MS 5062
Records of The Australian National Playwrights Conference
- Records: 1972- 1994
- 17.22m (95 boxes), plus 2 Folio boxes
- Available for reference
Records
These records were donated to the Library by the organisation
in a number of instalments between 1974-1985.
The files include playsripts, reader's reports, correspondence,
minutes of meetings, funding applications, notes, press cuttings,
photographs and printed material.
Historical Note
The Australian National Playwright Conference was established
in 1972. The Conference aims 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 playscripts.
Oral History Recordings
The National Library's Oral History Section holds recordings of
some of the Conferences. For more information please contact the
Oral History Officer on (02) 62621687.
Box 1
Correspondence, 1972-1973
Committee meetings: minutes and agenda, 1972-77
Box 2
1973 Conference: playscripts
De Groen, Alma The after-life of Arthur Cravan
Dickson, R.S. A new Mary Xmas
Lord, Robert It isn't cricket
Moorehead, Finola Horses
O'Connor, Mark Overture
Pullan, Ru The glass curtain
Seymour, Alan O grave thy victory
Box 3
1974 Conference: playscripts, publicity brochures, schedules and
programs
Beedles, Tussell Apartment
Claridge, Berwyn Living business
Lewis (Claridge), Berwyn The world and some peacocks
O'Brien, David This little piggy
Rutherford, Mervyn A training run
Upton, John The mad scene
Von Sturmer, Lesma Who moved the winning post
Box 4
1975-77 Conferences: playscripts, information sheets and precis
of sessions.
Atkinson, Michael Bloody Harry
Aronson, Linda The fall guy
Bradshaw, Richard Bananas
Colubriale, Craig Johnny Castillino
Elite, Barbara I sat with my love
Evans, Robert An epitaph for ants
Fitzpatrick, Tim Pawn to queens three
Giles, Mike The visit
Hewett, Dorothy The golden oldies
James, Vlad The trick cyclist
Matheson, Peter For these dead birds sigh a prayer
McKendry, Bryce In case of . . . .
Morrison, Sally Hag
Street, Marman The adullamites
Sykes, Geoff My playmate's got the blues
Box 5
1981 Conference: playscripts
Bowland, Kate The butterflies of Kalimantan
Cronin, Craig I've come about the suicide
DeGroen, Alma Vocations
Cage, Mary My name is Pablo Picasso
Gorman, Clem A night in the arms of Raelene
Herbert, Bob Sex and violets
Knight, David Porn, no rape trigger
Masters, Olga A working man's castle
McCuthcheon, Sandy The truce
McKimmie, Jacqueline Daring romance
McKone, Frank The death of Willy
Nash, Maxine Shrink age
Reade, Harry The naked gun
Reade, Harry You'll die laughing
Stone, Ken The bishop's boys and Lionel Ghandi
Box 6
1982 Conference: playscripts
Bath, Rob The big white ones
Brand, Mona Here comes Kisch
Clanchy, John By dreams of deceived
Cronin, Craige Music, Flynn and quiet goodbyes
Freundt, Michael Fancy
Goble, Ruth A shark in green water
Gow, Michael The kid
Halls, Julian Style
Herbert, Bob The last wake at Sheoak creek
McCutcheon, Sandy Dance in the ashes
O'Grady, Desmond The other side of the ocean
Radic, Len Now and then
Reade, Harry The execution of Steele Rudd
Van Arnstel, Pamela Are you lonesome tonight ?
Additions June 1993 and May 1984
Box 7
1983 Conferences: timetable, schedule and playscripts
Balodis, Janis Too young for ghosts
Buttrose, Larry The search for Jerry Bloomingdale
[Unknown] The clever men
Giles, Zeny The bargain
Mullins, Mike and
Carey, Peter Illusion
Reade, Harry Rainbow's end
Strachan, Tony State shock
Addition 31 October 1984
Box 8
Folders
1 - 2 Conference Reports and other papers, 1973-74
3 - 5 Minutes, 1974-75
6 1974 Conference: biographies
7 1974 Conference: schedules
8 Correspondence with interstate and overseas cultural bodies,
1974
9 1974 Conference: report and other papers
10 Production papers, 1974
Box 9
Folders
11 - 14 Financial papers including correspondence, accounts, receipts,
1975
15 Play selection, 1975
16 Forum discussion, 1975
17 Publicity papers and press cuttings, 1975
18 Programming, advertising, and other papers, 1975-77
Box 10
Folders
19 - 20 Submissions: correspondence, 1976
21 Play reading Committee: correspondence, 1976-77
22 Play reading Committee: correspondence, 1977
23 Reports and correspondence, 1976
24 Miscellaneous papers including criticisms of submitted plays
and chairman's report, 1977
Box 11
Folders
25 - 27 Correspondence, 1979-80
28 Play reading Committee correspondence, 1978
29 Submissions, Sept. 1978
30 - 31 Organisation of 1978 conference
Box 12
Folders
32 - 34 Payment and receipt vouchers, Sept. 1979 - Nov. 1980
35 Seminar programs, rehearsal venues and correspondence, 1979-80
36 - 37 Correspondence, 1980-81
38 Call sheets, 1981
Box 13
Folder
39 - 45 Play readers' reports 1980 Conference (numbers 1 - 122)
Box 14
Folders
46 Briefing notes and other papers, 1980-81
47 Letters of agreement for Reading Panel, 1980-81
48 List of attendance and enrolment forms for 1980 Conference
49 List of overseas guests for 1980 conference and other papers
50 Brochures, 1975, 1980-81
51 Minutes, 1981 82
52 Minutes, 1982-84
Box 15
Folders
53 ANPC Committee: correspondence and other papers, 1974-75
54 ANPC Constitution
55 Grant applications - Theatre Board and Literature Board
56 Grant applications - New South Wales and Victoria
57 Grant applications - South Australia and Western Australia
58 Grant applications - Tasmania, Queensland, and the Australian
Capital Territory
59 Theatre Australia - Tasman Theatre Exchange, correspondence,
1979-80
60 Theatre Australia - Sydney Theatre Company - company plans
and brochures
61 Theatre Australia - Association of Community Theatres N.Z.,
brochures, advertising, literature
Box 16
Folders
62 Display material for Playwrights Exhibition, press clippings,
photographs, programs, 1975-80
63 1974 Conference: press book, sketches and clippings
64 1975 Conference: press book
65 1976 Conference: press book and clippings
1983 Conference: playscripts
Bierwirth, Judy Transported
Coates, Irene Sweet Fanny Adams
Daly, Jim The Katyn project
Dyson, Geoffrey How the shit hit the fan
Edwards, Hazel I'm going to bed with Shakespeare
Evans, Ronald Traps
Giles, Zeny The bargain
Box 17
1983 Conference: playscripts
John, George Stallard
LLoyd, Pat Granma's house
McCart, Greg A bed of roses
McCowan, Ronald An act of settlement
Milgate, Rod Destiny's mill
Moss, Warwick Empty vessels
Olding, Judy and
Alex Borrie Friday
Paynter, Jennifer God's people
Radic, Stephen The fortunes of Doctor Belio
Wright, Stephen Did somebody say something about a drink of
bourbon
Addition 8 August 1985
Where possible, the original arrangement of the files has
been preserved by the Library.
Box
18 Playscripts, 1971-83
19 Playscripts, 1979-84
20 Playscripts, 1985-87
21 Playscripts, 1987
22 Playscripts, 1987-88, including E2A-E28
23 Playscripts, 1987-88, including 87/27-117 and 88/24-162
24 Playscripts, 1988
25 Playscripts, 1988-89
26 Playscripts, 1988-89, including E29-39
27 Playscripts, 1989, including 89/3-115
28 Playscripts, 1990
29 Playscripts: 90/1-17
30 Playscripts: 90/18-58
31 Playscripts: 90/59-100
32 Playscripts, 1990, including 90/101-110
33 Playscripts: A90/01617-01977
34 Playscripts: A90/02034-02154
35 Playscripts: A90/02202-02669
36 Playscripts: A90/02671-2913
37 Playscripts: 91/3-35
38 Playscripts: 91/37-69
39 Playscripts: 91/71-104
40 Playscripts: 91/107-130
41 Playscripts: 91/131-135 and unnumbered files, 1992
42 Playscripts: unnumbered files, 1991-92
43 Playscripts, 1992
44 Playscripts [n.d.]
Box
45 1973-84
46 1983-86
47 1984-87
48 1987-88
49 1989
50 1990-93
Box
51 ABA (Australian Bi-centennial Authority) International Conference,
1988
Aborigines Arts Board, 1983-6
Actors' enquiries, 1989-90
Annual report, 1990
Applications for Adminitrative Coordinator (1987) and Artistic
Director (1984)
Artistics Coordinator, 1989
52 Arts Law Centre of Australia, 1990
Assessnment: scripts, 1992-93 (See also Box 91)
Assessment running sheets, 1987-92
Assessors' file, 1984
Australia Council, n.d.
Austral-Asian Playwright Conference, 1992
Australian Capital Territory: general information, 1987-88
Australian Film Corporation, 1986
53 Australian National Playwright Register, 1982-83
Australian Writers' Theatre, 1984
Begging letters, 1985
Belvoir Street Theatre, 1987
Biographies of actors, directors and dramatists, including correspondence
and photographs, 1990-92
Brenton, Howard, 1984
Brochures (See also Box 76)
Budget, 1984-86
Conference of Australian Professional Performing Arts Ltd (CAPPA),
1985
54 CAPPA, 1985-86
Chairman and Committee Action File, 1984
1982-86 Conference
55 1986-88 Conference
56 1988-90 Conference
57 1991 Conference agreements
58 1991-92 Conference (See also Box 82-83)
59 Constitution and Articles of Association
Contracts and letters of agreement, 1981-84
Correspondence, 1974-84
60 Correspondence, 1984-90
61 Correspondence, 1986
62 Correspondence, 1986-93 (See also Box 84-85)
63 Design Arts Board, 1986
Funding Applications: Literature Board, 1982-86
Funding Applications: Theatre Board, 1982-86
Funding Applications: Australian Capital Territory, 1983-87
Funding Applications: New South Wales, 1982-86
Funding Applications: Queensland, 1982-87
Funding Applications: South Australia, 1982-88
64 Funding Applications: Victoria, 1982-86
Funding Applications: Western Australia, 1982-87
Funding Applications: Bicentennial, 1986
Fundraising, 1985
History, 1978-83
65 Inti Illimani music possibilities: rejects, 1987
Kit, 1986-87
Mailing list, 1985-87
Media contact, n.d.
Media Information Kit, n.d.
Media releases, 1985
66 Memberships, 1983-86
Memberships: new, 1986-87
Memberships: renewals, 1985-87
Music Board, 1983-87
Music Theatre, 1986-87
67 NIDA, n.d.
National Multicultural Art Workers' Network, 1991
Other Festivals, 1985
Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Centre, New York, 1983-85
Photographs (mostly unidentified and undated)
68-69 Playwright weekend, 1991
70 Press cuttings, 1985-86
Press releases/publicity, 1974 (See also Carton 90)
Programs, 1973-85
Proxy nomination forms, 1983
Questionaries, 1980-90
71 Registrations, 1986
Reports, including Chairman's, Artistic Director's and Administrators'
Reports, 1983-92
Rotherwood Plan of Theatre Building of Australia Council, 1982
Salamanca Theatre Company, 1988
Scripts: submission and distribution, 1982
72 Students' play scripts: A-B
73 Students' play scripts: B
74 Students' play scripts: B-C
75 Sydney Writers Festival Committee, 1992
Sydney Theatre Company, 1988-89
Tasmania Arts Advisory Board, 1982
Tax, 1986-87
Theatre Board, 1982-85
Theatre Royal Strathford East, London, 1986
Timetable's Forum Agenda: 1985 Conference
Trade Union, 1987
Young Playwrights Weekend, 1993
Miscellaneous
Box
76 Brochures and leaflets
77 ABSA Report, 1989
AFI Newsletter, 1988-89
AMC News, 1987
Act Junction News, 1987
Arts Industry, 1988-90
Australian National Association of Young Playwrights, 1986-88
Australian Theatre Record, 1987-90
78 Australian Theatre Record, 1990-91
The British Council, 1988-90
Canada Reports, 1990
Centre Stage, 1986-87
79 Community Arts File, 1986
Cracker, 1988
Coo-ee, 1989-91
Dialogue, 1992
The Dramatists Guild, 1987-89
Equity, 1988-89
Fellowship News, 1989
Film Victoria Newsletter, 1985
Fingerprint, 1987-89
Focus, 1988-89
Footscray Community Arts Centre Newsletter, 1990
Griffin News, 1989
Inter Theatre News Round Up, 1989-90
Lowdown, 1988-90
Manipulation, 1986
NIDA Newsletter, 1986-89
National Community Theatre Conference Report, 1987
The National Culture - Leisure Industry Statistical Framework,
1988
80 One More Time, 1987
Playlab Newsletter, 1989-91
Playmarket Directory of New Zealand Plays and Playwrights,
1985, 1988
Playrot, 1981
The Queensland Writer, 1989-91
Salamanca Report Script Resource Centre, 1986-89
Spectator Burns, 1987
Sounds Australian, 1987
Tasmanian Writers Union Newsletter, 1989-91
Theatrefest newsletter, 1989-90
Toga Festival (Japan), 1984
Train, 1987-89
The Trust News, 1988-89
81 Viewpoint, 1986-91
Volunteer Centre Newsletter, 1988-90
Waseda Sho-Gekijo (Japan)
Writer's News, 1988-90
Miscellaneous
Carton
82 1973-90 Conference
83 1993-94 Conference (See also Box 54-58)
84 Correspondence, 1986-90
85 Correspondence, 1991-92 (See also Box 59-62)
86 Copies of Dialogue, 1989-93 (See also Box 79)
87-89 Financial papers, 1985-92
90 Enquiries, 1989-90
Fund raising, 1986-87 (See also Box 64)
Invites and press releases, 1989 (See also Box 70)
Kureishi, Hanif (British writer), n.d.
91 Memberships, 1990 (See also Box 66)
School program, 1988
Script assessors, 1990-94
Multicultural theatrefest, 1989
92 Interplay, 1984-88
93-94 Readers' reports, 1986-92
95 Script entry forms, 1987-92
Box
1 Scrapbooks of 1988 Conference and scrap album, n.d.
2 Posters
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