Richard James Allen and Karen Pearlman Collection Part 3

MLMSS 5806 ADD-ON 2129/Boxes 1-15, 17-75
MLMSS 5806 ADD-ON 2129/Box 16X
MLOH 138
MLOH 280

fonds

1981-1997

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Clippings, Moving Images, Posters, Oral Histories

152802

Digitised

14.8 metres of textual material (74 boxes, 1 outsize boxes) plus videos, audio tapes and posters - manuscript, typescript, and printed
Clippings
Moving Images - motion pictures
Posters
Moving Images - video recordings
21 audiocassettes (13 hr., 31 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape

Richard James Allen was born in Australia in 1960 and he married Karen Pearlman, an accomplished American dancer, in 1985. In the same year they founded 'That Was Fast', a dance company which produced poetry, dance, theatre, film and video. Together they have created a range of works which combine Allen's poetry with dance performance. They have performed in the USA, Europe and Australia. In 1995 they were appointed joint artistic directors of Tasdance in Launceston. They resigned in 1997.

This collection contains correspondence, diaries and other manuscript material, videos, audio tapes, newscuttings and posters. The manuscripts include performance and production scripts, and annotated drafts of books, articles, essays and lecture notes. The correspondence is mainly of a professional nature with letters from writers, publishers, other artists and performing arts organistions.

A detailed contents list compiled from Richard James Allen's own list is available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room under MLMSS 5806 ADD-ON 2129.

Audio Recordings:
MLOH 138
"Item 1: The Launch of ‘Neos : Young Writers and Artists’ magazine, issue 5/6
Item 2: The launch of the final ‘Neos : House of Words, Young Writers and Artists ‘ magazine, and interview for 2SER:FM radio with Rob Duffy and John Hawke
Item 3: ‘Mixing Media’ : a lecture presented by Richard Allen
Item 4: Richard Allen interview by Arnie Goldman
Item 5: Richard Allen interview by Gayle Austin
Item 6: Richard Allen and Karen Pearlman interviewed by Gillian Waite for ‘Arts Illustrated’ ABC Radio National
Item 7: Book launch ‘The Way Out At Last and Other Poems’
Item 8: ‘Surface Tension’, interview with Richard Allen by Martin Harrison for ABC Radio National
Item 9: Two readings of the poem ‘White’
Item 10: ‘Fast Dance From New York’ interview with Richard Allen and Karen Pearlman for Radio Clyde
Item 11: ‘That Was Fast’ interview with Richard Allen and Karen Pearlman for Radio West
Item 12: [NO TITLE]
Item 13: Richard Allen and Karen Pearlman oral history interview by Jane Kornbluh for her masters thesis
Item 14: Interview with Richard Allen, Karen Pearlman and Joanne McGhee by Franklin Abbot for ‘Listenings’ WRFG Radio
Item 15: Interview with Richard Allen and Karen Pearlman about ‘The Charlie Stories’ for Radio Northampton
Item 16: Poetry reading and performance of ‘Alphabet x2’ by Richard Allen and Karen Pearlman
Item 17: Poetry reading by Richard Allen and Karen Pearlman at Club Foote
Item 18: Interview with Richard Allen and Karen Pearlman by Gillian Hunter for ‘In Tempo’ ABC Radio National
Item 19: Richard Allen and Karen Pearlman reading poetry for ‘Writers In The Park’
Item 20: A directed reading of excerpts of the poem ‘Luck’ by Tom Cayler"

MLOH 280
MLOH 280/1-2
'Sunday at the abortion station', a shortened version of a radio play created for 'Thursday's Fictions', written by Richard James Allen. Note on cassette cover says: 'Played at interval in the theatre and foyer'. A Tasdance production in association with Radio 7NT (ABC Launceston, Tasmania), 1995.

MLOH 280/2
'Sunday at the abortion station', the complete radio play, written by Richard James Allen. A Tasdance production in association with Radio 7NT (ABC Launceston, Tasmania), Feb. 12, 1997.

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The description of this material has been supplied from the Oral History Digitisation Program, undertaken 2014 to 2017, of the Library's oral history collections.

Part 1 of this collection is located at MLMSS 5806. Please consult the Mitchell Library Manuscripts Card Catalogue.
For related material see Performing the Unnameable: Australian Performance Texts Archive.
Copy available at CY MLOH 280/1-2