George Whaley interviewed by James Waites [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4705691
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Whaley, George, 1934-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use for the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 2009
- 4 sound files (ca. 298 min.)
- Summary:
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George Whaley talks about his family background and childhood; wanting to be an actor; his first major acting role; ‘Look Back on Anger’; John Sumner; Wal Cherry; Union Repertory theatre; Emerald Hill Theatre; Melbourne Theatre Company; ‘The Three Sisters’; ‘Incident at Vichy’; working in ensembles; George Ogilvie; directing a play at NIDA (1977); ‘Waiting for Godot’; Judy Davis; Mel Gibson; Geoffrey Rush; Steve Bisley; his move into directing; his fifty years of experience acting, directing, teaching, writing; his wife; ‘August: Osage County’; Robin Nevin; Leo McKern; directing the film of ‘On Our Selection’; ‘Othello’; Heath Ledger; celebrity actors; Judy Dench; moving from Melbourne to Sydney; the Old Tote; his study tour to eastern Europe (1972-3); ‘Henry IV’; theatre and actors from eastern Europe; theatre in Bali; ‘Of Mice and Men’; the current Australian Opera season; Jim Sharman; Katharine Brisbane; Jerzy Grotowski; Sydney Opera House; ‘Cradle of Hercules’; teaching at NIDA; a feasibility study for a new theatre company in Canberra; Canberra Theatre Trust; developing a theatre company in Canberra; setting up new theatre companies; Australian Film and Television School; directing ‘The Poor Man’s Orange’; Joan Sutherland; his books and other writings including Leo McKern’s biography.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 17-18 October 2009 at Surry Hills, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 211 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Waites, James, 1955-2014, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2079 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2009
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