Out-letters, 1957-87

Containers:

Box 1

Component identifier:

File 1

Content Summary:

Comprises 21 letters to Sheila Geddes, 1957-70. Subjects of letters include performance of his new play The one day of the year, imminent departure for London, production of Seymour's plays, production of Ray Lawler's Summer of the seventeenth doll in London, films, Australian culture, life in Lebanon and Turkey, ideas for projects, comments on scripts by others, comments about people such as Joan Hammond, John Sumner, Doris Fitton and Stefan Haag.

Also contains 26 computer printouts of letters, 1987. Correspondents include family members, Terry Stapleton (first person to play Alf in The one day of the year), Keith Richards, Harold Lander, John Sumner, George Mikell and Steve Jodrell.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were purchased by the Library from Alan Seymour in three consignments dated 17 May 1993, 18 July 1996 and 9 September 1996. Further material was received from Alan Seymour in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004.

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