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| Manuscript Name | Papers of Larry Buttrose |
| Manuscript Number | MSS 6 |
| Last Updated | August 2021 |
| Extent | 6.14 m (47 boxes + 279 posters) |
| Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
| Abstract | This collection comprises manuscript papers and related material produced and accumulated by Larry Buttrose. |
Collection Subject Type
Literary
Scope and Content
The papers of Larry Buttrose is a comprehensive collection providing an extensive record of his works and provides a very good picture of the many directions his work has taken. They provide a valuable insight into the creative process and the difficulties encountered by a writer in having his work performed or published.
The papers include correspondence, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, novels, travel writing and dramatic works; notebooks, research material, newspaper cuttings, audio-visual material, photographs and posters.
Date Range of Content
1969-1999
Biographical Note
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Buttrose
Larry Philip Buttrose was born on December 16 in Adelaide, South Australia in 1952. He attended Saint Ignatius College, Norwood and Athelstone in Adelaide, 1957-1969, and graduated from the University of Adelaide in May 1976, with a B.A. in Politics and Anthropology.
Buttrose is a playwright, screenwriter, author and poet whose work within these media covers a wide range of genres. He worked as a freelance journalist and travel writer for publications in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Europe and the United States.
Buttrose co-edited:
Dharma with Stephen Measday and Donna Maegraith (1971-1975)
Real poetry (1978-1979). Real poetry was an Adelaide-based poetry journal which was published for only two issues, one in 1978 and one in 1979, and continued the journal Dharma which was published by the same editorial team
Number three Friendly Street poetry reader (1979)
He co-founded:
Salomon Buttrose Productions in December 1983 with Mandy Salomon
The Gap, renamed The Gap Club a cabaret venue within the Sydney Trade Union Club at Surry Hills with Mandy Salomon and Judy Barnsley in 1983
He was director of Foreign Books established in July 1986
Director/secretary of the film production company Fatuxa from 1987.
Buttrose has received the following awards:
Winner Paul Tonkin Prize for Radio and TV Cadets, 1971
Australian Film Commission Distinctly Australian Fellowship, 1995 for an attachment with the USA film director John Feldman in New York.
Larry Buttrose's works include:
One steps across the rainbow : poems Dharma poetry series (1974)
Random leaves (1976)
Number three Friendly Street poetry reader, edited by Larry Buttrose and Peter Goldsworthy (1979)
Meetings with remarkable women (1979)
The Leichhardt heater journey (1982)
Learning Italian : poems (1986)
Innovative theatre in Australia and the new wave in comedy, [videorecording], Larry Buttrose and Mandy Salomon (1987)
Movietone memories [videorecording], written by Larry Buttrose and Alec Morgan (1988)
The King Neptune day & night club (1992)
Gino [feature film], written by Vince Sorrenti and Larry Buttrose (1992)
Cafe Royale : tales of love & travel (1997)
The maze of the muse (1998)
The blue man : tales of travel, love & coffee (1999)
Sweet sentence (2001)
References:
Rick Raftos Management Larry Buttrose curriculum vitae
AustLit Australian Literature Gateway database, 2004
ScreenSound Australia National Screen and Sound Archive
Administrative Information
Access and Copying Conditions
Access: Check with Curator
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
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Preferred Citation
Papers of Larry Buttrose, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
Provenance
The collection was acquired from Larry Buttrose in several instalments from 1987 to 1999.
Subject Keywords
Subjects
Australian authors, Australian actors, theatrical agents, theatrical producers and directors
Personal Names
Larry Buttrose 1952-
Occupations
Authors, theatrical agents, theatre producers and directors
Container List
Box 1
Series 1 Correspondence, 1969-1995
This series comprises two subseries of correspondence relating to Buttrose's professional and personal life. The correspondence consists of letters received by Buttrose and drafts of letters composed by him. There is personal correspondence from family and friends and professional correspondence from with colleagues, literary associates, theatre companies, agents and publishers.
1.1, Personal Correspondence, 1969-1995
This subseries comprises personal correspondence to Larry Buttrose from family, friends and colleagues, and personal business matters.
Folder 1
Personal correspondence, 1969-1976
Folder 2-4
Personal correspondence including postcards, 1976
Folder 5-7
Personal correspondence, 1977
Box 2
Folder 8
Personal correspondence, 1978
Folder 9-10
Personal correspondence, 1979
Folder 11-13
Personal correspondence, 1980
Folder 14-16
Personal correspondence, 1981
Box 3
Folder 17-20
Personal correspondence, 1982
Folder 21-22
Personal correspondence, 1983
Box 4
Folder 23-24
Personal correspondence, 1984
Folder 25
Personal correspondence, 1985
Folder 26
Personal correspondence, 1986
Folder 27
Personal correspondence, 1987
Folder 28
Personal correspondence, 1988
Folder 29
Personal correspondence, 1989
Folder 30
Personal correspondence, 1990
Box 5
Folder 31
Personal correspondence, 1991-1995
Folder 32
Cards and invitations, 1974-1995
Folder 33
Postcards and exhibition invitations, 1974-1995
1.2, Professional correspondence, 1972-1995
This subseries comprises correspondence to and from Larry Buttrose, with colleagues, literary associates, theatre companies, agents and publishers, concerning Buttrose's various literary endeavours and work.
Folder 1
Professional correspondence, 1972-1978
Folder 2
Professional correspondence, 1979
Folder 3
Professional correspondence, 1980
Box 6
Folder 4
Professional correspondence, 1981
Folder 5
Professional correspondence, 1982
Folder 6
Professional correspondence, 1983
Folder 7
Professional correspondence, 1984-1985
Folder 8
Professional correspondence, 1986
Folder 9
Professional correspondence, 1987
Folder 10
Professional correspondence, 1988
Folder 11
Professional correspondence, 1989
Box 7
Folder 12
Professional correspondence, 1990
Folder 13
Professional correspondence, 1991
Folder 14
Professional correspondence, 1992
Folder 15
Professional correspondence, 1993
Folder 16
Professional correspondence, 1994
Folder 17
Professional correspondence, 1995
Series 2 Novels, 1976-1999
Folder 1
'Paradise lost for good', previously entitled 'The end of the millennium', 1976-1979
2nd annotated typescript draft, 131 p., 9 April 1976
Guidelines for serialisation of the book, 8/5/1979
Box 8
Folder 2
'Something about Blue', 1978-1979
3rd - annotated typescript draft, 218 p., 21/2/1978
Correspondence, 24 January 1979
Folder 3
'Australians from outer space : a superNeoGothic Italianate spacescape in the classic mould', by Larry Buttrose; illustrated by Peter Malone, 1978-1980
Outline - annotated typescript (2), 2 p.
Annotated photocopy typescript draft, p. 6, 198 and 10 p. of illustrations, 1978
Original black and white illustrations
Correspondence, 1979-1980
Folder 4
'Meetings with remarkable women', 1979
Annotated carbon typescript draft, 128 p., 1979
Folder 5
'Meetings with remarkable women', 1979-1981
Annotated carbon typescript draft, 131 p., 1980
Correspondence, 1979 and 1981
Folder 6
'Rendezvous', 1981-1982
Correspondence, 1981-1982
Annotated typescript draft, 242 p., July 1981
Notes
Box 9
Folder 7
'The plain of glass', 1983-1984
Correspondence, précis, reader's report, 1983-1984
Annotated typescript draft, 247 p., 1983
Folder 8
'The plain of glass', 1983-1984
Annotated carbon typescript draft, 247 p., 1983
Newspaper cuttings, 1983
Folder 9
'Nightingale : a novel'; based on the drama entitled 'Jerry Nightingale Junior', 1987
Computer typescript draft, 16 p., September 1987
Parts 1 and 2 - computer typescript draft, 57 p.
Folder 10
'The ink spell', 1990
Annotated computer typescript draft, 93 p., 1990
Correspondence, 1990
Folder 11
'The ink spell', 1990
Computer typescript draft, 109 p.
Reader's report
Folder 12
The maze of the muse, published by Flamingo, Pymble, N.S.W., 1998
Correspondence, 1998-1999
[4th] annotated computer typescript draft, Barcelona printout, p. 1-157, 25 July 1997
Box 10
Folder 13
The maze of the muse
4th annotated computer typescript draft, p. 158-315, with notes by the author on the progress of the book and his thoughts about where next
Folder 14
The maze of the muse
Annotated computer typescript draft, post-Barcelona, 325 p., with notes by the author and Kathryn Riding, September 1997
Folder 15
The maze of the muse
Annotated computer typescript draft, 332 p., with notes by the author and Kathryn Riding, late 1997
Folder 16
The maze of the muse
Annotated computer typescript draft, p. 1-112, early 1998
Box 11
Folder 17
The maze of the muse
Annotated computer typescript draft, p. 1-113, 11 March 1998
Folder 18
The maze of the muse
Annotated computer typescript draft, 312 p., with extensive notes by the author and Kathryn Riding, 15 May 1998
Folder 19
The maze of the muse
1st page proofs with notes and proof-reading by Laura Harris, 15 May 1988
Folder 20
Sweet sentence, by Larry Buttrose, published by Scribner, East Roseville, N.S.W., 2001
Correspondence, 1993-1994
Reader's comments, 1993
Draft A - annotated computer typescript draft, 220 p., May 1993
Folder 21
Sweet sentence
Draft B - annotated computer typescript draft, 225 p., June 1993
Box 12
Folder 22
Sweet sentence
Draft C - annotated computer typescript draft, 225 p., July 1993
Folder 23
Sweet sentence
1st annotated computer typescript draft, 244 p., August 1993
Folder 24
Sweet sentence
Annotated computer typescript draft, 265 p., November 1993
Folder 25
Sweet sentence
Annotated computer typescript draft, 263 p. (incomplete)
Box 13
Folder 26
'Thirteen winters with a minor poet', by Libya (Larry Buttrose) part three of three linked novellas
Correspondence, 1989
Outline - facsimile annotated computer typescript draft, 17 February 1989
Annotated computer typescript draft, 44 p.
Computer typescript draft, 62 p.
Folder 27
'Virginia on my mind : an urban fable', by Laura Beckett (Buttrose), 1994-1995
Correspondence, 1994-1995
Sheridan Jobbins, reader's report - photocopy computer typescript draft, 2 p., 28 May 1994
Computer typescript notes, 2 p.
Series 3 Travel Writings, 1981-1996
Folder 1
The King Neptune day & night club, by Larry Buttrose, published by Angus & Robertson, Pymble, N.S.W., 1992,
Correspondence, 1991-1994
Royalty statements
Launch flyer
Reviews
Notes and annotated computer typescript draft, 133 p.
'Hamlet of poets and other stories' - computer typescript draft
'South' - computer typescript draft, 15 p.
'Java woman Java man' - computer typescript draft, 8 p., 1990
'Rome, the sacred and the profane' - correspondence and computer typescript draft, 4 p., 1990
Folder 2
The King Neptune day & night club
Photocopy computer typescript draft, 132 p., 1991
Folder 3
Café Royale : tales of love & travel, by Larry Buttrose, published by Flamingo, Pymble, Sydney, NSW, 1997. Working title 'Great cafés of the world'
Great cafés of the world - annotated computer typescript draft, p. 1-246 (incomplete), 1995
Folder 4
'Great cafés of the world'
Notes
Annotated computer typescript draft, p. 1-253 (incomplete), 1996
Box 14
Folder 5
'Café Royale'
Annotated computer typescript draft, 279 p., April and September 1996
Folder 6
Café Royale
Clare Foster's copy with editorial comments - annotated photocopy computer typescript draft, 330 p., October 1996
'A broken promise' - computer typescript draft, 8 p.
Folder 7
Miscellaneous travel writings
Including:
Untitled article re visiting Britain - annotated photocopy typescript draft, 6 p.
'ANZAC Day in London, 1981' - photocopy typescript draft, 2 p., 26/4/1981
'Into Egypt after Sadat' - photocopy typescript draft, 4 p., 1981
'The land of the pharaohs - accessible Egypt for the tourist' - annotated typescript draft, 9 p., 1982
'The Seychelles - the best kept secret' - annotated typescript draft, 5 p., 1982
'The cultists of Tanna' - photocopy typescript draft, 6 p.
'A tale of two cities' - computer typescript draft, 4 p., 1985
Untitled typescript drafts and photocopy typescript drafts
Series 4 Other Prose, 1975-1997
This series comprises published and unpublished material by Buttrose including short stories, interviews, reviews, articles and criticisms.
Folder 1
Short stories - annotated typescript and carbon typescript drafts of short stories, 1978-1998
Including:
'The freedom machine' - annotated carbon typescript draft, 9 p., 6/9/1978
'The music of the spheres' - annotated typescript and carbon typescript drafts (2), 6 p., 26/7/1978
'The Raymond technique' - annotated carbon typescript draft, 10 p., 23/10/1978
'The fishermen' - annotated carbon typescript draft, 8 p.
'Sold my soul to Mister Juicy' - annotated carbon computer typescript draft, 5 p., May 1979
'Visiting George Herbert White' - annotated typescript and carbon computer typescript drafts (2), 10 p.
'Cross the bridge : a short story of art, terrorism and Balmain' - annotated carbon computer typescript draft, 3 p.
'After the summer in the house of defective teapots', by Felix Scott (Larry Buttrose) - annotated typescript draft, 12 p., January 1981
'E.H. in Barcelona, 1981' - typescript draft with white-out corrections, 8 p., 1984
'The view from Palm Beach' - annotated typescript and carbon typescript drafts (2), 5 p.
'Time in Sweden' - photocopy of an extract from a forthcoming novel, published in Overland, no. 91 May 1983, p. 45-49
'Robert's grave', by Larry Buttrose draft of a newspaper story for the Sydney morning herald on Buttrose's visit to the grave of Robert Graves (transmuted into fiction) and published in Spectrum 17 January 1998 - facsimile computer typescript draft sent to Peter Fray, 9 p., 15 October 1997
'The summer of the seventeen dogs' - annotated computer typescript draft, 5 p., 1986
'A literary lunch' - annotated computer typescript draft, 3 p., 1986
'Orange' - annotated computer typescript draft, 9 p.
Folder 2
Film: articles, reviews and interviews - annotated typescript and photocopy typescript drafts, 1980-1991
Box 15
Folder 3
Interviews and reviews for books, magazines and restaurants - annotated typescript and photocopy typescript drafts, c. 1978-1989
Folder 4-5
Art, music, radio and theatre: articles, reviews and interviews - annotated typescript and photocopy typescript drafts, 1979-1981
Folder 6
Articles, criticisms and speeches - annotated typescript and photocopy typescript drafts, 1975-1991
Series 5 Poetry, 1976-1994
Folder 1
The Leichhardt heater journey, published by Friendly Street Poets, Unley, South Australia, 1982; first title in the Friendly Street poets series. Working titles 'Index of first lines' and 'Free bricks', 1979-1981
Correspondence, 1979-1981
'Index of first lines' - annotated typescript draft, and notes, 58 p., March 1981
Folder 2
The Leichhardt heater journey, 1979-1981
Annotated typescript drafts and reviews, 1981
Folder 3-4
Miscellaneous poetry drafts, 1976-1994
Box 16
Series 6 Dramatic Works, 1981-1995
This series comprises three subseries of dramatic works written by Buttrose, including radio, stage and film.
6.1, Radio Drama, 1981-1995
Folder 1
Miscellaneous radio program proposals and documentaries - correspondence, research material, notes on demonstration tape and program proposals, 1981-1995
Folder 2
Kenya snapshots radio documentary, written by Larry Buttrose; producer Jenny Scott; introduced by Mandy Salomon; voice John Woods; first broadcast on 2JJJ FM, 26-27 April 1983, repeated 31 May and 6 June 1983
Including:
Correspondence, program proposals, research, annotated typescripts and reviews for 2JJJ FM Sydney
Folder 3
Scenario X, adapted for radio from the stage production by Larry Buttrose; based on the original storyline by Len Lindon; first broadcast on 11 November 1983 on various radio stations; produced by Peter Watts and Geoff Overmeyer for 2JJJ FM, Sydney, 1983
Including:
Correspondence, notes and reviews
Annotated typescript draft, 29 p.
Photocopy typescript draft, 33 p.
Folder 4
Santo, adapted for radio by Larry Buttrose; produced by Jane Howard; first aired on ABC FM in The stereo play series on 20 May 1986. Workshopped at the Australian National Playwrights Conference, May 1985, 1985-1986
Including:
Computer typescript draft, 43 p., 1985
Draft outline
Scene outlines
Research material and notes
Australian National Playwrights Conference, 5-19th May 1985 booklet and reader's report
News clipping on radio plays
Folder 5
Santo, 1985-1986
Including:
Annotated computer typescript draft with cut and paste inserts and photocopy typescript draft, 38 p., 1985
p. 23 and p. 24 for ABC FM version May 1986
Folder 6
Pallas : a radio play, written by Larry Buttrose, 1986-1987
Including:
Correspondence from Jane Howard, ABC, 12/5/1986
Outline (2), April 1986
Annotated computer typescript drafts (2), 37 p., June 1987
Folder 7
King Ozymandias and Ozymandias rex, work for radio, by Larry Buttrose, 1992
Including:
King Ozymandias - introduction and outline - computer typescript draft, 6 p., 22 July 1992
Ozymandias rex - rough 2nd annotated computer typescript draft, 48 p., 26 November 1992
Box 17
Folder 8
Complaints, radio adaptation by Larry Buttrose, produced and aired by ABC; produced by Alana Valentine; directed by Melissa Bruce, 1993
Including:
Correspondence and contract with ABC Radio, 1993
Computer typescript draft, 71 p., 10 February 1993
6.2, Theatre Drama, 1983-1996
Folder 1
'The search for Jerry Bloomingdale'. Two-act play first workshopped at the Australian National Playwrights Conference, 1984, directed by Neil Armfield, 1983-1987
Including:
Correspondence, 1983-1987
ANPC brochure, notes and reader's report
Research material and notes
Synopses - annotated computer typescript drafts (2)
Act and scene breakdown - 1st annotated typescript drafts (2), 42 p. 1983
Folder 2
'The search for Jerry Bloomingdale', 1984
Including:
2nd annotated typescript draft, 44 p. 28/3/1984
2nd annotated typescript draft, 61 p. Note: This is the draft as at 6/5/1984 before the work done at the 1984 ANPC
Folder 3
'The search for Jerry Bloomingdale', 1984-1986
Including:
3rd annotated typescript drafts (2), 38 p., June 1984
Annotated typescript drafts, p. 1-11
Correspondence and 5th computer typescript draft, 35 p., April 1986
Folder 4
'Santo : a play with music', by Larry Buttrose in two-acts, 1984-1986
Including:
Correspondence, 1984-1985
Reader's report from the 1985 Australian National Playwrights' conference
Synopsis - annotated photocopy typescript draft, 8 p.
1st annotated photocopy typescript draft, 60 p., November 1984
Notes
2nd photocopy typescript draft, 49 p., June 1985
Folder 5
'The Galoot : punch & Judy score a fantasy video game', concept by Derek Nicholson; story by Larry Buttrose. Four scenes, first presented by Theatre Workshop a Department of Sydney University at the Seymour Centre, 8-12 October 1985; directed by Derek Nicholson, 1985
Including:
Notes and storyline - annotated computer typescript draft, 9 p., June 1985
Computer typescript draft, 25 p., August 1985
2nd computer typescript draft, 30 p., September 1985
Folder 6
'The Galoot : punch & Judy score a fantasy video game', 1985
Including:
2nd draft, 2nd revision - annotated computer typescript drafts (2), 34 p. and 31 p., September 1985
Cast list, schedules, budget, program notes and flyer
Box 18
Folder 7
Pallas : a one-woman play, written by Larry Buttrose. First produced by Pallas Productions in association with the West Australian Theatre Company; premiered 7 January 1987 at the Acting Studio, Western Australia Academy Theatre, Mt Lawley, Perth as part of the Perth Festival Fringe, directed by Chris Edmund, 1986-1988
Including:
Correspondence and cards, research, financial papers, advertising, programs and flyers
Folder 8
Pallas : a one-woman play, 1987-1988
Including:
Reviews
Folder 9
Pallas : a one-woman play, 1986-1987
Including:
Outline - computer typescript draft, April 1986
Computer typescript draft, 35 p., October 1986
2nd annotated computer typescript draft, 38 p., December 1986
Report by Duncan Ord, Company Manager, WA Theatre Company on the play, 5/3/1987
Reader's report from the Australian National Playwrights' Conference, 1987
Folder 10
Pallas : a one-woman play, 1987
Including:
Annotated computer typescript draft (2), 40 p., July 1987
Computer typescript draft, 45 p., 1987
Folder 11
Pallas : a one-woman play, 1987
Including:
Photocopy computer typescript draft, 38 p.
Computer typescript draft, 36 p., 1987
Folder 12
The honey trap, by Larry Buttrose, retitled The big world and The body politic. Two-acts, first presented as a work-in-progress during D Week by Griffin Theatre Company, Saturday 24 October 1987
Including:
Notes and 1st (master) annotated computer typescript draft, 61 p., August 1987
Folder 13
The honey trap, 1987
Including:
2nd annotated computer typescript draft, 65 p., October 1987
Reading notes, 23/10/1987
D Week flyer and advertising
Folder 14
The big world, 1987
Including:
Annotated computer typescript draft (incomplete) 79 p. and miscellaneous pages
Photocopy computer typescript draft, 63 p., November 1987
Box 19
Folder 15
The body politic, 1988
Including:
Correspondence, 1988
Readers' reports
Character notes
Research material Readers' reports
Annotated computer typescript draft, 74 p., 1988
Folder 16
Heart of darkness, by Joseph Conrad; stage adaptation by Larry Buttrose; retitled Into the heart of darkness, Mistah Kurtz - he dead! and Kurtz. Mistah Kurtz - he dead!, produced and commissioned by NIDA Company as part of a season of new Australian plays at NIDA, directed by Rex Cramphorn. Kurtz premiered at Crossroads Theatre, 159 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 30 May 1991, directed by Sarah Carradine, 1988-1991
Including:
Correspondence, notebook, research material, reviews
Folder 17
Heart of darkness, 1988
Including:
1st annotated computer and photocopy typescript draft, 67 p., June-August 1988
Annotated computer typescript draft, 77 p., 1988
Folder 18
Heart of darkness, 1988
Including:
Annotated photocopy computer typescript drafts, 77 p., 1988
Folder 19
Heart of darkness, 1988
Including:
Annotated computer and photocopy typescript draft, 77 p. 1988
Folder 20
Heart of darkness, 1989
Including:
Sub-draft - annotated computer typescript draft, 89 p., June 1989
Folder 21
Heart of darkness, 1989
Including:
Outline and treatment for 2nd draft, by Buttrose and Simon Hopkinson, 1989
Interim 2nd draft - annotated computer typescript draft, 95 p., July 1989
Folder 22
Heart of darkness, 1989
Including:
2nd draft - annotated computer typescript draft, 96 p., July 1989
Box 20
Folder 23
Into the heart of darkness, 1989-1990
Including:
Comments and questions from John Clark, 4 August 1989
1st rough 3rd annotated computer typescript draft, 100 p., 26 January 1990
Folder 24
Into the heart of darkness, 1990
Including:
Into the heart of darkness - rough 3rd annotated computer typescript draft, 100 p., February 1990
Notes by Terence Clarke, 18/2/1990
Folder 25
Into the heart of darkness, 1990
Including:
Outline - computer typescript draft, March 1990
3rd annotated computer typescript draft, 100 p., March 1990
Notes
Reading cast, 30 March 1990
Folder 26
Into the heart of darkness, 1990?
Including:
Annotated computer photocopy typescript draft, 111 p.
Folder 27
Mistah Kurtz - he dead!, 1990
Including:
Synopsis and script assessment - computer typescript draft
4th photocopy computer typescript draft (revised following workshopping and performances by NIDA Company as part of The next stage, at NIDA, June-July 1990), 102 p., August 1990
Flyer, program and ticket
Folder 28
Kurtz, 1991
Including:
Kathryn's copy, notes and annotated computer typescript draft, 103 p., 1991
Folder 29
'Virginia on my mind', by Larry Buttrose in two-acts, 1988
Including:
1st annotated computer typescript draft, 63 p., November 1988
Photocopy computer typescript draft, 70 p., 1988
Folder 30
'Virginia on my mind', 1989
Including:
2nd computer typescript draft, 85 p., April 1989
Box 21
Folder 31
'Virginia on my mind', 1989-1990
Including:
3rd photocopy computer typescript draft, 83 p., June 1989
Australian National Playwrights' Centre assessments of the 3rd draft, 22/11/1989
Synopsis for three-acts - computer typescript draft, 4 p., 1990
Folder 32
'Earth and sky', by Larry Buttrose in two-acts, 1990-1991
Including:
Correspondence, 1990-1991
Reader's assessments from the Australian National Playwrights' Centre, 1990
Photocopy computer typescript draft, 95 p.
Folder 33
Complaints retitled 'Ever ever' then retitled Complaints, by Larry Buttrose in three-acts. First presented during D Week by Griffin Theatre Company at the Stables Theatre, Kings Cross, Sydney, Monday 11 1991
Including:
D Week flyer Notes by Buttrose for Griffin Theatre
Griffin correspondence, 1991
Notes and annotated computer and photocopy computer typescript draft, 88 p., 1991
Folder 34
Complaints, 1991-1992
Including:
D-Week comment sheets on the play, 1991
Correspondence, programs and readers' reports from the Australasian Playwrights' conference 1992
Folder 35
'Ever ever', 1992
Including:
Notes and correspondence, 1992
3rd computer typescript draft, 91 p., May 1992
Folder 36
Complaints, 1993-1995
Including:
Act three - computer typescript draft, p. 95-101
Notes and correspondence, 1993-1995
Advertising, program and ticket
Folder 37
'The fag hag' retitled The buried treasure, by Larry Buttrose in two-acts, 1992
Including:
1st computer typescript draft, 72 p., March 1992
1st annotated computer typescript draft, 75 p. (incomplete), Act 1, March and Act 2, 1 May 1992
Paul Thompson's notes, 23 April 1992
Correspondence, 1992
Folder 38
The buried treasure, directed by Louise Luccarini in two-acts. First presented Tuesday 4 April 1995 at Harold Park Hotel, Glebe, Sydney as part of the pub's 'Off the page' weekly play readings, 1995
Including:
Computer typescript draft, 85 p., 14 April 1995
Correspondence, 1995
Cast list and program
Box 22
Folder 39
Hot shoe shuffle : the new tap musical, original story and concept by David Atkins and Max Lambert; written by Larry Buttrose and Kathryn Riding; choreography by David Atkins and Dein Perry. Two-acts, first performed at The Hills Centre, Castle Hill, Sydney, 7 September 1992, directed by David Atkins, 1992-1996
Including:
Correspondence and financial papers, 1992-1996
Folder 40-41
Hot shoe shuffle : the new tap musical, 1992-1996
Including:
Programs, ticket stubs, receipts and reviews
Folder 42
Hot shoe shuffle : the new tap musical, 1992-1993
Including:
Synopsis - photocopy computer typescript draft, 3 p.
Scene breakdown - photocopy manuscript draft, 6 p.
Songs and scenes - computer typescript draft, 20/7/1992 to 20/8/1992
Character breakdown for costumes - computer typescript draft, 20/8/1992
Computer typescript draft, 77 p., 2/9/1993
Folder 43
Hot shoe shuffle : the new tap musical, 1993-1994
Including:
Computer typescript draft, 28 p., November 1993
Revisions, December 1993 to 20/1/1994
Folder 44
Miscellaneous drama
Including:
'Late night visit' - annotated computer typescript draft, 4 p.
'The publican's wife' - synopsis of opening scene, characters and storyboard
Yes Premier sketch by Larry Buttrose and Mandy Salomon for the Tenth anniversary show, produced by Jill Hickson and Paul Riomfalvy with the assistance of Peter Townley at the Wharf Theatre, Thursday 1 May 1986 - annotated computer typescript draft, 5 p., April 1986; photocopy typescript draft of guidelines, 5 p.; rehearsal schedule and general show information
Untitled play - computer typescript draft, 25 p.
6.3, Film Drama, 1979-1998
Folder 1
Miscellaneous film drama, 1979-1995
Including:
Perry Patetic - a science fiction film made in Adelaide in 1979; director and cinematographer Mark Kimber; script by Larry Buttrose and Span; models and special effects by Bob Reynolds - working script, annotated typescript and carbon typescript draft, 6 p.
Correspondence re 'Rendezvous', 21 January 1983
'The philosophy of Michael Toh', screenplay by Larry Buttrose: treatment - annotated computer typescript draft, 12 p., July 1985
'Harry', by John Yeomans - correspondence re scene-by-scene breakdown of the treatment and annotated typescript draft treatment, 14 January 1985
'First flat', situation comedy by Mandy Salomon, Larry Buttrose and Judy Rymer - notes and 1st pilot computer typescript draft, 25 p., July 1986
Sitcom entitled 'Prestige products', retitled 'The Ring ins', by Mandy Salomon and Larry Buttrose - computer typescript drafts (3), 4 p., 1987 and correspondence 20 January 1988
Sitcom entitled 'Chez Nick' - outline and correspondence, 1994
'Starting out', five submission scenes - carbon computer typescript draft, 12 p.
'Chez Vince', by Larry Buttrose, Vince Sorrenti and Judy Rymer. Six half hour comedy show series edited from stand-up style shows at the Harold Park Hotel, Sydney - computer typescript draft outline and budget, 1990
The night of nights : a serious documentary about funny people, a one-hour television documentary; produced by Mark Morgan, Larry Buttrose, Lou Petho; writer/director Larry Buttrose; cinematographer Lou Petho; produced by Look Sharp Productions and Fatuxa, 1991 - photocopy of correspondence and outline, 1991
'Court of petty passions', short film, script by Larry Buttrose - computer typescript draft, 10 p., correspondence and script notes from Charlie Doane, 1994
'Under the skin', television drama series - correspondence from SBS 21 March 1989
'The pit', scene synopsis - annotated computer typescript draft, 7 p.
'Jo's garage' - computer typescript draft, 3 p.
'Doctor Bogle and Mrs Chandler' - correspondence and agreement, 1991
Untitled synopsis and analysis, 1992
'Cradle Mountain walk' - correspondence and outline, 1994
'The story of the Black Brothers': outline for a documentary - computer typescript draft
Untitled outline - computer typescript draft, 4 p., 20 September 1995
'Deadly masquerade' - notes by Paul Watson
Folder 2
'Soldiers in paradise', by Larry Buttrose, 1982
Including:
Correspondence, 1982
Article entitled 'Seychelles backgrounder', by Buttrose - annotated roneoed computer typescript draft, 7 p., January 1982
Treatment - annotated carbon and roneoed computer typescript draft, 5 p., 26/1/1982
Research material and newspaper cuttings
Box 23
Folder 3
Face the day : a health media film, story editor Larry Buttrose; made for Health Media, 1986
Including:
Scene breakdown - annotated computer typescript draft, 10 p., May 1986
2nd draft scene breakdown - annotated computer typescript draft, 11 p., May 1986
Contract, subject notes, character outlines, band scenario
Annotated photocopy typescript draft
Parts 1 and 2 annotated computer typescript draft
3rd annotated computer typescript draft, 27 p., 16 June 1986
Folder 4
The Gemini sisters, television comedy series, screenplay by Larry Buttrose, 1984-1986
Including:
Correspondence and contract, 1984-1986
Folder 5
The Gemini sisters, 1984-1985
Including:
Treatment, 16 p., 1984
Outline of one-hour pilot episode, 10 p., 1984
One-hour pilot episode 2nd draft, 10 p., 1984
Pilot sub-first draft, 36 p., April 1985
Notes
Submission to Canberra Youth Theatre for Come Out 85 in two-acts
Folder 6
'Gallows on the sand', screenplay adapted by Larry Buttrose and Mandy Salomon from the novel Gallows on the sand, by Morris West, working title 'The ace of coins', 1985
Including:
Correspondence with Melaleuka North Investments regarding the treatment, 1985
Press release from Melaleuka North Investments
Australian Film Commission information for scriptwriting
Treatment - annotated photocopy typescript draft, 7 p.
Limited scene breakdown - annotated computer typescript drafts (2), 31 p., February 1985
Impressions on the breakdown, 2 p.
Folder 7
'Gallows on the sand', 1985
Including:
1st photocopy computer typescript draft, 162 p., March 1985
Folder 8
'Gallows on the sand', 1985
Including:
1st photocopy computer typescript draft, 117 p., May 1985
Folder 9
'Youth force', screenplay by Larry Buttrose and Mandy Salomon, 1985
Including:
Notes and 1st computer typescript draft and 1st annotated computer typescript draft, 28 p. (2), May 1985
Box 24
Folder 10
'The search for Jerry Nightingale Junior', screenplay adapted from the stage play by Larry Buttrose entitled 'The search for Jerry Bloomingdale'. Retitled 'The searching of Nightingale Junior', 'Thanatos', 'A glass darkly' and 'Soulship', 1986-1995
Including:
Correspondence, agreements and curriculum vitaes, 1986-1995
Research - newspaper cuttings and articles
Folder 11
'The search for Jerry Nightingale Junior', 1985
Including:
Treatments (2), 10 p. and 13 p., March 1986
Treatment, 13 p., May 1986
Computer typescript draft, 36 p., 1986
Folder 12
'The search for Jerry Nightingale Junior', 1985
Including:
Notes
Treatment - annotated computer typescript draft, 11 p. (4), July 1985
4th annotated computer typescript draft, 46 p., August 1985
4th annotated computer typescript draft, 9 p., September 1985
Folder 13
'The searching of Nightingale Junior', 1986
Including:
Synopsis - annotated typescript draft with white-out corrections, 5 p.
1st annotated computer typescript draft, 99 p., July 1986
Folder 14
'The searching of Nightingale Junior', 1986
Including:
1st annotated computer typescript draft, 108 p., August 1986
Folder 15
'The searching of Nightingale Junior', 1986
Including:
Annotated computer typescript draft, 106 p., November 1986
Folder 16
'Thanatos', 1987
Including:
Correspondence, 1987
Notes on 1st to 2nd draft, photocopy computer typescript draft, 4 p.
2nd annotated photocopy computer typescript draft, 115 p., March 1987
Box 25
Folder 17
'A glass darkly', script editor Judy Rymer, 1987
Including:
2nd annotated computer typescript draft, 109 p., November 1987
Folder 18
'A glass darkly', 1987
Including:
2nd annotated computer typescript draft, 108 p., November 1987
Folder 19
'A glass darkly', 1987-1989
Including:
Correspondence, 1987-1989
Notes
Script editor's report on the 2nd draft
Treatment, 12 p., 1988
Scene breakdown - photocopy computer typescript drafts, May 1988
Feedback report on scene breakdown - photocopy computer typescript draft, 12 July 1988
Folder 20
'Soulship', 1988
Including:
3rd annotated computer typescript draft (p. 96 missing)
Annotated photocopy typescript draft, 96 p., October 1988
Folder 21
'Soulship', 1988
Including:
3rd annotated computer typescript draft, 119 p., October 1988
Folder 22
'Soulship', 1989
Including:
3rd annotated computer typescript draft, 126 p., 1 January 1989
Folder 23
'Soulship', 1989
Including:
Annotated computer typescript draft, 130 p. (incomplete - title page missing), 15 January 1989
Box 26
Folder 24
'Soulship', 1989
Including:
3rd annotated computer typescript draft, 121 p., 29 January 1989
Folder 25
'Soulship', 1989
Including:
Annotated computer typescript draft, 124 p. (incomplete - title page missing), 10 February 1989
Folder 26-27
'Soulship', 1989
Including:
3rd annotated computer typescript drafts (3), 123 p., 15 February 1989
Folder 28
'Soulship', 1989
Including:
3rd annotated computer typescript drafts (3), 123 p., 15 February 1989
Feedback reports by Harold Lander on the 3rd draft - photocopy computer typescript draft, 3 p., 20 February 1989
Correspondence and feedback reports from Keith Thompson and Ken Quinnell, 19 April 1989
Folder 29
'Soulship', 1989
Including:
4th annotated computer typescript drafts, 120 p., April/May 1989
Folder 30
'Soulship', 1989
Including:
4th annotated computer typescript drafts (2), 119 p., June 1989
Folder 31
'Soulship', 1989
Including:
4th annotated computer typescript drafts (2), 119 p., June 1989
Correspondence and feedback report on 4th draft from Keith Thompson, 8 August 1989
Box 27
Folder 32
'Soulship', 1990
Including:
Rough 5th annotated computer typescript draft, 109 p., 22 April 1990
Folder 33
'Soulship', 1990
Including:
Notes and 5th annotated photocopy computer typescript draft, 112 p., May 1990
Folder 34
'Soulship', 1990
Including:
5th draft, 2nd revision annotated computer typescript, 101 p., 20 November 1990
Folder 35
'Soulship', 1991
Including:
5th photocopy computer typescript draft, 101 p., 1 May 1991
Folder 36
'Soulship', 1991
Including:
Notes on 8 July 1991 meeting
Notes on response to A.F.C. meeting 11 July 1991 from Charlie Strachan
Criticisms of the 5th draft
6th draft synopsis - computer typescript draft, 4 p., 1991
6th draft outline - photocopy computer typescript draft, 8 p., August 1991
6th draft outline - computer typescript draft, 4 p., September 1991
6th draft outline - computer typescript draft, 4 p., October 1991
Note to Judy Rymer
Folder 37
'A country practice', episode 486, block no. 243 entitled 'Ghost of a chance', part II, sample scenes by Larry Buttrose, 1987
Including:
Correspondence 1987
Notes
Annotated computer typescript draft, 27 p.
Précis of episode 485
Computer typescript draft, 31 p.
Copy of 'A country practice', episode 23, block no. 12 entitled 'The agoraphobic', by David Boutland, 1981
Folder 38
'The honey trap', screenplay by Larry Buttrose, 1987
Including:
Correspondence, 1987
Annotated computer typescript draft, 121 p., August 1987
Folder 39
'The honey trap', 1987
Including:
Annotated photocopy computer typescript draft, 121 p., August 1987
Folder 40
'Belle letters', 1987
Including:
Correspondence, 1987
Synopsis (2), 1987
Proposal - annotated computer typescript drafts (3), March 1987
Box 28
Folder 41
Movietone memories video documentary written by Larry Buttrose and Alec Morgan; directed by Alec Morgan; produced by Chris Oliver; production company Tru Vu Pictures, 1988-1990
Including:
Remember when : the golden years of movietone film - correspondence, contract, royalty statements, research, notes and headings, 1988-1990
Folder 42
Remember when : the golden years of movietone, 1988
Including:
Treatment - annotated computer typescript drafts (2), March 1988
Treatment - annotated computer typescript draft, April 1988
Extended treatment - computer typescript draft, 62 p.
Folder 43
Remember when : the golden years of movietone, 1988?
Including:
1st annotated computer typescript draft
Annotated computer typescript draft
Sequences - annotated computer and photocopy typescript drafts (4)
Folder 44
Remember when : the golden years of movietone, 1988?
Including:
Pieces to camera - annotated computer typescript draft (2)
Folder 45
'Virginia on my mind', screenplay by Larry Buttrose, 1988
Including:
Synopsis - computer typescript draft (2)
Typescript notes
1st annotated computer typescript draft, 93 p., October 1988
Folder 46
'Virginia on my mind', 1988
Including:
1st computer typescript draft, 95 p., November 1988
Folder 47
'Virginia on my mind', 1988
Including:
Computer typescript draft, 96 p., 1988
Folder 48
'Virginia on my mind', 1989
Including:
1st computer typescript draft, 106 p., March 1989
Folder 49
'Virginia on my mind', 1989
Including:
2nd computer typescript draft, 105 p., 1989
Box 29
Folder 50
'Virginia on my mind', 1989
Including:
Rough 3rd annotated computer typescript draft, 117 p., 1989
Notes on rough 3rd draft - computer typescript, 3 p., 14 November 1989
Folder 51
'Virginia on my mind', 1989
Including:
3rd annotated computer typescript draft, 114 p., November 1989
Scene 2, p. 10-14
Folder 52
'Virginia on my mind', 1990
Including:
3rd computer typescript draft, 116 p., April 1990
Facsimile notes for 4th draft from Christopher Miles, 20 June 1990
Folder 53
'Virginia on my mind', 1990
Including:
5th revised photocopy computer typescript draft, 105 p., 18 July 1992
Folder 54
'Virginia on my mind', 1993
Including:
6th annotated computer typescript draft, 100 p., April 1993
Folder 55
'Virginia on my mind', 1988-1998
Folder 56
'Virginia on my mind', 1988-1998
Including:
Script changes
Curriculum vitaes
Extract from Virginia Woolf's 'A terrible tragedy on a duckpond', 8 April 1990
Folder 57
'Tropics', 1989-1990
Including:
Correspondence
Box 30
Folder 58
'Bush justice', story by Larry Buttrose and Peter English; screenplay by Buttrose, 1990-1991
Including:
Outline - computer typescript drafts (2), 5 p. and 6 p., 1990
Notes and sub 1st annotated computer typescript draft, 107 p., February 1991
Folder 59
Gino, screenplay by Vince Sorrenti and Larry Buttrose; directed by Jackie McKimmie; produced by Ross Matthews in 1993, 1988-1994
Including:
Correspondence, contracts, curriculum vitae's and reviews, 1990-1994
Treatment - photocopy computer typescript draft entitled 'The five lives of Gino', April 1988
Photocopy computer typescript draft, 27 p., 1988
Outlines - computer typescript drafts (3), 1990
1st and 2nd story line - computer typescript drafts
Folder 60
Gino, 1990
Including:
1st photocopy computer typescript draft, 93 p., October 1990
Proposed changes to 1st draft - computer typescript draft, 2 p.
Folder 61
Gino, 1991
Including:
2nd draft, 1st editing - annotated computer typescript draft, p. 85-98 (incomplete)
3rd annotated computer typescript draft, 101 p., 20 February 1991
Folder 62
Gino, 1992
Including:
Annotated photocopy computer typescript draft, 75 p., 4 March 1992
Annotated computer typescript draft, 52 p., (incomplete), 10 March 1992
Folder 63
Gino, 1992
Including:
Revised 3rd annotated photocopy computer typescript draft, 100 p., 20 March 1992
Folder 64
Gino, 1992
Including:
Annotated photocopy computer typescript draft, 98 p., 23 March 1992
Folder 65
Gino, 1992
Including:
Photocopy computer typescript draft, 77 p., 27 March 1992
Script assessment by Geoffrey Atherden, 12 April 1992
Box31
Folder 66
Gino, 1992
Including:
Revised 3rd annotated photocopy computer typescript draft, 107 p., 4 June 1992
Folder 67
Gino, 1992
Including:
Computer typescript draft, 107 p., 1992
Folder 68
Gino, 1992
Including:
Computer typescript draft, 87 p., 1992
Folder 69
Gino, 1992
Including:
Annotated photocopy computer typescript draft, 101 p., 12/12/1992
Notes, 10/2/1993
Folder 70
Gino, 1993
Including:
Final computer typescript draft, 98 p., 1 March 1993
Folder 71
Gino, 1993
Including:
Final annotated computer typescript draft with blue and pink page inserts, 98 p., 1 March 1993
Script amendments no. 1 Blue, 16 March 1993
Crew and cast lists, 15 March 1993
Folder 72
'Back to Italy', feature film; story by Vince Sorrenti; screenplay by Sorrenti and Larry Buttrose, 1992-1993
Including:
Correspondence, 1992
Synopsis - computer typescript draft, 11 p., October 1992
Notes
Outline - computer typescript draft entitled 'Back to Italy'
1st draft scene breakdown, 13/8/1993
1st annotated computer typescript draft, 93 p.
Folder 73
'Back to Italy', 1993
Including:
1st photocopy computer typescript draft, 92 p., June 1993
Box 32
Folder 74
'Back to Italy', 1996
Including:
Photocopy computer typescript draft for Realworld Pictures, 91 p., 1996
Folder 75
'The jester', screenplay by Larry Buttrose and George Smilovici, 1995
Including:
Correspondence, 1995
Financial papers
2nd computer typescript draft, 98 p., September 1994
Preliminary notes - facsimile typescript, 2 p., 9/5/1995
Facsimile readers reports on stage development of 3rd draft, 26 September 1995
Folder 76
'The maze of the muse', screenplay adapted by Larry Buttrose from his novel of the same name, 1996
Including:
2nd annotated computer typescript draft, together with notes by Paul Thompson, 91 p., 1996
Folder 77
'The maze of the muse', 1998
Including:
3rd annotated computer typescript draft, 160 p., June 1998
Folder 78
'The maze of the muse', 1998
Including:
Draft 3A - annotated photocopy computer typescript, 135 p., 23 June 1998
Folder 79
'Seinfeld', special episode entitled 'Ostrich prosciutto', spec script written by Kathryn Riding and Larry Buttrose, 1993
Including:
Computer typescript draft (2), 28 p.
Correspondence, 1993
Reading flyers
Folder 80
'Hot shoe shuffle : the movie', by Larry Buttrose and Kathryn Riding, 1994-1995
Including:
Synopsis - computer typescript draft, 2 p.
Extended treatment, scene breakdown with sample scenes - computer typescript draft, 33 p.
Meetings notes - annotated computer typescript drafts, 20-21 December 1994
Facsimile assessment, 21/12/1994
Feedback on extended treatment and scene breakdown - facsimile computer typescript draft, 29 March 1995
Script notes, January-April 1995
Report from Stephen Measday, 6/4/1995
Reader's report - photocopy computer typescript draft, 7 August 1995
Financial arrangements with Rick Raftos, 8 August 1995
Curriculum vitaes
Series 7 Works Directed by Buttrose, 1985-1986
Folder 1
Opera opera! a comedy of our times, written by Paul Livingston, Sally McKenzie, Penny Biggins, Geoff Aldridge, Mandy Salomon and Larry Buttrose; directed by Buttrose; produced by the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust and Gap Productions. Presented by A.E.T.T., Belvoir Street Downstairs Theatre, Surry Hills, Sydney. Preview Monday 25 November 1985, opened, Tuesday 26 November 1985
Including:
Correspondence, contract, 1985
Notes, production schedules
1st annotated computer typescript draft, 10/10/1985
2nd annotated computer typescript draft, November 1985
News release, flyers, ticket stubs, reviews
Box 33
Folder 2
Shelley, Lawson and Frank Hardy live, directed by Larry Buttrose. First performed at the Revesby Workers', Sydney, Wednesday 30 July 1986 with Frank Hardy reading from the reissued The outcasts of Foolgarah, But the dead are many, Hardy's people and The loser now will be later to win; Zoe Carides reciting selections from Shelly; Stephen Rae reciting poems by Lawson; selection of Lawson's songs performed by Robin Barnett, 1986
Including:
Correspondence
Notes
Show order
Buttrose's computer typescript introduction (2)
News release, 10 July 1986 (2)
Program, ticket and newspaper cuttings
Folder 3
The mask of anarchy part 1 Ozymandias, by Percy Shelley; two-minute film clip co-directed by Larry Buttrose and Edwin Hill; scored by Peter Westheimer; narrated by Buttrose; featuring Alexander Harris as the traveller; art directed by Iris Wakulenko; filmed on the sand hills at Kernell, Sydney, September 1986. The idea developed from the show Shelley, Lawson and Frank Hardy live. Premiered on the ABC 'State of the arts' television program on 12 October 1986, introduced by Andrew Saw, 1986
Including:
Research material
Computer typescript outline of The mask of anarchy
Correspondence, research material, notes and review
Series 8 Manager/Agent/Tour administrator, 1986-1995
Folder 1
Paul Livingston (Flacco), 1987-1989
Including:
Correspondence, biographical information, contracts, financial papers and reviews
Folder 2
Dog songs performed by Even Orchestra, tour administrator Larry Buttrose, 1986-1988
Including:
Correspondence, contract, financial papers, schedule, flyer and program, 1986-1988
Folder 3
Mark Trevorrow, 1988-1995
Including:
Correspondence, biographical information, contracts, financial papers and reviews
Series 9 Quietly Confident cabaret group, 1982-1983
Quietly Confident cabaret group formed in Adelaide in June/July 1982. The group members were Len Lindon, Larry Buttrose, Simon Penny, Tim Lloyd, Ben Harris and Moses Carmen. In October 1982 Len, Larry, Simon and Moses relocated to Sydney, and in March 1983 Mark Conway replaced Simon Penny. Buttrose continued with the group until September 1983.
Folder 1
Miscellaneous, 1982-1983
Including:
Group's biography
Correspondence
Minutes of meeting
Show commitments
Advertising material and reviews
Drafts of words and music for shows including: Fashionably late, words and music by Leonard Lindon (Huyen Duc) (one song by Noel Coward), 1982
Republic of Australia
'The sleep of reason'
The second greatest threat
Le contrat de amour
Indian Pacific
Surf on by
'Theme from the 1982 Annual Wombat Awards'
Gallipoli is just the tip of the iceberg
'The ballad of Christopher'
'Don't touch that coffee, Bert'
'My wife is a married woman'
'The bomb'
'The little man inside me'
Folder 2
Scenario X stage show, first performed by Quietly Confident in 5 parts; written by Larry Buttrose, Leonard Lindon and Mark Conway from an original idea by Lindon; produced by Peter Watts, Downstairs at Nimrod Theatre, 1 September 1983
Including:
Contract, research material, synopsis, financial papers, notes, advertising, flyers and reviews, 1983
Photocopy typescript draft, by Buttrose, Lindon and Conway, 12/6/1983
Box 34
Folder 3
'The sleep of reason : an epic political thriller', by a Wombat retitled The unicorn, written by Larry Buttrose and Len Lindon, 1982-1983
Including:
Research material, chronology, treatment and notes
Photocopy typescript draft (incomplete)
1st annotated typescript draft, 186 p., 6 parts, 30/6/1982
Folder 4
The unicorn, 1982
Including:
2nd computer typescript draft, 101 p., two-acts, 1982
Correspondence, research material, notes and review
Series 10 The Gap Club, 1983-1988
This series relates to the cabaret theatre The Gap, re-named The Gap Club, co-founded by Larry Buttrose, Mandy Salomon and Judy Barnsley in late 1983. This theatre operated from the second level of the Sydney Trade Union Club in Surry Hills.
Records include correspondence, notes on proposed shows, scripts, production schedules, financial records, promotional material, press clippings and photographs. Together, these materials present a detailed picture of the operation of a small, innovative, successful theatre enterprise in a competitive environment.
Folder 1-5
Correspondence, general business and financial papers, 1983-1988
Box 35
Folder 6-7
Advertising material for various shows, 1983-1988
Folder 8
Reviews, 1983-1988
Folder 9
Moments of brilliance and the soap opera it incorporates entitled 111 Foveaux Street, storylined and directed by Buttrose. Thirteen episodes, first performed at The Gap, level 2, Sydney Trade Union Club, Surry Hills, 10 August 1983
Including:
Correspondence, contract and draft agreement
Notebook containing general notes and drafts of the play
Outlines, reviews, flyers, notes, production schedule and guest list
Folder 10
Moments of brilliance, 1983
Including:
Annotated typescript drafts for episodes 1 and 2, 10/8/1983 and 17/8/1983
Episodes 1-3, storyline by scenes for pilot, 10/8/1983
Box 36
Folder 11
Moments of brilliance, 1983
Including:
Annotated typescript drafts for episodes 3-6, 24/8/1983 to 14/9/1983
Folder 12
Moments of brilliance, 1983
Including:
Annotated typescript drafts for episodes 7-10, 27/11/1983 to 18/12/1983
Folder 13
Moments of brilliance, 1984
Including:
Annotated typescript drafts for episodes 11-13, 26/7/1984 to 24/10/1984
Folder 14
Gap date, written by Geoff Aldridge, Mandy Salomon and Larry Buttrose. First premiered at The Gap, Trade Union Club, Surry Hills, Sydney, Thursday 16 August 1984,
Including:
Survey, advertising, program and flyer
Folder 15
Characters I : women comics from across Australia, writer/director/co-producer Larry Buttrose. Stand up comedy series of Australian female comics, first premiered at The Gap, Trade Union Club, Surry Hills, Sydney, featuring Wendy Harmer, Sue Ingleton and Mandy Salomon, Tuesday 31 January 1984
Including:
Program, advertising, ticket stub and notes
Folder 16
Characters II : women comics from across Australia, premiered at The Gap, Trade Union Club, Surry Hills, Sydney, Thursday 3 January 1985 1984-1985
Including:
Correspondence and financial papers, 1984-1985
Folder 17
Characters II : women comics from across Australia, 1985
Including:
Contracts and correspondence
Folder 18
Characters II : women comics from across Australia, 1984-1985
Including:
Reviews and advertising
Box 37
Folder 19
Characters II - record album entitled Women comics from across Australia, recorded live January-February 1985 at The Gap, 1985-1986
Including:
Correspondence, contracts, financial papers and reviews relating to the record album and video, 1985-1986
Folder 20
Characters III : the final chapter, produced and directed by Judy Barnsley and Larry Buttrose for The Gap Theatre Productions and the Sydney Theatre Company. Cabaret-style show first previewed at The Wharf Theatre, Walsh Bay, Sydney, Tuesday 1 April 1986, opened 3 April 1986
Including:
Correspondence, financial papers and report
Folder 21
Characters III : the final chapter, 1986
Including:
Contracts, scripts and advertising
Folder 22
Characters III : the final chapter, 1986
Including:
Reviews and a photocopy of an M.A. (Pass)Theatre Studies thesis entitled Characters 3! - the final chapter, by Jacklyn Marett Leiboff
Folder 23
The fourpenny opera, written and directed by Andrew Lindsay; dramaturg Graham Pitts; musical director Matthew Fargher. First performed by Red Weather at Childers Street Theatre, Canberra, 8-19 September 1987
Including:
Correspondence, flyers, notes on the cast, production notes
Annotated photocopy typescript drafts (2), 1987
Folder 24
Rubble - Sydney after the bicentennial - working title 'Beyond Sydney 2000', written by Paul Livingston (Flacco), Sally McKenzie, Geoff Kelso, Mandy Salomon and Larry Buttrose; director Larry Buttrose. Premiered at The Gap, 2nd Level, Trade Union Club, Surry Hills, Sydney, 21 May 1987
Including:
Correspondence, notes, financial papers, media launch, guest lists, advertising material, programs, flyers, ticket and reviews
Folder 25
Rubble - Sydney after the bicentennial, 1987
Including:
Notes, outline and manuscript and annotated computer typescript drafts (4)
Box 38
Series 11 Miscellaneous Papers, 1969-1995
Folder 1-3
Australian Film Commission special assistance program residential workshop at Hepburn Springs and Katoomba, 1988
Folder 4
Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) Comedy writing workshop, 1988
Folder 5
Brochures and newsletters, c. 1970s-1995
Folder 6
Art brochures, catalogues, newsletters and theatre programs, c. 1970s-1995
Folder 7
Travel miscellany, c. 1976-1995
Folder 8
Personal material, 1969-1995
Matriculation examination material, 1969
University of Adelaide 1976 graduation handbook
Curriculum vitaes
Copy of Buttrose's Will, 6 August 1989
Video library typescript list
Salomon Buttrose Productions information, 1986
Various types of cigarette cards
Folder 9
Printed copies of magazines, 1974-1979
Real poetry, edited by Stephen Measday, Larry Buttrose and Donna Maegraith, no. 2, 1979, 2 copies: no. 1 and no. 74 of 150 numbered copies)
Bogus, edited by Gary Oliver, Jan 1974
Free, edited by Mal Morgan, 1972
Underwear prediction : the Australian Women's Weekly, edited by Ken Bolton and Carol Novack (2); Haphazard series, 1973
Box 39
Folder 10
Sweet Sentence, typed draft 1993
Folder 11
Sweet Sentence typed draft 1999
Folder 12
Sweet Sentence September 1999 with Rachel Skinner’s notes
Folder 13
Sweet Sentence, part 2 of new draft 1999: draft with corrections
Folder 14
Sweet Sentence fourth draft Pondicherry /Chennai 4-26 April 1999
Box 40
Folder 15
Sweet Sentence draft 12 April 2001
Folder 16
Sweet Sentence draft Sandy Tranha’s copy corrected
Folder 17
Sweet Sentence drafts complete and partial
Folder 18
Sweet Sentence partial drafts
Folder 19
Sweet Sentence: Correspondence with Simon & Schuster Aust Pty Ltd 2001; Comments on drafts by various people
Folder 20
Stage play outline – “Malaise” by Larry Buttrose; outline – “The Instrument of Mercy” by Larry Buttrose
Box 41
Folder 21
The Maze of the Muse, corrected manuscript of prose version 3 September 1996
Folder 22
The Maze of the Muse script third draft, SW’s marked copy, Stephen Wallace copy, with corrections
Folder 23
The Maze of the Muse third draft script
Folder 24
The Maze of the Muse script draft July 16 1998
Folder 25
The Maze of the Muse script 5th draft 2 Jan 2001
Folder 26
The Maze of the Muse script draft July 2000
Folder 27
The Maze of the Muse script draft September 2000
Folder 28
The Maze of the Muse script draft undated
Folder 29
The Maze of the Muse script draft with suggested changes and Larry’s reply to Stephen’s notes 29-30 December 2000
Folder 30
The Maze of the Muse script draft; detailed comments by various people including script editor’s report October 1998.
Folder 31
The Maze of the Muse: miscellaneous material including flyers, book launch, rejection letter from Penguin Australia, book reviews, correspondence, cover proofs and proposals, option agreement for film treatment, press feature by Larry Buttrose on Robert Graves in Mallorca
Box 42
Folder 32
The Flower Girl, musical outlined for Gay Laurence 1998
Folder 33
Dead Famous Deaths of the Famous and Famous Deaths, corrected manuscript
Folder 34
Dead Famous corrected manuscript
Folder 35
Research material for Dead Famous: 1
Box 43
Folder 36
Research material for Dead Famous: 2
Folder 37
Research material for Dead Famous: 3
Folder 38
Dead Famous: Letter from New Holland Publishers with proofs of pictures
Folder 39
On draft 2002
Folder 40
On draft with corrections Oct 2002
Box 44
Folder 41
On draft with corrections 28 November 2002
Folder 42
On draft with Stephen’s notes December 2002
Folder 43
On draft December 2002
Folder 44
On draft 20 March 2003 (partial)
Folder 45
On draft 3 April 2003 with Manuscript assessment by Penny Flanagan May 2006
Folder 46
Kurtz and Complaints: programme, reviews, publicity
Folder 47
Café Royale (also published as The Blue Man): reviews, publicity, and correspondence
Box 45
Folder 48
Freelance Journalism 70’s and 80’s; CV
Folder 49
Real Poetry no 2 1979, last issue; Paste-up Real Poetry (contains works by several poets);
folder of poems
Folder 50
‘Australians from Outer Space’ A SuperNeogothic Italianate Spacescape in the Classic mould draft 2 copy 1 folder 1, manuscript 1978
Folder 51
‘Australians from Outer Space’ A SuperNeogothic Italianate Spacescape in the Classic mould draft 2 copy 1 folder 2, manuscript 1978
Folder 52
“What I did..” “Temperance or the Fountain or What I did in Europe on Holiday 1976” , manuscript 1977
Folder 53
“Meetings with Remarkable Women”, manuscript 1979
Folder 54
“Rendezvous of the Magpie” manuscript 1980
Folder 55
A Farewell to Bali an Indonesian travel diary by Larry Buttrose
Box 56
Folder 56
Essays/stories drafts (includes drafts and cuttings of published articles)
Folder 57
Something about Blue a travel novel by Larry Buttrose 1978
Folder 58
Letters: Letters from Charles Buttrose, unlce of Larry Buttrose and father of Ita Buttrose; miscellaneous letters
Folder 59
1985 Diary Trip to Japan to research ‘The Galoot” a play for yon people
Folder 60
Emails 2006-2008
Folder 61
The Lost Tribe film script Draft 4 July 1999
Box 47
Folder 62
Back to Italy film project (1996-1997) with Vince Sorrenti and Franco di Chiera including correspondence, film outline, script notes
Folder 63
Notepads: Changes Notebook Powerful and Influential 2006; Notepad 23 /2/87 Notes on my first play The Search for Jerry Bloomingdale; folder with copies of photographs and drawings.
Folder 64
Poets Union of Australia: Original draft constitution, paper [1977] by Larry Buttrose (one of the 10 founding members) on The Union of Australian Poets, its constitution and aims, directory of poetry outlets, membership application form 1978
Folder 65
Letters from Ken Bolton, Tom Thompson et al
Folder 66
Script for first radio programme “Angry Penguins” 1970s
Material for “Total Xcess” including transcript of last phone call between Michael Hutchence and Bob Geldof.
Folder 67
Archive: folder of miscellaneous material 1985-1988 including press clippings, flyers, Her Shocking Stockings draft
Folder 68
Virginia on my Mind an urban fable first draft June 1994
Folder 69
Virginia on my Mind an urban fable second draft August 1994
Folder 70
Virginia on my Mind an urban fable draft 1 May 1997 with David Elfick’s notes
Folder 71
Virginia on my Mind an urban fable draft 10 May 1997 with David Elfick’s notes
Folder 72
Virginia on my Mind: correspondence, option agreement
Box 48
Folder 73
The Night of Nights: Harold Park Hotel Doco: includes audio cassette, sketches, photographs, documentary outline, budget details,
Folder 74
Miscellaneous outlines and treatments
Folder 75
Hot Shoe Shuffle script 1994
Folder 76
Hot Shoe Shuffle The Movie Draft 10 May 1995
Hot Shoe Shuffle The Movie Draft 21 June 1995
Hot Shoe Shuffle The Movie Extended Treatment Scene Breakdown with Sample Scenes
Folder 77
Hot Shoe Shuffle miscellaneous items: agreement, correspondence,
Folder 78
“Free Bricks” 1980: later became “The Leichhardt Heater Journey”, includes portrait photograph of Larry Buttrose
Folder 79
“Free Bricks” (Mk 3) 1980: later became “The Leichhardt Heater Journey”
“Free Bricks” draft undated
Folder 80
“Free Bricks” draft (“The Leichhardt Heater Journey”)
Folder 81
“Free Bricks” draft (“The Leichhardt Heater Journey”)
Box 49
Folder 82
“Free Bricks” draft 1978 (“The Leichhardt Heater Journey”)
Folder 83
“The Leichhardt Heater Journey” poems by Larry Buttrose March 1981, final manuscript
Folder 84
Journalism, reviews 1980s
Folder 85
“Learning Italian” rejects (“Learning Italian” poetry collection published 1986)
Folder 86
Poems 1977
Folder 87
Poems 1977
Folder 88
Poems 1978
Box 50
Folder 89
New Poems 1980
Folder 90
Poetry 1975, 1976, 1977.
Folder 91
Various undated draft and completed poems
Folder 92
Comedic performance: miscellaneous papers relating to performance of comedy including flyers, Harold Park Hotel, Comics in the Park, correspondence
Folder 93
Harold Park Hotel writers in the park flyers
Folder 94
Larry Buttrose on poetry: Policy Statement 1982, The Voice of Poetry 1986
Folder 95
Miscellaneous material: press cuttings, fragments, list of poems submitted to newspapers and journals
Box 51
Series 12 Works by Others, c. 1980-1994
Folder 1
The second victory, by Morris L. West
Including:
Final draft screenplay - photocopy typescript draft, 69 p.
Folder 2
Copies of poetry, prose and dramatic works sent to Buttrose by other writers, c. 1980-1987
Including:
Two untitled anonymous articles
'Come to the new cabaret', by John Ferguson
'Comedy - a sunrise industry on a landscape of gloom', by John Ferguson
Untitled article by Mandy Salomon
'Between Duchamp and Warhol lies the shadow : the work of Gary Willis', by Helen Topliss
'A performance', by Belinda Holland, 1982
'Living on the surface', by Adrian Martin, 23/6/1982
'Noble savages', by Felicity Ward
Copies of poems by Dwight David, 1984
'Yellow : a short story', by Alec Morgan, 1987
Folder 3
Copies of poetry, prose and dramatic works sent to Buttrose by other writers, 1984-1988
Including:
Who was Harry Larsen? by Frank Hardy - computer typescript draft, [1984]
Correspondence and notes to Buttrose re That place called New South Wales : images and impressions after 200 years, by John Peel, 29/9/1986
'An angry young man', by P.J. Date - roneoed typescript draft of poems
'Blazing gyprock', by Greg Luckman - annotated photocopy typescript draft
'The gap between', by Tim Burns - version 2, photocopy typescript draft, 14 p.
'Adnjamathanha', by Donna Maegraith - annotated roneoed typescript
'His own little world', by Anthony Ackroyd - photocopy computer typescript draft, 32 p., 28/11/1988
Folder 4
Copies of poetry, prose and dramatic works sent to Buttrose by other writers, 1989-1994
Including:
Poem entitled 'This sister of mercy', by Gary - facsimile typescript draft, October 1989
Short story entitled 'Missing the last mass', by Maeliosa Stafford - annotated typescript draft, 5 p.
Synopsis entitled 'Strength of tradition' - photocopy manuscript draft, 4 p.
Untitled article on gangs in New Zealand by Alec Morgan - computer typescript draft, 17 p., 1989
'Schooner town', by Mark Morgan: outline - 1st computer typescript draft and note, November 1992 and storyboard for 1st half, 2nd draft
'The lyre bird', by John Erichsen and Gay Scales - outline, treatment drafts and agreement, 1994
'Going finish', a film by Mark Worth - concept and treatment
'Hope Ryan', original title 'Cunnilingus', edited by Michael Hope and Brendan Ryan
Two poems by Tom Thompson entitled 'Barbarian' and 'Fairy'
Series 13 Folio Material, 1979-1998
Folio 1
Drawings, clipping, drafts and page proofs, 1979-1998
Including:
Drawings and photocopies of drawings
Newspaper cutting
Perry Patetic - annotated photocopy typescript, draft, 6 p.,
'Don't look for me, Juanita', by Malcolm McCallum - computer typescript draft, 25 p., 1983
The maze of the muse - 1st page proofs with author's notes and changes, 15 May 1998
Birthday card
Various posters advertising productions at The Gap, Sydney Trade Union Club
Series 14 Audio Visual, 1975-1988
Folder 1
45 rpm record of Republic of Australia, vocals by Quietly Confident; words by Leonard Lindon and Larry Buttrose; music by Leonard Lindon and Leon "Moses" Carmen'; producer/arranger Russell Handley; recorded at Basilisk Studio, Sydney, May 1983. Side A Republic of Australia, 1983-1988, Side B, Aussie push plays pub politics or Aussie push a ranting and a raving or both
Folder 2
The big world - 3½" floppy disk
Folder 3-4
Video cassettes of Mistah Kurtz - he dead!, Acts 1 and 2 (2)
Folder 5
Video cassette of Pallas, January 1987
Folder 6
Video cassette of Opera opera!, Belvoir Street Theatre, 3/12/1985
Folder 7
Video cassette of 111 Foveaux Street, 21/9/1984
Folder 8
Video cassette of 111 Foveaux Street, 24 October 1984
Folder 9
Video cassette of Gap date, 16/8/1984
Folder 10
Video cassette of Rubble - Sydney after the bicentennial at The Gap, 12 June 1987
Folder 11
Magnetic tape of Characters 3 : the final chapter, Acts 1 and 2
Folder 12
Magnetic recording tape of Judy Jacques reading 'Cage bird blues', written by Eric Beach and Judy Jacques
Folder 13
Audio cassette of poetry readings by Gig Ryan and Tom Thompson, 1978
Folder 14
Audio cassette of poetry readings by Dorothy Hewett, Nick Pounder, Lee Cataldi, Nigel Roberts and Kate Llewellyn, 1978
Folder 15
Audio cassette of the Tenth Balmain poetry reading, 1978
Folder 16
Audio cassette of New Year decade reading and 'Blind I'vs', 24/2/80
Folder 17
Audio cassette of 1st half of Poets' Union readings by Wilding, Michael Witt, Phil Roberts and Glen Thomassetti
Folder 18
Audio cassette of Writers' in the Park reading, 17/9/1985
Folder 19
Audio cassette of Writers' in the Park readings by Sally McKenzie, Mandy Salomon, 28 October 1986
Folder 20
Audio cassette of Buttrose interviewing Cook; Kelso; Pilger; Fraser; and Bowers, 1979-1983
Folder 21
Audio cassette of Buttrose interviewing a Brisbane train driver; Victoria Roberts; J.J. Pilger; Donna; The Clash; and Q.C. Republic of Australia, 1979-1983
Folder 22
Audio cassette of Buttrose interviewing Don Dunstan at 5MMM opening; Shelton, Mandy and Larry on 5MMM, 20/4/80
Folder 23
Audio cassette of Buttrose interviewing Timothy Pascoe and Gough Whitlam, June 1983
Folder 24
Audio cassette of Buttrose interviewing Bob Ellis, 25/7/1983
Folder 25
Audio cassette of Buttrose interviewing Wim Wenders, 5/4/1983
Folder 26
Audio cassette of Buttrose interviewing Nicole Kidman, 28/2/1989
Folder 27-28
Audio cassettes of G. R. Baker interviewing residents of Eden regarding the effects of WWII on the town, 13 August 1975
Folder 29
Audio cassette of early draft of FPP with Melanie and Mandy Salomon and Larry Buttrose
Folder 30
Audio cassette of Buttrose interviewing Professor Noel Butlin on Aboriginal numbers and David Hughes
Folder 31-36
Audio cassettes of Black Brothers research for a film documentary, 1989
Folder 37-38
Audio cassettes of Scenario X, 1983
Folder 39
Audio cassette of 'Jerry Bloomingdale' reading, 5-2-1984
Folder 40
Audio cassette of Opera opera!, 28/11/1985
Folder 41-43
Audio cassette of Characters III, 1986
Folder 44
Audio cassette of Santo, ABC FM; producer Jane Howard, 20/5/1986
Folder 45
Audio cassette of Santo, Playwrights' Conference, 1985
Folder 46
Audio cassette of Mandy Salomon, Wendy Harmer, Julie McCrossin and Larry Buttrose on various radio stations
Judy in Characters III : the final chapter at the Wharf, 1985
Folder 47
Audio cassette of Pallas opening night, Actors' Studio, WA Academy of the Arts, Perth; performer Julie Moody, 7/1/1987
Folder 48
Audio cassette of Paul Vox + Ticking Clock (Flacco)
Folder 49
Audio cassette of Rex Rumikaike Opm Rep Sydney
Folder 50
Audio cassette of Playwrights' Conference 2
Series 15 Photographs, c. 1979-1995
Box-folder 1
Miscellaneous photographs, negatives, slides and proofs
Including:
Mandy Salomon
Melanie Salomon
Quietly Confident negatives (4)
Frank Hardy, Zoe Carides, Stephen Rae and Robin Barnett
Joseph P. Kerwin, astronaut
Preparing Columbia for flight
James Draper, by Simon Penny
Opera opera!, directed by Larry Buttrose
Miscellaneous personal photographs
Art works entitled Landscape and Urban landscape, 1987 (2)
Larry Buttrose (2 colour)
Ozymandias, music video poem (2 colour photographs and 1 slide)
Julia Moody in Pallas (5)
Skirmishes, written by Catherine Hayes; directed by Nicholas Papademetriou, Belvoir Street Theatre, 8 July 1987 (3)
Miscellaneous colour proofs and negatives
Mandy Salomon and Larry Buttrose - negatives
Rubble - Sydney after the bicentennial, photographs, proofs, negatives and slides
Box-folder 2
Miscellaneous photographs, negatives, slides and proofs
Including:
Atomic theory of advertising, 1986
An eminent man of letters (3 slides)
Paul Livingston (Flacco) (3)
Paul Livingston and Mandy Salomon
Paul Livingston in The navigator : a medieval odyssey (2)
Scenario X, stage show performed by Quietly Confident (8)
Mandy Salomon
Vince Sorrenti
The King Neptune day & night club launch
Kathryn Riding
Proofs
Unidentified trapeze artist
Academy Library, UNSW Canberra reading by Buttrose (4)
Photographs and negatives of Buttrose and friends (4)
Slides (8) including 1 taken in Bath and 6 taken in Egypt
Box-folder 3
The Gap Club theatre archive of black and white promotional photographs, proof sheets, negatives and one bromide, 1983-1988
Including:
Geraldine Turner
Characters II : women comics from across Australia (10)
Characters III : the final chapter (10)
111 Foveaux Street photographs and page proofs (7)
Sleazy Sue and the Hamfats
Ric Carter
Peter Head
Red Weather cast from The fourpenny opera, playing at The Gap, 1-31 October
Bachelors from Prague(2)
The Czecks (2)
Lee Stetson
Dino Valentino
Judy Tenuta
Emo Philips
Promotional photographs, proof sheets, negatives and bromide
Untitled colour photographs (2)
Box-folder 4
The Gap Club theatre archive of black and white promotional photographs, proof sheets, negatives and slides, 1983-1988
Including:
Colour slides (5)
Gap comix, Raymond Brazil's black and white shots of performances at The Gap, 1984 (25)
Black & white proofs of Larry Buttrose and Mandy Salomon (5)
Box-folder 5
The Gap Club theatre archive of black and white promotional photographs, 1983-1988
Including:
Oversize black and white shots of performances at The Gap Club
Series 16 Posters, 1979-1995
Oversize 1
The Gap Club Posters, 1979-1995
Map cabinet 2, drawer 2, including:
The blessed opening of the Second Level, Trade Union Club, 111 Foveaux St, Surry Hills: Fri July 8, blessed by Jonathon Coleman; opened by Kev. Kavanagh; Espresso funny stories, John Gillies and Lucy Lasso. Sat July 9, Not soley but mainly women in cabaret, compere Rose Costello, Boppa Clarinas, Jan Cornall, Maree Cunnington, Fantales, Furious Chickens, Vagary. Sun July 10, Grotesque Monkey Choir with Vince Metropolis, The Comets, Human Sacrifice, Lego Boy, Main and Mangle and Tina
Sedition : a contemporary independent music festival, Apr 83, Anzac weekend, Friday 22, Saturday 23, Sunday 24, Sydney Trade Union Club, Surry Hills. Music third floor; performance, film, video, sound & installations, second floor, co-ordinated by Art Unit. Poster printed by Art Unit; designed by Wart
Stright-up presents Oi for England, by Trevor Griffiths, opens 28 Feb, Tue, Wed, Thurs, Sun at The Gap, level 2, Sydney Trade Union Club
The Castanets, coming April 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, The Gap, level 2, Trade Union Club
The Castanets, April 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, The Gap, level 2, Sydney Trade Union Club, 111 Foveaux St, Surry Hills
The Gap from May 1st, Tues Video magazine; Wed Womens music; Thurs Gap comix, Sydney Trade Union Club, level 2
The Gap, Aug Thurs 30 Video magazine; Fri 31 Video magazine , Lighthouse keepers; Sat Sept 1 Video magazine, Naughty rhythms; Sun 2 Frame-up (movie), Contemp. jazz, Trade Union
Club, 2nd level, every Wednesday, extended season Moments of brilliance, featuring Inner city soapie 'III Foveaux St' [and] Fun lodge on vacation, 3 perf. only, Th 25, Fri 26, Sat 27
The Gap Club returns with Wendy Harmer and the Cabbage Bros., January, Sydney trade Union Club - Umbrella event, The Festival of Sydney, 1987
Red Weather [in] The fourpenny opera, new Australian play, The Gap, level 2, Sydney Trade Union Club, 1-31 October (Red Weather gratefully acknowledge the support of the Theatre Board of the Australia Council and Lindsays Toyfactory, Leichhardt
Triple bill, funny stories: 1. Pumping Blood; 2. Video premier [of] Tablepiece; 3. The glove show; The Gap, Sydney Trade Union Club, Sunday July 8-Monday July 9
Strip Jack naked, Sue Ingleton; directed by Kerry Dwyer, The Gap, Sydney Trade Union Club, Surry Hills, 26th October-17th Nov'ber
Entertainment this week salutes The best (crossed out) worst of Lamont Cranston, Dec 28-31, The Gap, Sydney Trade Union Club
K.M.A. Festival Jumping at the Gap, Tue 20th Dec, Morrison Bros Big Bad Band, Women and Children First, Le Claire Quintet, Sketches, Nebula, 2nd level, Trade Union Club, 111 Foveaux St, Surry Hills
K.M.A. Festival Jumping at the Gap, Wed 21st Dec, Mark Simmonds, The Benders, Give Way, Suburban Guerrillas, Rated X, Joe Lane & Killer Joe, 2nd level, Trade Union Club, 111 Foveaux St, Surry Hills
The Big Hand Theatre Co [presents] The martyrdom of Peter Ohey, by Slavomir Mrozek, The Gap, Sydney Trade Union Club, 111 Foveaux St, Surry Hills, Wed 11 - Sat 14, Tue 17 - Sat 21, Tue 24 - Sat 28 Nov
The Gap, Sydney Trade Union Club tick where applicable, Jan, Sun 15, 22, 29; Tue 17, 24; Wed 18, 25; Thur 19, 26
Gap Comics, compere Mandy Salomon, Thurs weekly
The Gap, Trade Union, Aug [presents] Womens dance; Gap comix 9th; Gap date 16th; Videomagazine 28 & 30th; Soapie 23rd; Sunday jazz 'Fame-up Sundays'
The Gap, Trade Union Club, July [presents] Womens dance 1, 8, 15 & 22nd; Gap comix; C and W comedy; Video; Jazz; Film; Soapie; Funny stories; Women in cabaret (2)
Sydney's cabaret venue The Gap [presents] Jan Cornall in Standing up bent, Sydney Trade Union Club, level 2, Nov 4, 5, 6; also every Thursday In Sydney tonight! verso In Sydney tonight, The Gap, 27 Oct 83, Sydney Trade Union Club, level 2; also Oct 28, 29, 30 a night on The wild frontier
In Sydney tonight, The Gap, 27 Oct 83, Sydney Trade Union Club, level 2; also Oct 28, 29, 30 a night on The wild frontier
In Sydney tonight, Sydney's cabaret venue, The Gap, Sydney Trade Union Club, level 2, premiere Thurs Oct 20, Sydney Trade Union Club, level 2; also Oct 21 - 23, a night on The wild frontier The Gap and the Sydney Theatre Company present Australia's top women comics in a return season of Characters 2!, opens April 25 at The Wharf, Hickson Rd, Walsh Bay (2)
Characters II! : women comics from across Australia, The Gap, Sydney Trade Union Club, January 3-19; assisted by the Theatre Board of the Australia Council as part of The Festival of Sydney, 1985 (2) one signed For Paul, With love, Wendy Harmer
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The Gap Club and miscellaneous posters, 1979-1995
Map cabinet 2, drawer 3, including:
Fifi L'Amour and David De Most, The Gap, Level 2, Sydney Trade Union Club, Level 2, December 6 to 8 [and] Conway Carnival, December 13-15 [and] Don't look for me Juanita, by the Late Night Theatre Co., The Gap, Level 2, Sydney Trade Union Club, Level 2, December 6-8, 13-15 (2)
Word is out return of the soapie '111 Foveaux' The Gap, Sydney Trade Union Club, Level 2, Sun 27 Nov, 4, 11, 18 Dec.; Mandy Salomon, Sally McKenzie, Geoff Aldridge, Michael Lake; producer Judy Barnsley; story/direction Larry Buttrose (3)
Gap date, Thursdays in Sept, Trade Union Club [and] Gap comix , September 14, 15 28, 29 [and] Soapie, Sept 21, 22, Trade Union Club
Gap date extended season must end Oct 25th [and] Gap comix : funny stories, cowboy comedy and music, the soapie, Trade Union Club, 5-6, 12-13, 19-20 & 24 October
Fest.Fringe 'Ad Hoc at the Gap!', The Gap, Level 2, Sydney Trade, Sun 15 & 22, Tue 17 & 24, Wed 18 & 25, Thurs 19 & 26
Rubble : Sydney after the bicentennial, The Gap, 2nd Level, Sydney Trade Union Club, opens May 21, assisted by the Theatre Board of the Australia Council (2)
Synopsis of Rubble : Sydney after the bicentennial, The Gap, 2nd Level, Sydney Trade Union Club, opens May 21, assisted by the Theatre Board of the Australia Council
Characters, premiere at The Gap, Tuesday 31st January
In Sydney tonight, featuring Graham Bond, Mic & Jim Conway (ex Captain Matchbox), Victoria Roberts; compere Mandy Salomon, The Gap, Sydney Trade Union Club, 20-23 October
Not solely but mostly women in cabaret!, Women's Cabaret in conjunction with the Festival of Sydney, The Gap, Sydney Trade Union Club, 3-5, 1-12 January
The Castanet Club Presents The Giddy People, 28 November-21 December, Belvoir Street Theatre, Surry Hills
Built Moderne entrepreneur Furniture Exhibition, Christine Abrahams Gallery, 27 Gipps Street, Richmond, 12-24 December 1983
Inflation : heaven & hell, 60 King Street, Melbourne
No one wants you
The Scurvy Bay Bicentennial, devised by Jack Hibberd; directed by Lois Ellis featuring Miss Many More, Gerry Connolly, Mandy Salomon, Evelyn Krape, Australia's Top Comics at Kinselas, Taylor Square, Darlinghurst from September 3
Cafe Boom Boom presents New Wave Cabaret preview season Funny stories with Mandy Salomon, Victoria Roberts, Gigantic Fly Cabaret, cast of thousands, Gorman House, October 6-9, G Block Batman Street, Braddon (Canberra)
Jon Lewis Bondi photographs series poster of Odd flippers, December 1984; signed by John Lewis with the inscription Merry Christmas Mandy, Love, 1985
Pallas + Skirmishes, Belvoir St. Theatre
Pallas, 8-24 January, Actors' Studio, W.A. Academy, 2 Bradford St., Mt. Lawley
Double bill Skirmishes/Pallas, Belvoir St. Downstairs, 10 July-2 August 1987
Australian independent music expo 1983, Paddington Town Hall, from 4-6 November; organised by Larrikin Records
Le Joke Theatre Restaurant, 64 Smith Street, Collingwood; poster no. 2 in an occasional series
Public broadcasting puts you on the air, Newcastle 2NUR-FM, 103.7, Public Broadcasting Week, 8-11 May 1983
Let's make our own music, 3CR 840KHZ
Adelaide University Labor Club and Australian Young Labor (Adelaide Sub-branch) present Rock against unemployment : bodgies, vash street kids, fragments, units, Saturday March 15th, Adelaide Uni. Bar
The Festival of Sydney 1986 The view from tinsel town, by Ken Done; Writer's Week, Sydney Town Hall, January 16-19 1986; picture by Ken entitled View from tinsel town, edited by Tom Thompson, available from Penguin Books, 1985; [sponsored by Caltex]
Redgum, the Poets' Union [and] 5MMM-FM present an ANZAC day afternoon of music and reading, The Box Factory, Wednesday, Regent St., City, April 25th
Cabaret communiqué, 5MMM declares a state of emergency! gala night Aug. 27, 28, 29, Sept. 3, 4, 5, Princes Berkeley Hotel, Hindley St
On sale here : don't go home without, New Theatre, Australia
Musica Viva and the Elizabethan Theatre Trust, by arrangement with the Adelaide Festival present The sonic event of the 21st century [by] Philip Glass and the Philip Glass Ensemble, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House 11 March; Llewellyn Hall, Canberra School of Music, 12 March; Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, 12 March; Concert Hall, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, 16 March 1986
Comedy Diner, Hip Hop, 11 Oxford Street, Paddington, 19-20 July, 'Funny stories', and 26-27 July, Vince Sorrenti; compare Mandy Salomon
A Disarmament Resources Development Conference Presentation of Songs of the pre-war era : a rockn'roll show for the benefit of peace, Chevron, 31 March, Palm Sunday
The Sydney Theatre Company presents Performance 2 [of] Magazine, by Philip Brophy, Tim Gooding [and] Ralph Kerle, Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Friday March 4
Premiere season [of] Scenario X [by] Quietly Confident, by arrangement with Nimrod Theatre Company, Nimrod Downstairs, September 1
Quietly Confident
Cabaret Calypso, Sunday 21 Nov, Art Unit, Alexandria Cafe, 84 Henderson Road, Alexandria (2)
Blue prints for The road to immortality, The Performing Garage, 33 Wooster Street, NYC, 1986 (4)
Knossos, Greece, tourist map, 1976
The free 20/20 magazine Edinburgh guide, a Time Out national publication 20/20, entertainment, the arts & much more, 1989
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Daily diary, Wednesday 16 August 1989
Storyboard for The unicorn
Edinburgh international film festival mini programme, 1989
Art bulletin, published by Tess Horwitz and Narelle Jubelin, Chippendale, June issue and issue no. 4 October/November
Oversize 3
Miscellaneous posters, 1979-1995
Map cabinet 2, drawer 4, including:
Black and white crayon drawing resembling buttocks, legs and hands for feet
Black and white print of an untitled drawing by Matias Kauage [1987], number 14 of 100
The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust presents The Gap's Opera opera!, starring Mandy Salomon, Geoff Aldridge, Sally McKenzie, Paul Livingston and Miss Many More, Nov 26 - Dec 21, Belvoir St. Theatre, 25 Belvoir Street, Surry Hills
Avalon Promotions present The Bob Downe show, The Pleasance, August 9th - September 1st (except Mon. 13th & Thur. 30th)
Mandy and Melanie Salomon Noble Savages present Another half hour of riotous fun, Feb 28 - March 4 1984 at Tou-Can-Tou with Tokyo Rose (2)
Frank Chickens [present] We are ninja (not geisha), from Japan via London, Wimmin's only dinner show, Tues 12th Jan; Umbrella event, Bicentennial Festival of Sydney; presented by JJJ. Poster by Ozmus Posters
Wed. 20th June '84 Employment rally, Sydney Town Hall, 11.00-5.00 exhibition of issues related to employment/unemployment; free films e.g Rosie the riveter, Doled out & many more; 7.00-midnight, Free dance & comedy with Milky Bar Kids & Doctor Bop, the Scream, Mandy Salomon, Jan Cornall, Mary Jane Carpenter, Gay Quire and more. Poster [by] Sal
Oversize 4
Poster of Kurtz, Crossroads Theatre, 159 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, 30 May - 6 July [1991]