Simon Bracegirdle interviewed by Wendy Lowenstein in the Communists and the Left in the arts and community oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2084617
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Bracegirdle, Simon, 1916-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1992 April 19
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 114 min.)
- Series:
- Communists and the Left in the arts and community oral history project.
- Summary:
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Simon Bracegirdle, former Communist, speaks of his socialist family background; involvement with New Theatre (N.T.), Sydney; banned play "Till the Day I Die"; joining Communist Party (C.P.); C.P. links with N.T.; N.T. activities; C.P. raids; book confiscations; C.P. ban; Tribune ban; gaoled Communists; Anvil Bookshop; his ASIO file; Irene Fletcher (pupil of Clara Schumann); Writers' League; Jean Devanny; SORA (Studio of Realist Art); work with refugees; illegal car selling commissions; WWII call up; his mother's links with 1917 Club, London; Tommy Trinder; production of Reedy River musical, Nambour, Qld.; Australasian Book Society.
- Biography/History:
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A longtime member of the Communist Party of Australia, Bracegirdle worked as a car salesperson and later as a welding engineer, and was an active member of New Theatre, Sydney before moving to Nambour, Qld. in the 1950s.
- Notes:
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- Transcript unavailable.
- Recorded in Canberra, A.C.T. on 19 April 1992.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Lowenstein, Wendy, 1927-2006, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Communists and the Left in the arts and community oral history project.
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- Published status:
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- Creation date:
- 1992
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