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|aMcKellar, John. |
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|aJohn McKellar interviewed by Bill Stephens|h[sound recording]. |
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|a4 sound files (ca. 206 min.) |
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|aAccess open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use for 10 years from the date of interview. |
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|aRecorded on July 19, 2005 at Canberra, A.C.T. |
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|aJohn McKellar born 1930 in Orange, New South Wales, talks about his family background and childhood; education at St. Charles, Waverley, where he met Gerry Donovan and Lance Mulcahy; his interest in writing; working as a teacher before moving to Sydney to work fulltime as a writer; the Independent Theatre, and Doris Fitton; how he became involved in writing for revues; The Phillip Street Theatre; his engagement as a writer for the Theatre; various productions he was involved in; Tommy Trinder; Lyle O'Hara; Bill Orr; Gloria Dawn; sketches written for the ABC; his first trip to London; being invited to become Artistic director of The Phillip Street Theatre; Dot Mendoza; the productions "The Willow Pattern Plate", "A Ride on a Broomstick" and "Mistress Money"; his first visit to New York; working in advertising; his production "A Cup of Tea, A Bex, and a Good Lie Down"; Doncaster Theatre Restaurant in Kensington; the Manly Loft; the Richbrook Theatre; The Comedy Theatre Restaurant in Sydney; going to America to work in antiques for nearly 20 years; the musical "Keystone"; how he became interested in antique textiles; returning to Australia to work on "Virtual Unreality" at the Tilbury Hotel; other productions he worked on; his antique textile business; working with Max Lambert for the Sydney Cabaret Conventions; a film called "The Graffiti Killers"; writing for television; writing for revues at Frank Strain's Copenhagen Restaurant; his song-writing techniques and work methods; thoughts on the art of songwriting; future projects. |
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|aDigital master;|bNational Library of Australia, Oral History collection;|dnla.oh-5481-0000 |
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|dCollection of photographs of John McKellar during an oral history interview by Bill Stephens at the National Library of Australia, 19 July 2005;|elocated at;|aNational Library of Australia Pictures collection PIC NL39482 LOC nla.int-nl39482 Online access. |
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|aJohn McKellar, born 1930 in Orange, New South Wales, is an Australian writer, specialising in satirical revue material. He contributed songs and sketches to a succession of Phillip Street Theatre revues in the 1950s and 1960s. He also co-authored, with Eleanor Whitcombe, several musicals presented at the Phillip Street Theatre, including Mistresss Money, The Willow Pattern Plate and Ride on a Broomstick. In 1965 he wrote A Cup of Tea, a Bex and a Good Lie Down. He also writes for radio and television. |
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|aStephens, Bill,|d1936-|4ivr |