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Thelma Afford interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]
Bib ID 136370
Format AudioAudio
Author
Afford, Thelma, 1908-1996
 
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1982 Nov. 9. 
1 sound tape reel (ca. 54 min.) 
Series

Hazel de Berg collection ; DeB 1262

Summary

Afford speaks of her life with husband Max Afford ; his free-lance writing in the 1930s ; her art studies and becomming the official costume designer for various 1936 Centenary functions in South Australia ; the plays and radio serials written by Max ; she describes the materials used in creating costumes so as to obtain certain effects ; work commissioned by Charles and Elsa Chauvel ; the emotional strain involved when writing episodes for serials ; Max Afford's playwriting.

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available (19 p.) 
Subjects Afford, Max, - 1906-1954 - Anecdotes.  |  Afford, Thelma, - 1908-1996 - Interviews.  |  Costume designers - Australia - Interviews.  |  Radio writers - Australia.
Other authors/contributors De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984

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    ORAL TRC 1/1262
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    Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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    Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)

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