MS 7003
Papers of Peter Finch


Box List

Box 1                                                                    

Folders 1-2  Manuscripts and typescripts of short stories and poems.     
             Scripts from 'Radio Army' and the ABC between 1945 and      
             1947.Also, a letter from George Bernard Shaw and Sir Henry  
             Irving                                                      

3            Theatre programmes,English -1948-1953                       

4            Script of Moliere's 'La malode imaginaire' (The Imaginary   
             Invalid) (1907), Mercury Theatre School,Sydney 1948         

5-6          Fan mail from the 1950's                                    

7            Typescript of interview with Finch by Tess Von Summers      

8            Typescript of play by Fred Parsons and A.Macdonald,'The     
             reluctant wolf'                                             

9            Contracts-1947-1954                                         

10           Personal memorabilia,including member-ship cards (1)        


Box 2                                                                 

Folder 11    Personal memorabilia,including member-ship cards (2)     

12           Army discharge certificate                               

13           Photocopies of letters received from theatre             
             personalities,such as Sir Laurence Olivier,Sir Alec      
             Guiness, Sir Noel Coward,Dame Peggy Ashcroft, and Dame   
             Edith Evans, mostly of congratulatory nature,and         
             letters from ballerina Tamara Tchinarova, his first      
             wife.                                                    
             Press cuttings,including reviews of plays and            
             films,ca.1945-1953                                       

14           'Robin Hood'                                             

15           'Mr.Gilbert and Mr.Sullivan'                             

16           'Romeo and Juliet'                                       

17           'Elephant Walk'                                          

18           'Passage Home"                                           


Box 3                                                          

Folder19     'The Happy Time'                                  

20           'Josephine and men'                               

21           'Captain Carvallo'                                

22           'Make me an offer'                                

23           'Father Brown'(1)                                 

24           'Father Brown'(2)                                 

25           Finch's early years in the theatre.               

26           Various (1)                                       

27           Various (2)                                       

28           Various (3)                                       


Box 4                                                     

             Published material,containing articles and   
             photographs of Finch, mainly 1940-1953       

             Folio Package (1)                            

             3 Cuttings albums,1937-1950                  

             Folio Package (2)                            

             Testimonial of La Confrerie des              

             Vignerons de Saint Vincent to                

             Mr Peter Finch                               

             Folio Package (3)