Audrey Blaxland papers, ca. 1933-1986

MLMSS 8860

fonds

ca. 1933-1986

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings, Ephemera

120187

3.40 metres of textual material (21 boxes)

Audrey Blaxland, 1918-1985, was an actor, theatre director, adjudicator and drama teacher. She began her career as an actor at the Independent Theatre in the 1940s. In 1954 she joined the Pymble Players where she was president for twelve years. She began teaching speech and drama in 1962, and from 1974-1985 she served as principal of the Marian Street Theatre School.

References: Compiled from the collection
http://geniaus.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/outstanding-performance-at-ku-ring-gai.html (accessed 25/02/2013)

Audrey Blaxland papers, printed material and photographs, ca. 1933-1986, relating to her acting, directing and teaching careers.

BOX 1
Papers, printed material and photographs, ca. 1959-1985, including unsorted correspondence, playscripts, newscuttings, theatre and festival programs; notes on arts festivals and drama teaching; material relating to adjudication for the Country Women’s Association and the Arts Council of N.SW.; Pymble Players annual reports, history and photographs; a dialect notebook
Folders: ‘Festivals etc.’, ‘Revue scripts’, ‘C.W.A correspondence’, ‘Audrey Blaxland’, ‘Pymble Players annual reports etc.’, ‘Marian Street, 1974-1975’

BOX 2
Papers and printed material, ca. 1966-1976, including unsorted correspondence and notes, newscuttings, theatre programs and playbills; notes on adjudication, arts festivals, drama teaching and workshops; Independent Theatre programs, 1935-1945; copies of ‘Masque’, 1968-1971 [incomplete]
Folders: ‘Arts Council’, ‘N.S.W Drama Festival, 1971’, ‘1970 Arts Council Drama Festival’, ‘Taree Big River Festivals’

BOX 3
Printed material, 1956-1982, including journals 'Plays and Players', 1956-1977 [incomplete] and 'Spoken English', 1977-1982 [incomplete]

BOXES 4-6
Printed material, ca. 1959-1985, including magazines, theatre programs, material relating to drama in education, and journals: ‘Do It!’, 'Nadie’, and ‘Lowdown’

BOX 7
Papers and printed material, ca. 1965-1985, including unsorted correspondence and notes, theatre programs, scripts, newscuttings, playscripts, prompt copies, reports, and a notebook of tutors’ fees
Folders: ‘Trinity College exam papers’, ‘Verse’, ‘Marian Street other theatres, youth theatre’, ‘Teaching material’, ‘Proposal to start music school/centre at Marian Street Theatre’

BOXES 8-9
Papers and printed material, ca. 1965-1985, including unsorted correspondence and notes, newscuttings, playscripts, prompt copies, reports, theatre programs, etc.

BOX 10
Papers and printed material, ca. 1969-1985, including unsorted correspondence and notes; annotated playscripts; newscuttings, theatre programs and playbills; Marian Street Theatre School student roll books, 1974-1984; and material relating to N.S.W drama and arts festivals

BOX 11
Papers and printed material, ca. 1969-1985, including theatre programs, playscripts, playbills and notes relating to speech training

BOX 12
Printed material, ca. 1944-1953, including prompt copies and scripts of children's plays, some from the Independent Theatre

BOX 13
Printed material, 1933-ca. 1985, including theatre programs, playbills and playscripts, some from the Independent Theatre

BOX 14
Printed material, ca. 1940-1970, mainly playscripts, including some from the Independent Theatre

BOX 15
Papers and printed material, ca. 1959-1985, including unsorted correspondence and notes; newscuttings, theatre programs and playbills; notes on drama teaching, workshops and arts festivals; material relating to adjudication for the Country Women’s Association and the Broken Hill Repertory One Act Play Festival, 1978
Folders: ‘Marian Stree fees, 1976-1978’; ‘Arts Council summer schools’; ‘Arts Council, High School Festival, 1979’

BOX 16
Papers, printed material and photographs, ca. 1959-1985, including unsorted correspondence and notes; theatre programs and playbills; diaries, ca. 1961-1985; postcards and cards, ca. 1965-1985; Pymble Players photographs, newscuttings and notes; Marian Street Theatre School, including a notebook of fees and student enrolments, 1980-1984;
Folders: ‘Big River Festival of Arts, 1978’, ‘Mrs Blaxland, overseas trip, 1973’

BOX 17
Printed material, ca. 1957-1985, including theatre programs, playbills, newsletters, journals: 'Plays and Players', 1958-1973 [incomplete]


BOX 18
Printed material, 1956-1976, including newsletters and journals: ‘Do It!’, 1975-1976; ‘Drama : The Quarterly Theatre Review', 1956-1972 [incomplete]

BOX 19
Papers and printed material, ca. 1970-1985, including annotated prompt copies, unsorted notes and correspondence, newscuttings, playbills, scripts, production reports
Folders: ‘The Golden Fish’, ‘Playtime’, ‘Marian Street reports and Canberra records’, ‘Marian Street children’s shows’, ‘Marian Street Children’s Theatre stage management reports’

BOX 20
Papers and printed material, ca. 1970-1985, including annotated prompt copies, unsorted notes and correspondence, newscuttings, and playbills
Folders: ‘Marian Street Children’s Theatre’, ‘Thank you cards, Marian Street Theatre School’

BOX 21
Mainly photographs, ca. 1970-1985, with accompanying notes and newscuttings, including photographs labelled ‘Wendy Blaxland and her mother Audrey Blaxland', ‘Back to Belonga’, ‘Journey of the Rainbow Bird’, ‘Ballads and Bushy Tales', ‘Cinderella and Other Tales’, ‘She Sells Sea Shells’, ‘Happy Ever After’, ‘The Bee and the Butterfly’, ‘Faraway Tales’, ‘Once Upon a Time … ‘, ‘Black Prince’, ‘Toyland’

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