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Collection Summary

Creator
Jack Hibbard
Title
Papers of Jack Hibbard
Date Range
1948-2013
Collection Number
MS 6607
Extent
9.6 metres (56 boxes, 2 cartons, 1 folio box)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The papers include correspondence, drafts of plays and novels, theatre programs, reviews, newspaper cuttings, notebooks and other papers. Correspondents include: J.D. Hainsworth, Graeme Blundell, Laurie Clancy, Helen Garner, Patrick McCaughey, Martin Friedel, John Tittenson.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn391530).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], MS 6607, National Library of Australia, Papers of Jack Hibbard, [class/series/file number]'.

Provenance

These papers have been acquired by the Library, by purchase and through the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, in the period 1980-95. Further papers were added in 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2013.

Biographical Note

Playwright, poet and novelist. Born in Warracknabeal, Victoria, Hibberd studied medicine at the University of Melbourne, and practised as a doctor in Melbourne from 1964 until 1973. He was closely associated with the Australian Performing Group until 1976. His plays include A stretch of the imagination (1973) and Dimboola (1974). More recent works include the novels Memoirs of an old bastard (1989), The life of Riley (1991), and Perdita (1992). He has also published translations of poems by Baudelaire, Le vin des amants (1977), and with Garrie Hutchinson, The barrackers' bible: a dictionary of sporting slang (1983).

References: The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, second edition, p. 367-68; John Hainsworth, ed., Hibberd, 1987; Paul McGillick, Jack Hibberd, 1988.

Item Descriptions

Class MS 6607. Original Consignment

Diary, 1967. There are a few typescript pages of diary entries for 1967 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 1 (MS 6607)

A Wellington boot - This is Hibberd's first attempt at drama. The original manuscript containing both annotations by Hibberd (biro) and criticisms by David Kendall (pencil) is included. Also included is an annotated typescript draft and a manuscript revision of Act 4 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 1 (MS 6607)

White with wire wheels- The original title of the first of Hibberd's plays to be performed as the spectacularly successful White with wire wheels was The new girl (File [unnumbered]) - Box 1 (MS 6607)

Includes: the original manuscript (according to Hibberd this was written, before revision, in about a fortnight); the first typescript draft with manuscript and typescript revisions; second draft containing manuscript revisions; third draft including revised and additional scene one; folder of press cuttings, reviews, programs, publicity material, contracts, etc.

Five notebooks consisting predominantly of manuscript poems. Some of these contain textual revision. Some of these poems were submitted to and published in Meanjin, Twentieth Century, Quadrant, The Bulletin, Southerly and The Australian. Also included are one or two short stories, some prose, in particular, commentaries on the cinema plus handwritten sections of A Wellington boot (File 1-5) - Box 2 (MS 6607)

Six folders of typescript drafts of poems. Most are revisions of typescript versions of manuscript poems contained in the notebooks. Some, however, appear only in typescript form. For some poems there are as many as three separate drafts (File 1-6) - Box 2 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 9 March 1981

Production copies of plays:'Brainrot : an evening of pathology and violence and love and friendship'. Annotated, with directions for actors. (Includes 'Jack Juan') (File i) - Box 3 (MS 6607)

Production copies of plays: White with wire wheels. Annotated, with directions for actors (File i) - Box 3 (MS 6607)

Notebooks: 'No time like the present'. Unfinished novel, original manuscript 70p., together with a short dramatic sketch 'Foghorns and seagulls' (File i) - Box 3 (MS 6607)

Notebooks: Notebook (1967-68) containing sketches, jottings, etc (File ii) - Box 3 (MS 6607)

Notebooks: Notebook (1968): Below the belt (Melbourne University Review) by Jack Hibberd (File iii) - Box 3 (MS 6607)

Notebooks: 'Ideas for Jack's new and dirty theatre'. Extracts, sketches, drafts of poems (File iv) - Box 3 (MS 6607)

Notebooks: Notebook of film criticism, short plays, sketches (File v) - Box 3 (MS 6607)

Correspondence - Correspondents include Graeme Blundell, Laurie Clancy, Peter Carrigan, Kerry Dwyer, Helen Garner, Patrick McCaughey, Geoffrey Milne (RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 3 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 7 March 1983

a) Dimboola: Original manuscript of Dimboola, entitled 'The Reception', written in London, 1968, exercise book containing extensive revisions, jottings etc (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4 (MS 6607)

b) Dimboola: Exercise book containing revisions for Dimboola; also drafts by Hibberd for some wine reviews (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4 (MS 6607)

c) Dimboola: Spring-back folder containing Dimboola typescript (part photocopy) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4 (MS 6607)

Death-rattle or the last days of Epic J. Remorse, written in London, 1968-69. Extensive 100 page manuscript with corrections. Also one folder of notes and drafts for 'Freedom and all that', London, 1967-68 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4 (MS 6607)

The Great Dividing Range - manuscript in two exercise books of a play based on Ned Kelly, written in London in 1968; extensive revisions. Also notebook containing drafts for articles, reviews, etc (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4 (MS 6607)

Baudelaire: Le Vin des Amants. Poems from Baudelaire by Jack Hibberd. Notebook containing articles in draft form and versions of poems by Hibberd, based on Baudelaire for the publication of Gryphon Books, 1977, entitled Le Vin des Amants, a copy of which is also included (the book appeared in an edition of 600 numbered copies signed by both author and artist) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4 (MS 6607)

Original synopsis or plan for White with wire wheels and cinema projection slide used to advertise Brain Rot at Union Theatre and Carlton Cinema, 1968: two pieces of ephemera which have a symbolic interest (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignments received 4 November 1983 and 5 October 1984

A toast to Melba - Includes first and second draft, the final copy and production script and notes (File [unnumbered]) - Box 5 (MS 6607)

Three popular plays - Includes draft and typescript (File [unnumbered]) - Box 5 (MS 6607)

One of nature's gentlemen - Includes typescript (File [unnumbered]) - Box 5 (MS 6607)

The overcoat - Includes typescript (File [unnumbered]) - Box 5 (MS 6607)

A stretch of the imagination - Includes manuscript and production copy typescript (File [unnumbered]) - Box 5 (MS 6607)

The Les Darcy Show - Includes manuscript and typescript (File [unnumbered]) - Box 5 (MS 6607)

Peggy Sue - Includes first draft manuscript, 1981 revision typescript and 1982 revision typescript (File [unnumbered]) - Box 6 (MS 6607)

Klag - Includes two manuscripts and a typescript (File [unnumbered]) - Box 6 (MS 6607)

Captain Midnight V.C. - Includes two manuscripts (original and full revision) and two typescripts (File [unnumbered]) - Box 7 (MS 6607)

Customs and Excise - Includes manuscript, typescript and a typescript of Proud flesh (a later version of Customs and Excise) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 7 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 6 February 1987

'No time like the present' (File 1) - Box 8 (MS 6607)

Sin (File 2) - Box 8 (MS 6607)

'A toast to Melba' (File 3) - Box 8 (MS 6607)

'A man of many parts' (File 4) - Box 8 (MS 6607)

The barracker's bible - book reviews (File 5) - Box 8 (MS 6607)

The barracker's bible - book reviews, notes, etc (File 6) - Box 8 (MS 6607)

The barracker's bible - press cuttings, notes, royalty statement, June 1983 (File 7) - Box 8 (MS 6607)

Photographs - The barracker's bible ; The three sided coin (File 8) - Box 8 (MS 6607)

Notebook, posters, quotes, etc (File 9) - Box 9 (MS 6607)

The barracker's bible by Jack Hibberd and Garrie Hutchinson, 1983 (File 10) - Box 9 (MS 6607)

The Overcoat Sin by Jack Hibberd, 1981 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 9 (MS 6607)

Photographs - The barracker's bible (File [unnumbered]) - Box 9 (MS 6607)

Scrapbook, including posters (File [unnumbered]) - Box 9 (MS 6607)

Scrapbooks (File [unnumbered]) - Box 10 (MS 6607)

Folio: 'A toast to Melba' (File [unnumbered])

Folio: The barracker's bible (File [unnumbered])

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 4 April 1989

'Memoirs of a Carlton bohemian' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 11 (MS 6607)

Programme notes, 1967 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 11 (MS 6607)

Early poems, 1965-67, manuscript and typescript (File [unnumbered]) - Box 11 (MS 6607)

The umbilical cord, 1968, manuscript and typescript (File [unnumbered]) - Box 11 (MS 6607)

Poetry, songs, etc., 1968, including 'Long time no see : a sketch' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 11 (MS 6607)

Political review, 1972, typescript (File [unnumbered]) - Box 11 (MS 6607)

Women, 1972, spiral-bound typescript (File [unnumbered]) - Box 11 (MS 6607)

Peggy Sue, corrected typescript/production copy, 1974 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 11 (MS 6607)

Poetry manuscripts, 1975 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 11 (MS 6607)

Baudelaire, manuscript and typescript of poetry and correspondence, 1977 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 11 (MS 6607)

Theatre poems and songs, 1979, manuscript and typescript drafts (File [unnumbered]) - Box 11 (MS 6607)

Squirts, drafts, correspondence, notes and clippings, 1981 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 11 (MS 6607)

Typescript drafts of 'The common touch' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 11 (MS 6607)

Liquid amber, manuscript and typescript drafts, 1982 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 12 (MS 6607)

'Jack Hibberd: a critical survey', B.A. thesis by David McLean, 1982 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 12 (MS 6607)

'The old school tie', manuscript, 1983 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 12 (MS 6607)

Squibs, correspondence and promotional material, 1984 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 12 (MS 6607)

'Twenty-one tomorrow' - manuscript and typescript of autobiographical introduction to Paul McGillick's book, 1987 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 12 (MS 6607)

Notes for talk to Guild Theatre Society, 1981 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 12 (MS 6607)

Correspondence re performances of Hibberd's plays, 1979-84 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 12 (MS 6607)

Aspect: art and literature, No. 25, 1982 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 12 (MS 6607)

Inscribed copies of Hibberd by J.D. Hainsworth (Methuen, 1987) and Jack Hibberd by Paul McGillick (Rodopi, 1988) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 12 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 31 May 1990

Cuttingbook containing film reviews by Jack Hibberd for Farrago, 1967-68 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 13 (MS 6607)

Typescripts and drafts of Marvellous Melbourne (File [unnumbered]) - Box 13 (MS 6607)

Copy of Mum '67 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 13 (MS 6607)

Copy of Aspect: art and literature No. 25, 1982 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 13 (MS 6607)

Drafts and typescript of 'Odyssey of a prostitute' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 13 (MS 6607)

Thesis BA (Hons) by C.J. Shine entitled 'Jack Hibberd and non-naturalism in Australian drama: 1967-1977', Canberra, ADFA, 1986 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 14 (MS 6607)

Drafts of 'Silver threads among the gold' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 14 (MS 6607)

Final draft of Dimboola (File [unnumbered]) - Box 14 (MS 6607)

Captain Midnight V.C. - drafts, notes and other material (File [unnumbered]) - Box 14 (MS 6607)

Typescript of Liquid amber (File [unnumbered]) - Box 14 (MS 6607)

Drafts of 'Memoirs of a Carlton bohemian' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 14 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 10 December 1990

Correspondence with The Age, 1988 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15 (MS 6607)

Correspondence and performing rights re Dimboola, 1975-89 and A strtech of the imagination (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15 (MS 6607)

Correspondence with Martin Friedel, 1980-86 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15 (MS 6607)

Correspondence with John Hainsworth, 1984-88 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15 (MS 6607)

Correspondence re Klag, 1970 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15 (MS 6607)

Correspondence with John Milson, 1982-83 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15 (MS 6607)

Correspondence with Len Radic, 1984 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15 (MS 6607)

Correspondence with John Tittenson, 1983-88 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15 (MS 6607)

Correspondence with Volk and Welt, 1988-90 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15 (MS 6607)

Correspondence re Yarra Bend (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15 (MS 6607)

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1970-90 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15 (MS 6607)

Drafts, typescripts and cuttings of Australian theatre: 'Melbourne - Sydney', 1980 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 16 (MS 6607)

Drafts, typescripts and cuttings of Australian theatre: 'Lionel's luck' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 16 (MS 6607)

Drafts, typescripts and cuttings of Australian theatre: Baudelaire's 'Le vindesamants' poems (File [unnumbered]) - Box 16 (MS 6607)

Drafts, typescripts and cuttings: 'Mississippi Jones' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 17 (MS 6607)

Drafts, typescripts and cuttings: 'Mother Supremo' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 17 (MS 6607)

Drafts, typescripts and cuttings: Peggy Sue (File [unnumbered]) - Box 17 (MS 6607)

Drafts, typescripts and cuttings: A stretch of the imagination (File [unnumbered]) - Box 17 (MS 6607)

Drafts, typescripts, and cuttings: 'Table talk' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 18 (MS 6607)

Drafts, typescripts, and cuttings: 'Unbespoke dufflecoat' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 18 (MS 6607)

Drafts, typescripts, and cuttings: 'The three sisters' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 18 (MS 6607)

Drafts, typescripts, and cuttings: Poetry (File [unnumbered]) - Box 18 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: Australian drama 1970-75 by Leslie Rees (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: Australian national dictionary (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: Breakfast in hell by Myles Harris (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: Bertolt Brecht in America, by James K. Lyon (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: Charivari by Martin Buzacott (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: Collected poems and prose by Harold Pinter (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: Death in Brunswick by Boyd Oxlade (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: The golden age of Australian opera (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: Liberté, Libertés by John Tittenson (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: The Macquarie dictionary (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: Melba: the voice of Australia by Terese Radic (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: Nightmarkets by Alan Wearne (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: No laughing matter by Joseph Heller and Speed Vogel (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: On the nature of things erotic by F. Gonzalez-Crussi (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: The Oxford book of marriage (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: The Penguin book Australian Satirical verse (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: The shooting party by Anton Chekov (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: VN: the life an art of Vladimir Nabokov by Andrew Field (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Drafts and cuttings of book reviews: Miscellaneous reviews (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19 (MS 6607)

Miscellaneous files, including: Files on Community Theatre (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20 (MS 6607)

Miscellaneous files, including: Rejection and acceptance slips, 1966-71 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20 (MS 6607)

Miscellaneous files, including: Registration of copyright (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20 (MS 6607)

Miscellaneous files, including: Miscellaneous drafts sent to Hibberd (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20 (MS 6607)

Miscellaneous files, including: Address book and pocket diaries, 1965 and 1974 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20 (MS 6607)

Miscellaneous files, including: Australian Mythologies Conference: Hibberd 1981 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20 (MS 6607)

1 photo album (File [unnumbered])

Miscellaneous cuttings and printed material, 1970-84 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 21 June 1991

Memoirs of an old bastard: Drafts and typescripts (File [unnumbered]) - Box 22 (MS 6607)

Memoirs of an old bastard: Reviews, 1989-90 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 23 (MS 6607)

Memoirs of an old bastard: Artworks (File [unnumbered]) - Box 23 (MS 6607)

Memoirs of an old bastard: Miscellaneous (File [unnumbered]) - Box 23 (MS 6607)

Memoirs of an old bastard: 10 vols of scrapbooks containing typescripts (File [unnumbered]) - Box 23 (MS 6607)

Memoirs of an old bastard: Copies of the book - published by McPhee Gribble, 1989 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 23 (MS 6607)

Memoirs of an old bastard: 'Grapeshots' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 23 (MS 6607)

Memoirs of an old bastard: Drafts and cuttings for his wine and food article 'Grapeshots' written for the Age, 1986-87 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 24 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 26 June 1992

Published copy, manuscript and typescripts of The life of Riley (File [unnumbered]) - Box 25 (MS 6607)

TV sketches (File [unnumbered]) - Box 26 (MS 6607)

Papers relating to Sin and Smash hit! (File [unnumbered]) - Box 26 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 28 January 1993

Drafts and typescripts of Perdita (1992), a sequel to Memoirs of an old bastard (File [unnumbered]) - Box 27 (MS 6607)

Copy of bound typescript (File [unnumbered]) - Box 27 (MS 6607)

Copy of the book (File [unnumbered]) - Box 27 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 30 April 1993

Drafts and typescripts of 'The genius of human imperfection' (not published) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 28 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 14 May 1993

Typescripts and letters (from Martin Flanagan and Chris Wallace-Crabbe, 1992) relating to 'The genius of human imperfection' (File [unnumbered])

Correspondence, 1992-93. The correspondents are David Williamson and Barry Humphries (File [unnumbered])

Drafts and typescripts of Ginger: a musical diversion, 1992 (File [unnumbered])

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 6 June 1994

'Un effort de l'imagination', translation by Patricia Clancy (File [unnumbered]) - Box 29 (MS 6607)

Perdita: copy-edited typescript and corrected galleys (File [unnumbered]) - Box 29 (MS 6607)

Death rattle or the last days of Epic J. Remorse: page proofs, 1990 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 29 (MS 6607)

'Where have all the critics gone?': manuscript reply to Leonard Radic's article 'Where have all the good writers gone?' (Age, 8 Oct 1988) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 29 (MS 6607)

'Malarky barks' (male sonata for 'Musical Parts'): manuscript, 1980-83 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30 (MS 6607)

'The genius of human imperfection': two spiral-bound typescripts, 1993, 1994; one loose-leaf typescript (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30 (MS 6607)

The illustrated history of medicine: review, 1994 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31 (MS 6607)

Accidental death of an anarchist: review, 1994 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31 (MS 6607)

Poems, 1993-94 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31 (MS 6607)

Australian Football League Grand Final 1993: article (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31 (MS 6607)

Melba column, The Australian: article, 1993 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31 (MS 6607)

Newspaper cuttings, 1970-73, 1986-87, 1994 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 8 May 1995

Mona, Gertrude and Mary Lou: manuscript, 1993; typescript, 1994; spiral-bound typescript, 1994 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31 (MS 6607)

Peggy Sue: typescript, 1981 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31 (MS 6607)

A man of many parts: manuscript and typescripts, 1977-79 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 32 (MS 6607)

Mothballs: manuscripts and typescripts, 1980-81 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 32 (MS 6607)

Glycerine tears: manuscripts and typescripts, 1981-82 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 32 (MS 6607)

Lavender bags: manuscript and typescript, 1981 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 32 (MS 6607)

Smash hit: manuscripts and typescript, 1979-80 (two folders) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 32 (MS 6607)

'Australian dictionary of Australians': selected quotations, 1983 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 32 (MS 6607)

New poems, 1993 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 33 (MS 6607)

William Trevor, The news from Ireland: review, ca. 1986 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 33 (MS 6607)

Diana Crumpler, Chemical crisis : one woman's story, humanity's future?: review, ca. 1994 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 33 (MS 6607)

'Das Hochzeits-Essen' (Dimboola), trans. Walter Brandin: typescript (File [unnumbered]) - Box 33 (MS 6607)

'Uno sforzo d'immaginazione', trans. Adriana Donizetti: typescript, 1977 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 33 (MS 6607)

'P E R I P A T O S T H S F A N T A S I A S ' (A stretch of the imagination), trans. George Theodoridis: typescript (File [unnumbered]) - Box 33 (MS 6607)

A stretch of the imagination on television: newspaper cuttings, 1991 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 33 (MS 6607)

Interview with Lyn Hard, Australian Defence Force Academy, 1992: video and photographs (File [unnumbered]) - Box 33 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 27 March 1996

Correspondence, 1977-95. Correspondents include Len Radic, Carillo Gantner, John Willett and Jean-Paul Delamotte. Copies of some of Hibberd's own letters are included (RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 34 (MS 6607)

Applications for performing rights, royalty fees, 1977-80 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 34 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 6 December 1996

Manuscripts of 'Odyssey of a prostitute' (incomplete play, 1975), typescript of 'Baudelaire poems' (nd), manuscript and typescript of Slam dunk (1994) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 35 (MS 6607)

Correspondence, programs, cuttings, flyers, and synopses relating to Hibberd's plays, Liquid amber (1983), A stretch of the imagination, German translation (1988), The old school tie and Glycerine tears (1989) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 35 (MS 6607)

Manuscript, typescript and cutting of reviews by Hibberd of plays and books, 1995 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 35 (MS 6607)

Decadence (File [unnumbered]) - Box 35 (MS 6607)

Good works (File [unnumbered]) - Box 35 (MS 6607)

The Granta book of the family (File [unnumbered]) - Box 35 (MS 6607)

The Passion...and its deep connection with Lemon Delicious Pudding (File [unnumbered]) - Box 35 (MS 6607)

Summer of the seventeenth doll (File [unnumbered]) - Box 35 (MS 6607)

Rethinking life and death (File [unnumbered]) - Box 35 (MS 6607)

The information (File [unnumbered]) - Box 35 (MS 6607)

Arcadia (File [unnumbered]) - Box 35 (MS 6607)

Program notes for Romeo and Juliet in the Botanical Gardens (1994) (not sighted 2010) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 35 (MS 6607)

Report on the manuscript book on multiple chemical sensitivity (not sighted 2010) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 35 (MS 6607)

Programs, flyers, cuttings and a newsletter for the 21st anniversary of La Mama, 1988 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 35 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 10 March 1997

The great allergy detective book: Manuscript, Jan-April 1995 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 36-37 (MS 6607)

The great allergy detective book: Typescript, April-Sept 1995 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 36-37 (MS 6607)

The great allergy detective book: Research material and notes (File [unnumbered]) - Box 36-37 (MS 6607)

The great allergy detective book: Copy of publication (File [unnumbered]) - Box 36-37 (MS 6607)

Plays by Hibberd: Captain Midnight. Two typed drafts and published play by Yackandandah Playscripts (File [unnumbered]) - Box 38 (MS 6607)

Plays by Hibberd: A man of many parts. Manuscript and typed drafts (File [unnumbered]) - Box 38 (MS 6607)

Plays by Hibberd: A stretch of the imagination. Cuttings, letters and scripts, 1973- (File [unnumbered]) - Box 38 (MS 6607)

Plays by Hibberd: Hotel Paradiso, 1956. Manuscript draft and production script (File [unnumbered]) - Box 39 (MS 6607)

Plays by Hibberd: Medical follies: a comic treatment. Manuscript and typed drafts (File [unnumbered]) - Box 39 (MS 6607)

Plays by Hibberd: 'No time like the present', 'This great gap of time', 'Three old friends', 'O', 'Just before the honeymoon', 'See you tomorrow at Maxims', 'The common touch', and 'Breakfast at the Windsor' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 39 (MS 6607)

Plays by Hibberd: Newspaper cuttings on Louis Nowra, 1980-85 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 39 (MS 6607)

Plays by Hibberd: Letter to Age re Literature Board, 1993 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 39 (MS 6607)

Plays by Hibberd: Score for Sin (folio item) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 39 (MS 6607)

Reviews by Hibberd: Honour by Joanna Murray-Smith and Scenes from a separation by Andrew Bovell and Hannie Rayson (November 1995). Included are the published plays and a response from Rayson (File [unnumbered]) - Box 40 (MS 6607)

Reviews by Hibberd: Pacific Union by Alex Buzo (September 1995). Includes a letter from Buzo and the published play (File [unnumbered]) - Box 40 (MS 6607)

Reviews by Hibberd: Dead white males by David Williamson (August 1995) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 40 (MS 6607)

Reviews by Hibberd: Bad boy bubby. Review of screenplay for the film (File [unnumbered]) - Box 40 (MS 6607)

Reviews by Hibberd: The incorruptible by Louis Nowra (File [unnumbered]) - Box 40 (MS 6607)

Reviews by Hibberd: Companion to theatre in Australia by Currency Press (books and book reviews) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 40 (MS 6607)

Reviews by Hibberd: The woman who walked into doors by Roddy Doyle (File [unnumbered]) - Box 40 (MS 6607)

Reviews by Hibberd: Cosi by Louis Nowra (File [unnumbered]) - Box 40 (MS 6607)

Reviews by Hibberd: Romance of the Sydney stage by Humphrey Hall and Alfred Cripps (File [unnumbered]) - Box 40 (MS 6607)

Reviews by Hibberd: Australian Drama Studies Vol 1. (publications) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 40 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Consignment received 24 June 1999

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Free association: an autobiography by Stephen Berkoff (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: The story of the night by Colm Toibin (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Down by the river by Edna O'Brien (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Reading in the dark by Seamus Deane (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: The heretic by David Williamson (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Come to dazzle by Corille Fraser (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: The bend for home by Dermot Healy (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: The La Mama collection edited by Liz Jones (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Oxford companion to Irish history edited by S.J. Connolly (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: The call by Martin Flanagan (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Ulysses by Denis Rose (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: This side of brightness by Colum McCann (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: The star factory by Ciaran Carson (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Greatest benefit to mankind (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Anna Bishop by Richard Davis (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Anton Chekov by Donald Mayfield (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Mr Darwin's shooter by Roger McDonald (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Melville's at the Continental: a restaurant review (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Hibberd's reaction to reviews of the film The sound of one hand clapping (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Printed material (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Alienation in literature: A. Samuel Beckett, B. Jack Hibberd (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: The theatre of Louis Nowra by Veronica Kelly, with drafts of review by Hibberd (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Issue of Eureka Street May 1999, with page of poems by Hibberd (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Reviews and articles by Hibberd: Jay-walking Blues poems by Kevin Murray, includes note from author (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41 (MS 6607)

Drafts of works by Hibberd: 'A history of the western world in ninety minutes - A Man of Many Parts' spiral bound, 1998 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 42 (MS 6607)

Drafts of works by Hibberd: 'A history of the western world in ninety minutes - A Man of Many Parts' Proof read by David Kendall, Nov 1998 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 42 (MS 6607)

Drafts of works by Hibberd: 'A man of many parts - A history of the western world in ninety minutes' 1998 early drafts (File [unnumbered]) - Box 42 (MS 6607)

Drafts of works by Hibberd: 'Dimboola the Musical!' spiral bound, proof read by David Kendall, 1999 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 42 (MS 6607)

Drafts of works by Hibberd: 'Dimboola the Musical!' drafts, July-September 1998 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 42 (MS 6607)

Drafts of works by Hibberd: 'Captain Midnight: a screenplay', corrected by David Kendall January, 1999 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 42 (MS 6607)

Drafts of works by Hibberd: 'Captain Midnight: a screenplay', drafts, September 1998 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 42 (MS 6607)

Drafts of works by Hibberd: 'Following Rilke: poems' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 42 (MS 6607)

Drafts of works by Hibberd: 'The genius of human imperfection' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 42 (MS 6607)

Drafts of works by Hibberd: Four poems and a blurb for the launch of 'The genius of human imperfection' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 42 (MS 6607)

Photographs of Hibberd and family: Miscellaneous cuttings, letters, cards and poetry by Hibberd, 1996-99. Correspondents include Kevin Murray, John Clark and family members, incudes copies of Hibberd's letters (File [unnumbered]) - Box 43 (MS 6607)

Photographs of Hibberd and family: Letters, cuttings and blurbs, 1993-98, concerning The genius of human imperfection (File [unnumbered]) - Box 43 (MS 6607)

Photographs of Hibberd and family: Notes, clippings and letters concerning the production of A stretch of the imagination, March 1997 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 43 (MS 6607)

Photographs of Hibberd and family: Miscellaneous letters, postcards, souvenirs and facsimiles, 1974-May 1999. Correspondents include family members, Kevin Murray and Les Murray and includes copies of Hibberd's letters (File [unnumbered]) - Box 43 (MS 6607)

Class MS 6607. Various consignments

Correspondence and cuttings relating to the 'Performing arts in Australia' which was published in Meanjin 1/84 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 44 (MS 6607)

Correspondence 1980-89 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 44 (MS 6607)

Typescript of Smash hit and a letter from Dennis Olsen (1980) (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 44 (MS 6607)

Correspondence 1988-91 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 44 (MS 6607)

Correspondence, 1990 re The life of Riley (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 44 (MS 6607)

Folder marked 'miscellaneous papers and theatre correspondence' including reviews of The life of Riley, 1991, correspondence 1972-92, clippings, notes and an article 'Jack Hibberd's anti-naturalism' by Paul McGillick, 1978 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 45 (MS 6607)

Clippings, manuscript music, correspondence, programs and photographs relating to The overcoat, 1978-82 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 45 (MS 6607)

Papers relating to Odyssey of a prostitute, 1984-87 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 45 (MS 6607)

Correspondence relating to the 1981 publication of The overcoat and Sin by Currency Press (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 45 (MS 6607)

Papers relating to Man of many parts, 1980-84 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 45 (MS 6607)

Papers relating to Hibberd's tour of New Zealand with the Australian Performing Group, 1975 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 45 (MS 6607)

Papers relating to Mothballs, 1981-82 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 45 (MS 6607)

Correspondence with Nimrod Theatre, 1981-84 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 45 (MS 6607)

Liquid amber, revision for A country quinella: typescript and letters, 1993-94 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 46 (MS 6607)

'I.M. Australia': manuscript, typescript and letters, 1990 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 46 (MS 6607)

'The prodigal son' and 'The dutiful daughter' ('Trios' for 'Musical parts'): manuscript, typescript and letters, spiral-bound typescript, 1993-94 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 46 (MS 6607)

General correspondence, 1993-94 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 46 (MS 6607)

Squibs: typescript and letters, 1983-84 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 46 (MS 6607)

Memoirs of an old bastard and Perdita: correspondence, 1988-91 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 46 (MS 6607)

Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, 1982-83 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 46 (MS 6607)

Litigation correspondence, 1995-Oct 1996 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 46 (MS 6607)

Miscellaneous correspondence on medical and literary issues, 1995-96 (letters RESTRICTED) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 46 (MS 6607)


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