Records of the Australian National Playwrights Conference, 1972-2006 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 1093433
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Australian National Playwrights Conference
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. MS 5062 copy
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1972-2006]
- approximately 38.3 m. (189 boxes) + 17 cartons + 2 folio boxes + 1 map folio.
- Summary:
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MS 5062 comprises playscripts, readers' reports, correspondence, minutes of meetings, subject files, funding applications, notes, press cuttings, photographs and printed material. The subject files include records relating to: Austral-Asian Playwright Conference, 1992; Belvoir Street Theatre, 1987; Conference of Australian Professional Performing Arts Ltd., 1985-1986; Music Board, 1983-1987; Music Theatre, 1986-1987; Salamanca Theatre Company, 1988; Sydney Writers Festival Committee, 1992; Sydney Theatre Company, 1988-1989; and, the Young Playwrights Weekend, 1993 (95 boxes, 1 folio box, 1 map folio).
The Acc98.204 instalment comprises minutes, correspondence, scripts, financial records, files on events, posters, readers' reports, plays by young Aboriginal playwrights, brochures, scrapbooks, files on other organisations, publicity and advertising (2 boxes, 17 cartons, 1 folio box).
The Acc07.002 instalment comprises board papers, including agenda, annual reports, funding applications and acquittals, newsletter, membership records, script assessments, conference programs and flyers, administration files, conference administration files, conference scripts, financial and audit papers, personnel files, correspondence, media files, photographs, Young Playwrights, publications, special project files, Hotshot, audio-visual material, conference papers, posters and exhibition material (92 boxes).
- Biography/History:
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The Australian National Playwrights Conference was established in 1972 as the peak body in play development for Australian theatre. The Conference aimed to promote and develop script writing by Australian writers, to produce such plays by professional companies, to offer critical and practical theatrical assistance to playwrights and rehearsed readings of selected play scripts. Following the first conference in 1973, when Alan Seymour was a special guest, conferences were held annually. They brought together playwrights, actors, dramaturges, directors, administrators and theatre critics. The 33rd, and final conference, was held in Perth in 2006. The Conference ceased operating on 30 November, 2006.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS 5062, MS Acc98.204, MS Acc07.002.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-415806873 MS 5062 copy
- Related Material:
- Proceedings of the conferences held in 1973, 1974, 1976, 1981 and 1987 are held in the; National Library of Australia Oral History collection.
- Cited In:
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia, C1178.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Finding aid available online.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1972-2006
- Occupation:
- Dramatists
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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