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.
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| Folder 15
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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
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| Folder 16
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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
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| Folder 17
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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'
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| Folder 18
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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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