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| Manuscript Name | Papers of Ron Elisha |
| Manuscript Number | MSS 138 |
| Last Updated | June 2021 |
| Extent | 11 boxes |
| Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
| Abstract | Drafts, notes, notebooks, reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence and photographs concerning Elisha's plays |
Collection Subject Type
Literary
Scope and Content
This collection relates to the literary works of Ron Elisha. It is primarily comprised of drafts, notes and manuscripts for his plays, as well as theatre programmes, newspaper clippings, correspondence and photographs
Date Range of Content
1979-1991
Biographical Note
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Elisha
Ron Elisha was born on 19 December 1951 in Jerusalem, Israel. His family moved to Melbourne in 1953, and in 1975 he graduated from Melbourne University and began working as a general practitioner. His first play, ‘In Duty Bound’ was staged in 1979. Since then Elisha has written dozens of plays, two children’s books and many feature articles and stories for newspapers and magazines. He has won four Australian Writers’ Guild Awards and his plays have been produced across the world
References:
AustLit : Ron Elisha https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A35590 retrieved 5 May 2020
Australian Plays : Ron Elisha https://australianplays.org/playwright/ASC-3367 retrieved 5 May 2020
Administrative Information
Access and Copying Conditions
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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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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.
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Preferred Citation
Papers of Ron Elisha, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 138, Box [Number], Folder [Number]
Provenance
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Related Material
Further material relating to Ron Elisha is located in the Records of the Australian National Playwrights Conference held by the National Library of Australia at MS 5062
Subject Keywords
Subjects
Ron Elisha, 1951- – Archives
Dramatists, Australian – 20th century
Personal Names
Ron Elisha, 1951-
Occupations
Dramatists
Container List
Box 1
Folder 1
‘Still Life’, handwritten manuscript
Folder 2
Play ‘Still Life’, typewritten
Folder 3
‘God the Sun’, handwritten manuscript
Folder 4
Safe House, handwritten and typewritten, annotated manuscript
Folder 5
Newspaper clippings
Handwritten draft of ‘Spokes and Spinnakers’
Miscellaneous notes, handwritten and typewritten, annotated
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of ‘A Play in the Life of a Dramatist’
Folder 6
Handwritten manuscript, theatre programmes and newspaper clippings regarding Two
Folder 7
Photographs, newspaper clippings, theatre programmes regarding Two
Folder 8
Play The Levine Comedy, typewritten
Folder 9
Handwritten draft of The Levine Comedy
Miscellaneous theatre programmes, newspaper clippings and flyers regarding The Levine Comedy
Box 2
Folder 10
Newspaper clippings
Folder 11
Typewritten copy of In Duty Bound
Typewritten, annotated copy of In Duty Bound
Folder 12
Photographs, theatre programmes, newspaper clippings regarding In Duty Bound
Folder 13
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘Cafe Mozart’ (second draft)
Folder 14
Handwritten and typewritten, annotated copy of ‘Cafe Mozart’
Correspondence 1986-1987
Folder 15
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘Cafe Mozart’ (third draft)
Folder 16
Typewritten copy of ‘Cafe Mozart’ (fourth draft)
Folder 17
Handwritten draft and typewritten copy of ‘The Dumont Sisters’
Box 3
Folder 18
Untitled play - typewritten, annotated
Folder 19
Typewritten copy of ‘Leviathan’
Folder 20
Handwritten manuscript of ‘Leviathan’
Folder 21
Theatre programmes regarding Einstein
Folder 22
Photographs, handwritten manuscript, chronology and handwritten notes about Albert Einstein, press release for Einstein
Folder 23
Typewritten, annotated copy of Einstein (second draft)
Folder 24
Photographs, theatre programmes, flyers, newspaper clippings regarding Einstein
Folder 25
Handwritten draft and typewritten copy of ‘Powerplay’
Box 4
Folder 26
Photographs, theatre programme, newspaper clippings, typewritten annotated copy regarding Pax Americana
Folder 27
Handwritten manuscript of Pax Americana
Folder 28
Handwritten manuscripts and typewritten copies of Episode One - ‘A Simple Equation’ and Episode Two – ‘A Modicum of Trust’ of ‘There’s a Lot of it About’
Folder 29
Handwritten manuscript and typewritten copy of ‘Ecumenical Gestures’
Folder 30
Photographs, theatre programmes, flyers, correspondence 1982-1983, miscellaneous papers regarding Pax Americana
Folder 31
Typewritten copy of ‘Hollywood Faust’
Handwritten manuscript of ‘Hollywood Faust’
Box 5
Folder 32
Typewritten, annotated copy of Pax Americana
Folder 33
Handwritten manuscript of Pax Americana
Folder 34
Handwritten manuscript of Pax Americana
Folder 35
Typewritten copy of Pax Americana
Folder 36
Typewritten, annotated copy of Pax Americana (third draft)
Folder 37
Handwritten manuscript and typewritten copy of ‘Fertlkopf’s Paradox’
Box 6
Folder 38
Handwritten manuscript of ‘Gpopius’
Folder 39
Typewritten, annotated copy of In Duty Bound
Theatre programmes, flyers, correspondence 1979 regarding In Duty Bound
Folder 40
Handwritten manuscript and typewritten, annotated copy of ‘The Pagan’s Progress’
Folder 41
Handwritten notes for ‘Pagan’s Progress’
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘The Pagan’s Progress’; ‘Kane and Abel’; ‘The Crucifixion’
Folder 42
Handwritten manuscript and typewritten copy of ‘W.H.O.’
Folder 43
Handwritten manuscript of ‘Acheron’
Folder 44
Photocopy of handwritten, annotated copy of ‘Acheron’ (third draft)
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘An Empty Space’
Folder 45
Handwritten manuscript of ‘Acheron’ (second draft)
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘Acheron’
Box 7
Folder 46
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘By My Own Authority’
Folder 47
Typewritten copy of ‘Once Written, Twice Wry’; ‘Loved and Lost’
Folder 48
Typewritten copy of ‘A Dying Art’; ‘Cross Purposes’
Folder 49
Typewritten copy of ‘The Same Again’; ‘The Immaculate Conception’
Typewritten synopsis of ‘The Wood for the Trees’
Folder 50
Typewritten copy of ‘An Act of Faith’; In Duty Bound
Folder 51
Three typewritten copies of ‘Acheron’
Folder 52
Typewritten copy of ‘Acheron’; ‘Mutatis Mutandis’
Reject pages of ‘Kane and Abel’
Rewrite pages of ‘The Crucifixion’
Box 8
Folder 53
Two typewritten copies of ‘Acheron’
Folder 54
Typewritten copy of ‘The Wood for the Trees’; ‘Kane and Abel’
Folder 55
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘The Ass That Killed’ (second draft); ‘The Wood For the Trees’ (second draft)
Folder 56
Two typewritten, annotated copies of ‘An Act of Faith’
Folder 57
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘Jesse’ (second draft); ‘Kane and Abel’ (second draft)
Folder 58
Photocopies of newspaper clippings which are reviews for In Duty Bound; Safe House; The Levine Comedy; Two; Pax Americana; Einstein
Folder 59
Typewritten, annotated copy of Pax Americana
Folder 60
Typewritten, annotated copy of Two
Folder 61
Typewritten copy of ‘Death Duties’
Box 9
Folder 62
Typewritten copy of ‘Death Duties’ (new script from page 45 onwards)
Folder 63
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘Death Duties’
Folder 64
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘Death Duties’
Folder 65
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘Death Duties’ (second draft)
Folder 66
Three typewritten, annotated copies of ‘Death Duties’
Folder 67
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘Death Duties’
Folder 68
Typewritten copy of ‘Death Duties’ - final (draft) script
Folder 69
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘Impropriety’ - first draft, second version
Box 10
Folder 70
Typewritten, annotated copy of Act 1 of ‘Impropriety’ - first draft, second version
Folder 71
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘Impropriety’
Handwritten notes
Folder 72
1991 newspaper clippings of reviews of In Duty Bound; Two; The Levine Comedy
Folder 73
Two typewritten, annotated copies of ‘God’s Will’
Folder 74
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘By My Own Authority’ - first version
Folder 75
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘By My Own Authority’ - second version
Folder 76
Typewritten copy of ‘By My Own Authority’
One page handwritten notes
Folder 77
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘By My Own Authority’
Box 11
Folder 78
Typewritten comments on ‘By My Own Authority’
Typewritten copy of ‘By My Own Authority’
Folder 79
Handwritten and typewritten notes and comments on ‘By My Own Authority’
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘By My Own Authority’
Folder 80
Typewritten copy of ‘By My Own Authority’
Folder 81
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘By My Own Authority’ - final draft, October 1991
Folder 82
Typewritten comments on and a typewritten, annotated copy of ‘By My Own Authority’ (final draft)
Folder 83
Typewritten comments on and copy of ‘By My Own Authority’ (second draft)
Folder 84
Typewritten copy of ‘By My Own Authority’ (final draft)
Folder 85
Typewritten, annotated copy of ‘La Bell Epoch’ - first draft (retitled Esterhaz)
Folder 86
Esterhaz:
Photographs
Flyer
Handwritten notes
Typewritten, annotated copy
Newspaper clipping of reviews