Lloyd Martin interviewed by James Waites [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3547520
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Martin, Lloyd, 1935-2005, 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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- 2005
- 3 digital audio tapes (ca. 150 min.)
- Summary:
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Lloyd Martin, born in 1935 talks about his father, David N. Martin, a show business entrepreneur, who took a controlling interest of the Tivoli entertainment empire (1944); his memories of his father, working under him; training with Lou Grade in London; how he took over the top job following his father's death (1958); watching the era of vaudeville give way to big imported musicals, in turn giving way to television, film and club entertainment; choosing to shut the Tivoli Company down (1967); becoming involved in NLT productions which worked in the new fields of film and TV; attaining the financial skills for film production, studying accounting at Sydney University and not long after accepting a position with the accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand; applying for the position of Asst. General Manager of the Sydney Opera House; his promotion to General Manager (1979); retiring (1997)
He also discusses a number of aspects of his career, including his love of the Opera House and the plans currently being drawn up by Utzon and Richard Johnson to rebuild its interiors; some fascinating people he met during his career including Lou Grade, Kate Hepburn and Joan Sutherland.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on July 28, 2005 and August 3, 2005 at Sydney, N.S.W.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-208908707
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (16 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 91 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Executives
- Other authors/contributors:
- Waites, James, 1955-2014, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2075 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2005
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