| Bib ID |
459809 |
| Format |
Audio, Online - Google Books |
| Author |
Brand, Mona
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. |
| Description |
1967 July 1.
1 sound tape reel (ca. 60 min.)
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| Series |
Hazel de Berg collection ; DeB 265,266
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| Summary |
Brand speaks about her paternal and maternal grandfathers ; her unusual childhood ; the influence of William Fern Wannan on her writing ; various jobs held ; the publication of her first book of poems "Wheel and Bobbin" ; her writing in other forms ; ; her first play "Here under heaven" ; her visit to Moscow in 1953 and writers she met in the Soviet Union ; the production of her play "Better a millstone" by the Sydney New Theatre ; reasons for living in Vietnam during 1956-57 ; source of her material ; her method of work; her thoughts on the future of Australian theatre ; Brand reads an extract from her play "Strangers in the land" ; she also reads the poems : "Lass of love", "Sonnet for Sunday".
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| Notes |
Transcript available (21 p.)
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| Subjects |
Brand, Mona - Interviews. | Brand, Mona. - Better a millstone. | Brand, Mona. - Here under heaven. | Brand, Mona. - Wheel and bobbin. | Australian poetry. | Women dramatists - Australia - Interviews. | Women poets - Australia - Interviews. | Poetry - Readings.
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| Other Authors |
De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984
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