Richard James Allen and Karen Pearlman Collection Part 2

MLMSS 5806 ADD-ON 2242/ Box 1, 3-15
MLMSS 5806 ADD-ON 2242/ Box 2X

fonds

1989-1993

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

412525

2.55 metres of textual material (14 boxes, 1 outsize box) - manuscript, printed, and typescript
Clippings
Posters
Sound Recordings
Moving Images - video recordings
Moving Images - motion pictures

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 Richard's poetry with dance performance. They have performed in the USA, Europe and Australia.

This collection includes:
1. Manuscripts of Richard James Allen's book of poetry, 'Hope for a man named Jimmie & Grand Illusion Joe'.
2.Material relating to the film, 'Mistakes of Heaven', written and directed by Allen - drafts of script, coorespondence and a copy of the film.
3. Material relating to the dance/play, 'If war were a dance' - research notes, drafts of script, correspondence, video of the final work.
4. Five videos representative of Allen and Pearlman's work, 1991-92 together with publicity material and photographs.
An 'Archival Listing of Literary Manuscripts 1989-1993' prepared by Richard James Allen is contained in Box No. 1.

Part 1 of this collection is located at ML MSS 5806. Please consult the Mitchell Library Manuscripts card catalogue.
For related material see Performing the Unnameable: Australian Performance Texts Archive