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Series 5: Dramatic works, c.1962-1996
Subseries 5.10: Signal driver: A morality play for the times

Written by White as a stage play and first produced in 1982.

 

Folder 15 Second version manuscript, c.1982
Inscribed 'Version 2', this handwritten manuscript consists of 42p foolscap paper in blue ballpoint with revisions and deletions in red and blue ballpoint pen
Folder 16 Playscript, c.1982
Riven spring back folder with a typical label on the cover, containing a carbon copy typescript: Act One, 16pp with minor corrections in red ballpoint in the author's hand; Act One (next draft), 16pp with extensive corrections and amendments in the author's hand; Act Two, 14pp with corrections throughout in the author's hand; and Act Three, 14pp with minor corrections in the author's hand
Folder 17 Playscript, c.1982
In 'Lighthouse - State Theatre of South Australia' wrappers, marked 'Script No. 1', a duplicated production script with 45pp + marked changes in White's hand throughout, including a change of character name from 'Abe' to 'Sol'
Folder 18 Adelaide Festival and Belvoir Street productions ephemera, c.1982
Contents include: a still photograph and note fold from Neil (Armfield) to White thanking him for Signal driver and wondering what 'Brizzy' will make of the play; an annotated photograph from the Adelaide Festival opening night; note from Willy (William) Yang to Jim Sharman with a photograph of Sharman yawning at a News banner 'Festival shock - worse than perverse'; 7 still photographs by David Wilson and 2 colour snaps from the Adelaide production; 2 copies of a photocopy transcript of the ABC Books and Writing review; a Belvoir Street folder with a covering letter from Director Chris Westwood addressed to White and enclosing Regis Lansac's still photographs from the Belvoir Street production; and 2 programs from the Lighthouse production
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