Consignment received 2010, 1965-2010

 
Component identifier:
Class MS Acc10.103
Content Summary:
This consignment comprises comprises correspondence, photographs, family and personal papers, writings of Jim Sharman, ephemera relating to theatre productions and legal papers. The correspondence includes letters and cards relating to Jim Sharman's career in the theatre, as well as personal greetings cards and messages of condolence on the deaths of his parents. The photographs comprise family snaps, photographs of the Jimmy Sharman Boxing Troupe, production photographs such as Roll Up, Shirley Thompson and the aliens, Death in Venice, and portraits of Sharman. There is production ephemera for Hair, The threepenny Opera, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sunrise, Blood wedding and Death in Venice. Further production records relate to Death in Venice, a Performance of songs by Lou Reed, Brecht-Weill and Randy Newman, and The three furies. Sharman's writing is represented by draft librettos and scripts for operettas and a musical (Encore,
Subjects:
Performing arts

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Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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