Rex Rienits' manuscript notes for his BBC radio adaptation of Ion Idriess' 'Flynn of the inland' and Australia House Bookshop receipt, [between 1959 and 1963]

MLMSS 10117

fonds

[between 1959 and 1963]

9611536

0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript

Rex Rienits (1909-1971) was an Australian author, playwright and editor. He was born in Dubbo, New South Wales where he began his career as a journalist. Rienits later held executive positions on newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne before leaving for London in 1949 to become a freelance writer. He worked for the BBC and also as a writer of film scripts. He returned to Australia in 1959 to become television script editor for the ABC, a position he held for two years.
Reference:
Sydney Morning Herald, 5 May 1971, page 14.

Two sets of manuscript notes (6 pages and 5 pages) made by Rex Rienits while writing his radio play adaptation of Ion Idriess' biography of John Flynn, ‘Flynn of the inland’ and found interleaved in Rienits' personal copy of the book. The play was written for BBC radio and aired January-March, 1963. The collection also includes a sales receipt for the book.

PUBLISHED BOOK
Rex Rienits' personal copy of Flynn of the inland / Ion Idriess has been catalogued separately at H 2018/2642.

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