| Bib ID |
1119882 |
| Format |
Book, Online - Google Books |
Related Online
Resources |
Holdings list |
| Description |
1950-
9 boxes.
|
| Series |
Australian ephemera collection (PROMPT) Australian performing arts collection (PROMPT)
|
| Summary |
Collection of programmes reflecting his 50 year Australian and overseas careers in theatre including solo shows.
|
| Full contents |
Australian programs -- Australian newspaper cuttings -- Overseas programs -- Overseas newspaper cuttings -- Ephemera. |
| Biography/History |
Barry Humphries born in 1934 in Melbourne, multi-talented actor whose stage career began in 1952. Invented many satiric characters the most famous being Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Paterson, debuted in 1955, 1974 respectively. Since 1960 Humphries' career has alternated between England, Australia and the USA giving solo shows. His autobiography More Please (1992) won him the J.R. Ackerly Prize 1993. He has won various awards for comedy as a TV personality. He was given an Order of Australia in 1982. |
| Notes |
Filed in PROMPT Collection under Humphries.
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| Related Material |
Associated photographs held in the Pictorial Section ; biographical cuttings through the Petherick Reading Room ; oral history records through the Oral History Reading Room ; manuscripts through the Manuscript Reading Room. |
| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Holdings list (7 p.) |
| Subjects |
Humphries, Barry, - 1934- - Performances. | Actors - Australia - Miscellanea. | Everage, Edna, - Dame (Fictitious character) - Miscellanea.
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| Genre |
Theater programs | Theater programs | Theater programs |
| Other Authors |
National Library of Australia
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