Alan Burke interviewed by Bill Stephens in the Esso Performing Arts collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1160268
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Burke, Alan, 1922-2007, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1988 Dec. 6-Dec. 9
- 3 tape reels (ca. 232 min) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, stereo ; 10 in.
- Series:
- Esso Performing Arts collection.
- Summary:
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Burke speaks of his family background; education; early memories of the theatre; experiences at Melbourne University and influence of Manning Clark and Joseph Burke; early interest and beginnings in the theatre; first productions and work in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra in 1950's; experiences travelling in United States and England under a scholarship, influences, productions; working in television at the BBC; writing the play Lola Montez, productions and staging; actor; musicals; his career in television in Australia; productions he has been involved with; teaching at NIDA; attitudes of young actors; experiences with T.V. productions.
- Notes:
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- Part of a collection of oral history interviews produced by the Esso Performing Arts and Oral History Archive Project, funded by Esso Australia at the National Library of Australia. Project co-ordinated by Michelle Potter Esso Research Fellow in the Performing Arts at the National Library of Australia.
- Recorded at the National Library of Australia, Canberra between December 6 and 9, 1988.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216544746
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript (135 p.) and time summary available.
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This belongs to the Esso Performing Arts collection.
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- Until 2058 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1988
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