Ken Horler and Lilian Horler theatrical archive

MLMSS 8616

fonds

1963-2001

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

981254

Partly Digitised

9 audiocassettes (7 hr., 52 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape
1.92 metres of textual material (12 boxes)

Ken and Lilian Horler co-founded the Nimrod Theatre (now the Stables) in Kings Cross with John Bell and the late Richard Wherrett.

BOX 1
Papers related to the Nimrod Theatre such as agendas, minutes, notices and director reports 1978-1984, and correspondence related to the Nimrod Theatre 1971-1995.

BOX 2
Financial statements, box office summaries, income and expenditures, production costs, grant applications, requisition notices related to the Nimrod Theatre, 1972-1984.
Ken Horler’s scrapbook and notes relating to Nimrod Theatre, 1974
Design and architectural plans and blueprints of Nimrod Theatre, 1973

BOX 3
Play programs of the Nimrod Theatre, 1971-1986

BOX 4
News clippings relating to the Nimrod Theatre, 1973-1995; Nimrod Theatre banners 1977-1985, and miscellaneous documents related to the Nimrod Theatre such as ephemera, press releases, posters, portions of scripts and a photocopy sent to all board members of a cheque donated to the Nimrod Theatre by John Travolta 1980, 1971-1995.

BOX 5
Includes first, second and third draft script of 'Bullies House' by Thomas Keneally 1980, as well as the production notes and set design of 'Bullies House'.

BOX 6
Includes production notes, scripts and sheet music of 'Ginge's Last Stand' by Ken Horler and music by Robert Murphy, 1975. Also includes production notes, photos and scripts of 'Every good boy deserves favour' by Tom Stoppard and Alec Previn, 1980.

BOX 7
Includes scripts and production notes of 'Hell and Hay' by Richard Fotheringham which includes the third draft script, 1971; 'Vicki Madison clocks out' by Alexander Buzo; 'Roy’s club shows' by Alex Buzo; 'Potiphar’s wife' by Margot Hiltow; 'The Recruiting Officer' by George Farquhar 1976; 'The Life of Galileo', '1979' and 'Jack' by Jim McNeil and 'Are you now or have you ever been' by Eric Bentley.
Also includes miscellaneous draft scripts from the 1981 playwrights conference.

BOX 8
Includes play programs from Bell Shakespeare Theatre Company, 1995-2001; Sydney Theatre Company 1994 -2001; Griffin Theatre Company, 1995-2001 and Belvoir Theatre Company, 1994-2000.

BOX 9
Includes play programs from miscellaneous New South Wales theatre productions, 1964-2001; miscellaneous theatre productions in Australia excluding New South Wales, 1969-2000 and Music and Opera programs, 1963-2000 including a signed program by Thelonious Monk 1965.

BOX 10
Includes international play and festival programs from United States, England, Greece, Paris and Scotland, 1963-1970; correspondence of Ken Horler while overseas in London, 1963- 1964; miscellaneous documents collected by Ken Horler while overseas including tourist guides, business cards, ephemera and post cards, from United States, England, Portugal, Greece, Paris and Scotland, 1961-1970; New York Playbill Magazine, 1970-1998.

BOX 11
Includes Film Australia telemovie script Malpractice and correspondence relating to the film, 1988-1989; correspondence and ephemera relating to Australian Repertory Theatre, 1994; correspondence, news clippings and ephemera to and about Merv Ritherford, 1968-1995; miscellaneous newspaper clippings national and international, 1960-1996.

Box 12
Includes papers relating to the Paddington Town Hall Centre Trust and Paddington Town Hall Centre liquidation, such as correspondence to the Australian Council and the Australian Film Commission and others and financial statements.

VIDEO RECORDING
Video Recording of Nimrod Theatre 25th anniversary party 02/12/95 original super 8mm and VHS is housed separately from the records at MLMSS 8616.

SOUND RECORDINGS (RESTRICTED):
Series 01: Ken Horler and Lilian Horler sound recordings (Call number: MLOH 675)

Restricted: Sound recordings at MLOH 675

In copyright:
Reproduction Restricted:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

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.