The Lighthorsemen, 1986-1987

Containers:

Box 19, Box 20

Component identifier:

Series 17

Content Summary:

Papers relating to Mitchell's novel based on the film The Lighthorsemen, which was published by Penguin Books Australia in 1987. The script for the movie, which first screened in 1987, was written by Ian Jones and inspired by Frank Dalby Davison's book The wells of Beersheba, published in 1947. There are edited typescript drafts; editorial notes; correspondence with Ian Jones and the publishers; and copies of drafts of Jones' movie scripts dated 1983 and 1986.

9 files

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was acquired from the family of Elyne Mitchell in six instalments between 2002 and 2008, with the bulk of the material being purchased in 2007. The collection was originally comprised of two components. The first component was papers that were in Mitchell's possession at the time of her death in 2002, while the second component was papers that had been left by Mitchell in the care of her agent, Curtis Brown. These two components have been brought together to form the entirety of the Elyne Mitchell Papers.

Subjects:

Literature

Names:

Mitchell, Elyne

Access and use