Sub-series 02: Nimrod Theatre pictorial material, Plans of stage settings, 1976-1985

PXD 1110

sub-series

1976-1985

Graphic Materials, Design Drawings

411897

Approximately 500 drawings - ink and pencil including diazotypes - 90 x 110 cm or smaller

The series comprises theatre plans of the Nimrod Theatre, for productions by the Nimrod and other theatre companies, and plans of Seymour Centre theatres and other theatres used for touring productions. Included are ground plans of theatres, stage plans, floor plans, sections, elevations, set designs, floor and back cloth designs, lighting layouts, prop designs and production progress charts.

Designers’ names are included in the list when they appear on the plans, although some plans are not credited. Many plans are undated and for those plans a date range has been assigned, consistent with the production dates.

Five sets of plans which appear to have no connection with the Nimrod Theatre are housed at the end of the collection.

FOLDER 1

ITEM 1: 1977-1981. Nimrod Theatre general plans
1 original, 6 diazotypes

ITEM 2: 1976. “Martello Towers”, opened Apr 1976
1 original

ITEM 3: 1976. “A Handful of Friends”, opened Nov 1976
1 diazotype
Lighting design John Hoenig

ITEM 4: 1977. “Travesties”, opened Mar 1977
1 original

ITEM 5: 1977-1978. “The Club”, opened Dec 1977
10 originals, 7 diazotypes, 1 chart
Includes plans of Theatre Royal, Canberra Theatre, Hampstead Theatre Club
Designer Tom Bannerman

ITEM 6: 1977-1978. “Rock-ola”, opened Jan 1978
2 originals, 8 diazotypes
Includes plans of Scott Theatre, Adelaide and correspondence relating to Adelaide Festival 1978

ITEM 7: 1978. “Everyman /Stubble/Marxisms”, opened Feb 1978
1 original

ITEM 8: 1978. “The Christian Brothers/ Perfect Strangers”, opened Mar 1978
6 diazotypes
Includes plans of Playbox Theatre, Melbourne
Designer Larry Eastwood

FOLDER 2

ITEM 1: 1978-1979. “Kold Komfort Kaffee”, opened Apr 1978
6 originals, 1 diazotype
Includes plans of Space Theatre, Adelaide

ITEM 2: 1978. “The Comedy of Errors”, opened Apr 1978
3 diazotypes

ITEM 3: 1978-1979. “Metamorphosis”, opened Aug 1978
7 originals, 1 diazotype
Includes plans of Russell St Theatre, Melbourne

ITEM 4: [1978]. “A Visit with the Family”, opened Oct 1978
2 diazotypes
Designer Larry Eastwood

ITEM 5: 1978. “Jumpers”, opened Dec 1978
1 original, 3 diazotypes
Also includes lighting list

ITEM 6: 1978. “Makassar Reef”, opened Jan 1979
4 originals, 1 diazotype
Designer Wendy Dickson

ITEM 7: 1979. “Romeo and Juliet”, opened Mar 1979
3 originals, 3 diazotypes
Includes plan of Octagon Theatre, Perth

ITEM 8: [1979]. “The Sea”, opened May 1979
1 diazotype
Designer Larry Eastwood

ITEM 9: [1979]. “American Buffalo”, opened May 1979
3 diazotypes
Designer Anthony Babicci

ITEM 10: 1979. “Galileo”, opened Jun 1979
3 originals, 5 diazotypes, 7 charts
Designer Kim Carpenter; lighting design Nigel Levings

FOLDER 3

ITEM 1: [1979]. “Travelling North”, opened Aug 1979
20 diazotypes
Includes plans of Playhouse, Canberra and Athenaeum, Melbourne
Designer Ian Robinson

ITEM 2: 1979. “Betrayal”, opened Oct 1979
2 diazotypes
Lighting design Jamie Lewis

ITEM 3: 1981. “The Venetian Twins”, opened Oct 1979
22 originals, 2 diazotypes
Plans mostly relate to 1981 revival, including plans of York Theatre Seymour Centre, Geelong Ford Theatre, Adelaide Opera Theatre, Canberra Theatre
Designer Stephen Curtis; lighting design Jonathan Ciddor

ITEM 4: 1979. “Pirates at the Barn”, opened Jan 1980, Clark Island
4 originals, 3 diazotypes
Designer Wendy Dickson

FOLDER 4

ITEM 1: 1980. “Bullie’s House”, opened Feb 1980
1 original, 6 diazotypes
Designer Michael Pearce

ITEM 2: 1980. “Traitors”, opened Feb 1980
1 diazotype
Designer Bill Haycock

ITEM 3: 1980. “The House of the Deaf Man”, opened Mar 1980
1 diazotype
Designer Kim Carpenter

ITEM 4: 1980. “Inside the Island”, opened Aug 1980
1 original, 1 diazotype
Designer Bill Haycock

ITEM 5: 1980. “Sexual Perversity in Chicago”, opened Sep 1980
1 original
Designer Stephen Curtis

ITEM 6: 1980. “Volpone”, opened Oct 1980
1 original, 3 diazotype
Designer Kim Carpenter; lighting design Nigel Levings

ITEM 7: 1980. “You and the Night and the House Wine”, opened Nov 1980
5 diazotypes
Designer Roger Kirk

ITEM 8: 1980-1981. “Celluloid Heroes”, opened Dec 1980
8 originals, 3 diazotypes
Includes plans of Her Majesty’s Theatre Brisbane, Comedy Theatre Melbourne, Opera Theatre Adelaide, His Majesty’s Theatre Perth
Designer Larry Eastwood; lighting design Jonathan Ciddor

ITEM 9: 1980. “Judgement”, opened Jan 1981
1 original, 1 diazotype
Lighting design Rob Gebert

ITEM 10: 1981. “The Choir”, opened Jan 1981
1 original, 6 diazotypes
Includes plan of Universal Theatre Melbourne
Designer Eamon D’Arcy; lighting design Peter Smith

ITEM 11: 1981. “The Three Sisters”, opened Mar 1981
4 originals, 3 diazotypes
Designer Kim Carpenter; lighting design Nigel Levings

ITEM 12: 1981. “Roses in Due Season”, opened Apr 1981
4 originals
Designer F. Reilly

FOLDER 5

ITEM 1: 1981. “Cain’s Hand”, opened May 1981
7 originals, 1 diazotype
Designer Michael Pearce; lighting design David Murray

ITEM 2: 1981. “Protest”, opened Jun 1981
4 originals, 1 diazotype

ITEM 3: 1981. “Teeth ‘n’ Smiles”, opened Jun 1981
4 originals, 2 diazotypes
Designer Edie Kurzer; lighting design Raymond Medhurst

ITEM 4: 1981. “Slice”, opened Jul 1981
6 diazotypes

ITEM 5: 1981. “Cloud Nine”, opened Aug 1981
6 originals, 2 diazotypes
Designer Vicki Feitscher

ITEM 6: [1981]. “Pinball”, opened Sep 1981
3 originals, 1 diazotype
Designer Kate Jasonsmith

ITEM 7:[1981]. “The Last Day in Woolloomooloo”, opened Oct 1981
13 originals, 4 diazotypes

ITEM 8: 1981. “Eyes of the Whites”, opened Nov 1981
2 originals, 1 diazotype
Designer Bill Haycock

ITEM 9: [1981]. “Tales from the Vienna Woods”
2 originals, 3 diazotypes
Designer Vicki Feitscher

ITEM 10: 1981-1982. “Desert Flambe”, opened Dec 1981
2 originals, 1 diazotype
Designer Melody Cooper; lighting design John Woodland

FOLDER 6

ITEM 1:1981. “The Cocky of Bungaree”, opened Dec 1981, Clark Island
4 originals, 1 diazotype
Designer Richard Roberts

ITEM 2: 1981-1982. “Welcome the Bright World’, opened Jan 1982
8 originals, 1 diazotype
Designer Eamon D’Arcy

ITEM 3: [1982]. “Female Parts”, opened Feb 1982
4 originals, 2 diazotypes

ITEM 4: 1982. “The Suicide”, opened Mar 1982
3 diazotypes
Designer Richard Roberts; lighting design Jonathan Ciddor

ITEM 5: 1982. “Demolition Job”, opened Apr 1982
1 original, 1 diazotype
Lighting design John Woodland

ITEM 6: 1982. “Candide”, opened Apr 1982
2 originals, 10 diazotypes
Includes plans of York Theatre Seymour Centre, Comedy Theatre Melbourne
Designer Roger Kirk; lighting design Jonathan Ciddor

ITEM 7: 1982. “The Struggle of the Naga Tribe”, opened May 1982
3 originals, 2 diazotypes
Designer Richard Roberts; lighting design John Comeadow

ITEM 8: 1982. “New Sky”, opened May 1982
2 originals, 2 diazotypes
Designer Mike Bridges; lighting design Jamie Henson

ITEM 9: [1982]. “Burn Victim”, opened Jun 1982
1 diazotype

ITEM 10: [1982]. “Party Wall”, opened Jul 1982
17 originals, 5 diazotypes

FOLDER 7

ITEM 1: 1982. “Buffaloes Can’t Fly”, opened Aug 1982
2 diazotypes
Designers Anny Evason, Richard Roberts

ITEM 2: 1982. “Tristram Shandy”, opened Aug 1982
1 original, 1 diazotype
Designer Richard Roberts

ITEM 3: 1982. “Flash Jim Vaux”, opened Oct 1982
5 diazotypes
Designer Melody Cooper; lighting design John Comeadow

ITEM 4: 1982-1983. “Variations”, opened Dec 1982
2 diazotypes
Designer Richard Roberts

ITEM 5: 1982. “There’s a Ghost on Clark Island”, opened Jan 1983
8 originals, 2 diazotypes
Designer Richard Roberts

ITEM 6: 1982. “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”, opened Jan 1983
3 diazotypes
Designer Anny Evason

ITEM 7: [1983]. “Beyond Mozambique”, opened Jan 1983
8 originals, 10 diazotypes, 2 fabric samples
Designer Kim Carpenter

ITEM 8: [1983]. “Uncle Vanya’, opened Mar 1983
19 photocopies of costume designs

FOLDER 8

ITEM 1: [1983]. “Miss Julie” and “The Bear”, opened May 1983
1 original

ITEM 2: 1983. “Top Girls”, opened May 1983
1 original, 5 diazotypes
Designer Vicky Feitscher; lighting design John Comeadow

ITEM 3: [1983]. “As You Like It”, opened Jul 1983
13 originals, 4 diazotypes
Designer Larry Eastwood

ITEM 4: [1983]. “The Kid”, opened Sep 1983
3 originals, 2 diazotypes
Designer David Aitken

ITEM 5: 1983. “The Mystery of Mulligan’s Gold”, opened Dec 1983 Clark Island
6 originals
Designer Richard Roberts

ITEM 6: 1983. Unidentified plan labelled “China Tour”
1 original
Designer Anny Evason

ITEM 7: 1984. “The Servant of Two Masters”, opened Jan 1984
1 original, 1 diazotype

ITEM 8: [1984]. “Graeme King Lear”, opened Jan 1984
1 original

ITEM 9: 1984. “Salonika”, opened Mar 1984
4 originals, 1 diazotype
Designer Kim Carpenter

ITEM 10: 1984 “The Christian Brothers”, opened Apr 1984
2 originals
Designer Robert Kemp

FOLDER 9

ITEM 1: 1984. “The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin”, opened May 1984
1 original, 4 diazotypes
Designer Larry Eastwood

ITEM 2: [1984]. “A Toast to Melba”, opened May 1984
4 originals, 1 diazotype
Designer Vicky Feitscher

ITEM 3: 1984. “Women of March the First”, opened Jun 1984
3 originals
Designer Lesley Thelander

ITEM 4: 1984. “Boiling Frog”, opened Jul 1984
2 originals
Designer Anny Evason

ITEM 5: 1984. “Performing Seals”, opened Aug 1984
2 originals
Includes plans of Seymour Centre
Designer Amanda Lovejoy

ITEM 6: 1984. “King Lear”, opened Sep 1984
4 originals, 3 diazotypes
Includes plans of Bankstown Sports Club
Designer Richard Roberts; lighting design Nigel Levings

ITEM 7: 1984. “The Golden Oldies”, opened Oct 1984
3 originals
Designer Anny Evason; lighting design David Malacari

ITEM 8: [1984]. “Il Magnifico”, opened Nov 1984
1 original
Plan of York Theatre Seymour Centre
Designer Anthony Babicci

ITEM 9: 1984. “Zastrozzi”, opened Jan 1985
1 diazotype
Plan of Downstairs Seymour Centre
Designer David Spode; lighting design Jamie Henson

ITEM 10: [1985]. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, opened Feb 1985
5 originals
Includes plans of Everest Theatre Seymour Centre
Designer Kim Carpenter

ITEM 11: 1985. “Cheapside”, opened Mar 1985
1 original
Plan of Everest Theatre Seymour Centre
Lighting design Jamie Henson

ITEM 12: [1985]. “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui”, opened Jul 1985
1 original, 1 diazotype
Includes plan of York Theatre Seymour Centre

ITEM 13: 1985. Seymour Centre, new seating layout to Everest Theatre
4 diazotypes
Architects Allen, Jack + Cottier

Following plans probably unrelated to Nimrod Theatre:

ITEM 14: 1979. “The Sunny South”, opened Jan 1980
3 originals, 1 diazotype
Sydney Theatre Company at Drama Theatre SOH
Designer Ian Robinson

ITEM 15: 1981. “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, opened Mar 1981
1 original
Queensland Theatre Company at SGIO Theatre Brisbane

ITEM 16: 1981. “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, opened Oct 1981
2 originals, 1 diazotype
Sydney Theatre Company at Drama Theatre SOH
Designer Ian Robinson

ITEM 17: [1983-1984]. “Bear Dinkum” and “Aussie Rules”
1 original plus notes
Marionette Theatre of Australia [at the Sydney Sailors’ Home]
Designer Garth Frost

ITEM 18: Undated. “Dolly” number
1 diazotype
Regmat Productions at Walkerhill Theatre, Seoul

The original arrangement of the plans, in chronological order by first production, has been retained. Where a play has had multiple productions or has toured, with separate plans relevant to different theatres, all the plans are generally filed together with the plans for the original production.

Duplicate diazotype plans have been removed where appropriate. Several unidentified drawings and rough sketches originally placed at the end of the collection have not been retained.

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Approval for reproduction required: From copyright owners
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holders

Collection arranged and described by Ann Peck, for the practical component of the Master of Information Studies course, Charles Sturt University, February 2012

Transferred from original accession no. 164, 187-192 (194), February 2012

Many of the plans are diazotype, which are showing clear indications of deterioration.