Maggie Blinco interviewed by James Waites [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3963982
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Blinco, Maggie, 1934-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, written permission is required for personal copies and public use for 10 years from the date of the interview.
- Description:
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- 2007
- 6 sound files (ca. 424 min.)
- Summary:
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Maggie Blinco, born 1934, speaks about her various activities aside from acting; her close family; her parents' background; growing up in Drummoyne; the Depression; her education; going to the ballet and the theatre; studying for an Arts degree; her theatre activity; her acting being self-taught; Uni. Reviews; Tom Worsley; living in Kings Cross in Sydney; John Cummings; the Music-hall style; the old Union Theatre; Leo Schofield; leaving for overseas (May 1960); Philip Headley; John Masters Brown; Bill Blinco; the artists colony in Edgecliff; Mercury Theatre; Metropolitan Theatre; ABC radio; Richard Wherrett and John Bell; Phillip Street Revue; Genesian players; Ken Horler; Baron Axel Von Rappe; Jill Bronowski; Peter Sainthill; her marriage to Bill Blinco in England; Joan Campbell; theatre in England; National Theatre in London; France; Elizabeth David; return to Australia after five years away (1965) and the many changes.
Blinco talks about antique browsing in England and influence and revival of Art Nouveau movement; the social changes since the 1960s; Lillian Roxan; living in London; Stan Lipscombe; birth of daughter Kate (1964); working with an American company (ESSO); retro fashion creating a social revolution in Sydney; how the Blincos and Schofield's lives were intertwined; the opening of a market opposite Sydney University where both couples opened stalls; a new shopping idea in Woollahra and the Blinco's and Schofield's stalls; taking a stall at Paddy's Market; the move to Birchgrove; her success in clothing and jewellery; studying gemology; John Thompson (adopted father of actor Jack), his wife Pat; Paddington society; the Woollahra set; the era of party giving, the evolution of interior decorating and an Eastern Suburbs aesthetic; Florence Broadhurst; learning to drive and gaining her independence; the Old Tote Theatre and changes; Nimrod Theatre; the influence of pre-war European migrants, the love of culture; the vibrancy of Sydney in the 1950s.
- Notes:
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- Recorded during March 19, 26, 28 & 29, 2007 at Annandale, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Detailed summary (19 p.) and Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 350 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Actors
- Other authors/contributors:
- Waites, James, 1955-2014, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2077 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2007
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