Lex Marinos - papers

MLMSS 7652

fonds

1969-2005

Textual Records, Ephemera, Clippings, Photographs

447747

34 boxes - 5.78 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
Ephemera
Clippings
Photographs
Textual Records - (printed)

Born in 1949 in Wagga Wagga of Greek ancestry, Alexander Francis (Lex) Marinos has worked extensively in radio broadcasting, in live theatre, film and television as an actor, writer and director. He has had long-term interest and involvement in sport, particularly football and soccer, as well as being active in a range of multicultural festivals and events, government arts and multiculturalism advisory bodies, the Republican movement, the Sydney Olympics and Australia Day promotions. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1994 for service to the performing arts and the Centenary Medal in 2001 for service to the Centenary of Federation celebrations.

Playscripts:
1970s; George Farquhar's The Beaux Stratagem, Shakespeare's Richard III perf. Melbourne Theatre Co. 1978, Patrick Garland's The Rebel, Chris Hood's The Death of Lorca, John Wood's On Yer Marx (Housey & Bigotry V.C.) perf. Nimrod Street Theatre 1972 & A.P.G. 1974, Alex Buzo's The Front Room Boys, Greg Colubriale's Johnny Castillino, Barbara Pepworth's Happy Families, Jan & Martin Friedl's The Hypothetical End of Bertolt Brecht perf. MTC 1978, An Afternoon with Rodgers & Hart, Grant Fraser's Bill Posters Will Be Prosecuted 1976, A. Honegger's King David perf. University of NSW Choral Society 1972, various short plays (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 1)
Playscripts & television scripts:
1970s; Life it or Leave It/Life Be In It 1977 (MTC Theatre-in-Education), Malcolm Purcell's Happy as Larry 1977, George Hutchinson's No Room for Dreamers perf. 1980, Simon Hopkinson's The Blue Jean'd & Stardust Scene 1973, Simon Hopkinson's Prejudice & Outcasts, Simon Hopkinson's The Stinking Filthy Dirty All-in Pollution Show 1972, Little Malcolm and his Struggle Against the Eunuchs, Alex Buzo's Norm & Ahmed perf. 1970 Playbox Theatre (2 copies), Cupid in Transit (Theatre-in-Education), Ron Blair's The Political Bordello, Sophocles' Oedipus Rex incl. Guthnes' notes, Alma de Groen's The Joss Adams Show, Rocco Sorrenti's No Sooner Had I Set Foot in the Place 1975, Switched on Set Episodes 1-61 (incomplete), Douglas Jerrold's Black-Eyed Susan, Miscellaneous (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 2)
1970s; Eric Bentley's Are You Know or Have You Ever Been? perf. Nimrod Theatre 1976, Amy McGrath's The Swagman, How to Make a Woman, Barry Lovett's The Willow-Patterned Plate, Sam Shepard's La Turista, Sam Shepard's The Tooth of Crime, Arts Vietnam - Unhappy is the Land Indeed of Heroes, Jean-Claude van Itallie's The Serpent, Japanese drama & Court Masques, Henry Purcell's "The Tempest" in music, Listen Closely, Haydn Keenan & Peter Gailey's Pandemonium (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 3)
1984; Colin West's City West, Episodes 1-9, SBS/Ferryman Productions (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 4)
Playscripts, films, television scripts:
1980s-1990s; Peter Yeldham's Sporting Chance ABC 1982, N.S.B. Parsons' The Investigation, Mike Jenkins' Spring & Fall, Goodbye Paradise 1980 Petersham Pictures, Timelapse Episode 10 "Target - Twelve Thirty Eight", The King & I Adelaide Festival rehearsal script May 1991, Kingy's Kristmas Khronicle, The Last Days of Chez Nous 1991, Gold & associated material (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 5)
1970s-1990s; Tom Kempinski's Duet For One 1993 Hit Productions, George Spartel's Stool Pigeon 1992 Festival of Sydney, John Ford Noonan's A Coupla White Chicks 1986, Tom Lehrer's Tom Foolery 1986, Michael Theodosiou's Between Three Hearts 1989, On Tidy Endings 1994 Lookout Theatre, John Wood's Emu Ever Seen a Dreamtime Walking? 1975, John Wood's Housey 1972, Bertolt Brecht's Arturo Ui incl. background research notes - Melbourne Theatre Co. 1979, Theatre Through the Ages, Over Here 1975, Der Traum Van Fahren - Episodes 1-6 (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 6)
1970s; John Wood's Flash Nick from Jindavick incl. filming schedule 1974, Frank Norman's Fings Aint Wot They Used T'Be (Down Under), The Astounding Optimissimos in Review 1978, John Wood's Bigotry, Frank Hatherley's The Ripper Show (and how they wrote it), Hamlet on Ice, Miscellaneous (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 7)
1970s-1980s; Mick Rodger's adaptation of Arden perf. 1976 Melbourne Theatre Company, Kathy Lette's Wet Dreams perf. 1985 Festival of Sydney, Zorba Teach Me to Dance perf. 1988, Same Old Saturday Night perf. 1985 Sydney Youth Festival, Ladies Night/Starkers perf. 1988 Perth, David Knight's Porn No Rape Trigger, Tom Stoppard's Travesties perf. 1976 Melbourne Theatre Company, Sam Shepard's The Mad Dog Blues, Tears of Steel, Drums Along the Diamantina, Errol Flynn's Great Big Advernture Book for Boys perf. 1980 King O'Malley Theatre Company (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 8)
1970s-1980s; Mick Rodger's adaptation of The Game of Love & Chance perf. 1977 Melbourne Theatre Company, Alison Wotherspoon's Christ Caesar Napoleon Norton, Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor perf. 1980 Sydney Theatre Company, Planet Pres, King O'Malley Theatre Company scripts business papers & correspondence, Denis Whitburn's The Siege of Frank Sinatra, Dario Fo's Don't Pay! Don't Pay! perf. 1985 Theatre ACT (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 9)
1980s; Castellorizo: the Greek Connection, Lex Marinos' Barbecue 1984, Merv Lilley's Earth Riders, Luke Simon's Fish Wednesday perf. 1991 Downstairs Belvoir, Odyssey Episodes 1-6 ABC 1988, Michael Cove's Age of Reason, Dynamite perf. 1990, Kazzie & Other Translations (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 10)
1980s; The Delinquents (film) - original novel by Criena Rohan, draft screenplays by Lex Marinos with revisions & comments, business correspondence & production schedules, newscuttings & ephemera etc. relating to the released film (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 11)
Kingswood Country:
1980-1983; Scripts for Episodes 1-61,63,66-68,75,78,81,84,88 and "Preview 81" (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Boxes 12-13)
Television and film scripts for productions directed by Marinos:
1984-1994; An Indecent Obsession 1984 (research notes, production notes, screenplay), Embassy Episode 32 - 1992, A Country Practice Episode 1061 - 1994 (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 14)
Bodyline (mini-series):
1983-1984; Research notes & outlines, story models, The Ashes Tour 1932-1933 chronology, Chronology of historical events concerning the British Empire from 1877-1934, profiles of historical cricketers, Scripts for Episodes 5-10, call sheets, production schedules, shooting schedule and amendments, director's notes, storyboards (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Boxes 15-17)
1984 and 1980s?; Perhaps Love by Bob Ellis (play), Perhaps Love background historical research/newscuttings, Perhaps Love telemovie script, shooting schedules, budget estimates, crew lists, scene breakdowns, film continuity shot list, travel claim allowances, production reports, Should Auld Acquaintance by Anne Brooksbank (screenplay), An Old Acquaintance film continuity shot list, correspondence, script notes, stunt notes, crew lists, location survey, shooting schedule, Remember Me (various documents) (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 18)
1980s; Boundaries of the Heart, 1987 - final screenplay draft by Peter Yeldham, investment prospectus, correspondence, production progress reports, neg reports, miscellaneous, shooting schedule. Max Gillies program scripts, sketches, show rundowns & schedules, scripts by Patrick Cook, ABC TV comedy scripts (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 19)
2004-2005; Strictly Dancing, ABC TV - information pack, commentator scripts, shooting schedules, couple form guides, miscellaneous (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 20)
1986-2005; Spiral notebook with mss entries of 1999 rugby league match scores & analyses, '94 State of Origin Media Guide, Crooked Road/Dreamtime Nightmare/Warinja screenplay drafts, correspondence, contracts & newscuttings, In Transit (play) by Sophia Catharios, story outline, correspondence, funding proposals & requests, Living in the 70s screenplay by Linda Nagle & Jonathan Biggins, production schedule & correspondence, Late Night Legends - call sheets, links, wardrobe list, Programs 1-85 (incomplete) (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 21)
1980s-1990s; Documents relating to soccer incl. newscuttings, business papers & correspondence, publicity materials and photos. Much material related to Marinos being on the board of Sydney Olympic Football Club in 1995 but also including national and international soccer issues and events (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 22)
1997-1999; Playscripts, Hothouse Theatre - board meeting minutes, correspondence & reports, newscuttings & programs, Australia Council & Community Council Development Board - correspondence & miscellaneous papers, community arts & theatre newscuttings & printed matter (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 23)
2000; Sydney Olympics/SOCOG - tickets, programs & ephemera, planning materials for opening ceremony and Hellenic tribute, notes for football match announcing & ceremonies (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 24)
1988-1989; Correspondence, notes, newscuttings, printed matter & contracts relating to a Greek-Australian/Castellorizo project that resulted in a documentary and exhibition about the experience of Greek migrants in Australia, "In Their Own Image" (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 25)
1990s-2005; Correspondence, materials relating to Aborigines in arts & sport, Republicanism and the Australian Republican Movement, Rotary Show, Carnivale - papers, Parliamentary inquiry into multiculturalism & future of Carnivale, "The Wound" - Sidetrack Theatre, "Running on Empty" - production bible & notes, Stickybricks Project - Sydney Festival 2005 (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 26)
1980s; Australia Council - correspondence, contracts & projects, ALP Arts Policy Workshop Papers 1982, Australian Film Commission, Victorian Ministry for the Arts - contacts & listings, performing arts companies objectives, Mike Leigh Project 1989, The Fields of Heaven - Dorothy Hewett, various scripts & treatments, "This Sporting Life" - notes (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Boxes 27-28)
1995-1996; Civics education, Civics & Citizenship Committee, various Australia Day Council publications, Australia Day Council meeting minutes, marketing campaign notes & speech cards, Citizenship & Republicanism matters, Australia Day ambassadorship (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 29)
2000-2001; Notebook and 2000 diary, printed tourism material chiefly of Central Australia, Yeperenye Federation Festival - creative strategy, marketing plan, kit, reports, budgets, schedules, correspondence, Garma Festival, National Council for the Centenary of Federation (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 30)
1994-1996; Multiculturalism and the National Multicultural Advisory Council - meeting papers, minutes, working groups, correspondence, speeches etc. (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 31)
1987-2003; Tracey Moffat's Bedevil (6th draft script), Marinos' Return to the Forbidden Planet, miscellaneous notes & correspondence, debating topics, "Thank God it's Friday" 2BL radio scripts, G.P. Ep. 146 "Private Lives", Louis Nowra's Sydney (ABC 1993), speeches & speech notes, Garry Day's Was There a Dream? (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Box 32)
1969-2005; Notepads, notebooks, wall calendars & commercial printed diaries with manuscript entries (Call No.: MLMSS 7652/Boxes 33-34)