Marie Armstrong interviewed by Alex and Annette Hood in the Alex Hood folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3802200
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Armstrong, Marie, 1928-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2006
- 2 digital audio tapes (ca. 130 min.)
- Series:
- Alex Hood folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Marie Armstrong, born 1928 at Newtown Hospital talks about her family background; Cedric McGaughlin; her half-brother; Callan Park; Richard Stonehouse; her schooling and early life; learning dance at Kath Hannerburg's School; singing; performing in the 1940's at the Tivoli with Roy Rene and at the Sydney Town Hall; audiences; the wartime; her performances in this period; her introduction to the New Theatre in Castlereagh Street; the Whitehall Academy; Harold Rich and his fiancé; Communists; Norman Leal; becoming involved in the New Theatre; Metropolitan Business College; her workplace; Oliver (Yobber) Smith; working on scripts for the theatre; politics; Stanislavski; John Armstrong; Communist Party of Australia (CPA); conflicts in the CPA; Leon Sherman; Eddie Alison; Keith Gow; her first production "The Death of Bessie Smith"; co-producing "Reedy River"; Dot Thompson; Shirley Barnett; Pat Flower and Peter Francis; Graham Richards; Loretta Butcher; Jock Levy; "Rum and Coca Cola"; Kai Tai Chan; Margaret Barr.
Armstrong discusses productions at the New Theatre; Maggie Kirkpatrick; Roger Millis; Mona Brand; Suzie Wolfe; Coralie Hinkley; Keith Bain; Chris Kempster; Denis Kevans ("Snowy"); Jim and Gaile Maclean; the origins of New Theatre; Joan Devanny; the C.P.A. supporting the theatre; the Sydney Morning Herald; the Wharfies' Union; Ibsen's play, "Enemy of the People"; selling the 'Tribune'; the Canterbury branch of the C.P.A.; Jim Healey and the union; the McMahon Government; a grant from the Whitlam Government; Jack Mundey; 'Dance Explorations' with Margaret Barr; John Tasker; the Vice Squad; John Hargreaves; Teachers' Federation Hall; Marrickville Council; 75th 'Anniversary' (2007); donations and preparations; the change in the theatre scene; change in politics in Australia; her husband John working with 'Young Elizabethan's'; Norm Slater; her husband's illness and death (1980); Pat Barnett; adoption attempts; ASIO; receiving an OAM (1977); Miriam Hamson; Shirley Barnett; Lydia Loschiavo; Stella Adler; Brian Syron.
- Biography/History:
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Marie Armstrong is a long-standing member of Sydney's New Theatre and has acted and directed with the company for many years. As a child, she danced in pantomimes and even at the Tivoli with people like Roy Rene (Mo). She remains a committed Socialist and received the Order of Australia Medal for her community work in 1977.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on October 12, 2006 at Croydon, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Detailed summary (15 p.)
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- Until 2076 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Published status:
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- Creation date:
- 2006
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