArthur, Charles, 1895-1956
McClure, Michael, 1932-
MacColl, Ewan
McDonald, Ken
McGowan, Laurel
McGrath, John
McGrath, Kevin
McLeod, John
McMillan, Nance
McNally, Terrence
Magdalany, Philip
Malleson, Miles
Maltz, Albert
Mamet, David
Mann, Leonard
Manning, Ned
Martin, David, 1915-1997
Martin, Harry
Mathew, Ray, 1929-
Meares, Leonard
Merrick, Monte
Michel, Georges
Miles, Bernard, 1907-
Miller, Arthur, 1915-
Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956
Mitchell, Robert
Moliere, 1622-1673
Monvid, Grazyna
Morell, Murette
Morell, Musette, 1898-1950
Morgan, Kevin Barry
Morris, Gadfan
Morrison, Bill
Morse, Ronald
Motherwell, Phil, 1947-
Mudrooroo, 1938-
Mulligan, John
Mummer Troupe
Munro, Rona, 1959-
Murrell, John, 1945-
Mute, D.J.
Myers, E.
Narogin, Chumi
Neil, Linda
Nelson, Claris
Nemiroff, Robert
New Theatre (Brisbane, Qld.)
New Theatre (Melbourne, Vic.)
New Theatre (Newcastle, N.S.W.)
New Theatre (Perth, W.A.)
New Theatre Writers
Nichols, Peter, 1927-
Nixon, E.
Noah, Robert
Noonan, Bill
Nugent, Alexa
Oakley, Barry, 1931-
Obler, Arch
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964
Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963
O'Neill, Errol
O'Neill, Eugene, 1883-1953
O'Shaughnessy, Peter
Ostrovsky, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1823-1886
Owen, Bill, 1914-
Parfit, Ted
Parsons, Geoffrey
Pater, Stewart
Peach, L. Du (Lawrence Du), 1890-
Peck, Leonard
Pepworth, Barbara, 1955-
Perl, Arnold
Peterson, Ralph
Petrescu, Camil, 1894-1957
Phillips, Stephen, 1868-1915
Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936
Pollack, J.H.
Pollock, Sharon
Popplewell, Olive
Potter, Dennis, 1935-
Poulos, George
Pree, Barry
Preston, Richard
Prichard, Katharine Susannah, 1883-1969
Priestley, J. B. (John Boynton), 1894-1984
Rabbits, John
Rabe, David, 1940-
Rame, Franca, 1929-
Read, Lotte
Reade, Harry, 1927-1998
Reddin, Keith
Rees, Leslie, 1905-2000
Reilly, Michael
Reimers, Monro
Reynolds, Tim
Rice, Elmer L., 1892-1967
Ridenour, Louis Nicot, 1911-1959
Roberts, Buckley
Roberts, K.L.
Robilotta, Peter
Robinson, Earl, 1901-
Romeril, John, 1945-
Ross, K.G. (Ken G.)
Rubin, Barnard
Rudet, Jacqueline
Russell, Willy, 1947-
Rutherford, Mervyn Leslie, 1936-1985
Ryerson, Florence
Salt, Waldo
Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980
Saunders, Stafford
Schreck, Peter
Scott, Phillip
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832
Scully, Kevin
Semprun, Joege, 1923-
Sender, Ramon J. (Ramon Jose), 1901-
Sewell, Stephen, 1953-
Seymour, Frankie
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950
Sheinin, L.
Shepard, Sam, 1943-
Sherwood, Robert E., 1896-1955
Shiel, Graham
Shortis, John Mc.
Sidetrack Theatre
Sifton, Claire
Sifton, Paul
Simmons, Brian
Simmons, John
Simonov, Konstantin, 1915-1979
Simpson, N.F. (Norman Frederick), 1919-
Skelton, Geoffrey, 1916-
Sklar, George
Slater, Montagu
Smith, Betty
Smith- White, David
Smythe, John, 1945-
Soleveichik, Simon
Sorge, Christian
Spewak, Bella, 1899-
Spewak, Samuel, 1899-
Sriber, Charles
Stafford, Mark
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
Stephenson, Ken
Sterne, Tom
Stevens, Peter
Stevens, Tony
Stevenson, Janet
Stevenson, Philip
Stewart, Donald Ogden
Stopes, Marie Carmichael, 1880-1958
Stoppard, Tom, 1937-
Storey, David
Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900
Sykes, Geoffrey
Synge, J.M. (John Millington), 1871-1909
Taeni, Rainer
Tank, Herb
Taylor, C.P., 1928-1981
Theatre Workshop (England)
Thomas, A. Jackson
Thomas, Ross
Thompson, Sam
Titterington, John, 1941-
Todd, Peter
Toller, Ernst
Tollman, Ernst
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910
Tomalin, Miles
Tomlinson, John, 1942-
Travers, Ben, 1886-1980
Trease, Geoffrey, 1909-
Tree, Jonathan
Tressell, Robert
Underhill, Jeff
Upton, John, 1932-
Ustinov, Peter
Vampilov, Aleksandr, 1937-1972
Van Amstel, Pamela
Van Italie, Jean-Claude, 1936-
Vasilyev, Boris
Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635
Veit, Christian
Vernon, Barbara, 1916-1978
Vonnegut, Kurt
Waiko, John
Waldron-Glyde, Rory
Walker, Vivian
Walters, Evelyn
Ward, Martin
Wasserman, Dale
Watts, Cecil
Weiss, Peter, 1916-1982
Weller, Michael, 1942-
Westgarth, John
White, Clemon
White, Fay
Whiting, John, 1917-1963
Williams, Jay
Williams, Nigel, 1948-
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
Williamson, David
Willis, Ted, 1918-
Wilson, Langford, 1937-
Witcombe, Eleanor, 1923-
Wolf, Friedrich
Wongar,B
Wright, Steve
Yi, Ting
Yoothpinga
Young, David
Young, William
Zuckmayer, Carl, 1896-1977

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