Guide to the Papers of Barry Dickins
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Manuscript Name | Papers of Barry Dickins |
Manuscript Number | MSS 282 |
Last Updated | January 2019 |
Extent | 1 box 1 oversize 1 plan cabinet |
Location | Academy Library, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | Literary papers, including drafts manuscripts and scripts, drawings, scrapbook and poster. |
Collection Subject Type
Literary
Scope and Content
A collection of literary papers of Barry Dickins, including scripts of plays, draft manuscripts with annotations, research material used for Remember Ronald Ryan. Also includes drawings and a poster for The Death of Minnie.
Date Range of Content
1980s - 1990s.
Biographical Note
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Dickins
Barry Dickins is an Australian playwright, actor and artist. His career has included a close association with La Mama Theatre in Melbourne as well as the Australian Performing Group. Dickins is a prolific writer, with over fifty plays to his credit, contributing columns and non-fiction to various publications, as well as prose and non-fiction publications. He is also an artist, with his art published in the Melbourne Age and published material.
His best-known work is the stage play Remember Ronald Ryan, a dramatization of the life of the last man executed in Australia. It won the 1995 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award.
References:
Author record, Barry Dickins, AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), St Lucia: The University of Queensland, 2002-. [Retrieved from https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A21819 21/01/2019].
Administrative Information
Access and Copying Conditions
Access: Open Access
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
Copying: Copying of material authored by Barry Dickins for private study and research is approved.
Preferred Citation
Papers of Barry Dickins, Academy Library, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 282, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
Provenance
The collection was acquired from Barry Dickins in two consignments.
Subject Keywords
Subjects
Australian drama, dramatists, playwrights, artists, actors
Personal Names
Barry Leonard Dickins 1949-
Barry Dickins
KG Fish
Corporate Names
La Mama Theatre
Australian Performing Group
Occupations
Dramatist, playwright, artist, writer, actor
Container List
Box 1
Folder 1
Typed, annotated draft of script of The Banana Bender, a one-act play by Barry Dickins.
Theatre programme for La Mama’s production of Hymmie by Barry Dickens, 26 October to 9 November, 1991
Folder 2
Annotated draft manuscript of Royboys by Barry Dickins
Folder 3
Typed, annotated draft of script Beautland by Barry Dickins
Folder 4
Annotated draft manuscript of Royboys by Barry Dickins
Folder 5
Script The Golden Goldenbergs, a one-act play by Barry Dickins;
Script Interrogation of Angel, a one-act play by Barry Dickins
Folder 6
Two drawings for The Death of Minnie by Barry Dickins
Folder 7
Script Remember Ronald Ryan by Barry Dickins, third draft, 2 July, 1993
137 pages, prefaced by photographs of Ronald Ryan
Folder 8
‘The Story of Ronald Ryan’, pp. 7-54 [early to mid-1970s?]
Consists of articles, court and trial summaries.
Folios
Folio 1
Scrapbook ‘Remember Ronald Ryan’, first draft with annotations, 1992
Oversized - Map Cabinet
OS 1
Poster for The Death of Minnie by Barry Dickins