Marlis Thiersch interviewed by Amy McGrath [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 89355
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Thiersch, Marie Louise Mathilde, 1916-1992, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1979
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 150 min.)
- Summary:
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Dr Marlis Thiersch, academic, talks about her family origins in Germany and upbringing in China; recollections of education and life in Manchuria; her marriage and move to Shanghai; her move to Australia; her interest and training in teaching; her university studies; her parents; her interest in drama and theatre; her position as lecturer of drama at the University of N.S.W. since 1969; her thesis for PhD on Australian playwrights; theatrical trip to China and her impressions of China since she had left; her involvement with the International Theatre Association (ITI); Playwrights Conference; publishing of ITI Theatre review newsletter; Australian theatre and drama today and the teaching of it; Australian plays overseas; the school of drama at the University of N.S.W.; NIDA; drama schools in Australia; the value of drama; the people she has worked with.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Apr. 17, 1979.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-215175879
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary available.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Academics
- Other authors/contributors:
- McGrath, Amy, 1921-2019, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Until 2049 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1979
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