| Abstract/Description |
MS Acc09.070 comprises papers on Sir Robert Helpmann and Dame Peggy van Praagh compiled by Christopher Sexton, including tapes of interviews with Malcolm Williamson, Dobbs Franks, John Cargher, Bill Akers, Don Dunstan and Robert Helpmann; letters to Sexton regarding Helpmann dated 1986-1987, the correspondents including Sir John Gielgud, Peter Sculthorpe, Malcolm Williamson, Lord Snowdon, Bishop E.D. Cameron, Graeme Murphy, Sir Anthony Dowell, Margaret Rawlings, Sir Ian Potter, P.E. Thompson Hancock, Geoffrey Ingram, Sir Michael Hordern, Sir Kenneth Macmillan and others; part of unpublished manuscript for a biography on Helpmann by Sexton.
This manuscript was exhibited in the NLA exhibition, On Stage: The Performing Arts in Australia, March - August 2022. |
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