William Thompson - Prompt copy playscript of Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, and associ...
William Thompson - Prompt copy playscript of Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, and associated material
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Date
1956 - 1959
Call Numbers
MLMSS 6707
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1 box - 0.03 Meters
Textual Records - (typescript, photocopy with manuscript annotations)
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Textual Records - (printed)
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Fonds
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1956-1958; Prompt copy playscript of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, by Ray Lawler, dating from the play's first tours after the original Sydney and Melbourne seasons. This copy typescript documents the working changes made to the play through the first touring performances and after the London production. The playscript contains many examples of...
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Full title
William Thompson - Prompt copy playscript of Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, and associated material
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from Nicholas Pounder Bookseller in 1998
Administrative / Biographical history
William Thompson was The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust's stage manager for the 1956 tour of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, and later productions which toured Broken Hill and Adelaide in 1957 and 1958.
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 6707
Record Identifier
9yMdW5z9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yMdW5z9
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Reference code
152111
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