Australian Playwrights Speak is a series of video interviews produced in conjunction with the Australian Playwrights series of monographs. Both series are the result of a pilot project funded by a Griffith University research grant in 1985. The overall aim of the project was to contribute to the promotion, analysis, and better understanding of Australian drama in Australia and overseas. While the monograph series aims to overview each selected playwright's life and work, along with a critical analysis of their plays, the video programs are designed to let the playwrights speak themselves and to illustrate and personalise their work for better understanding.
Louis Nowra
Brisbane
Sydney
:
University of Queensland Television Unit
Australia Council
,
1985
Z496328
1985
single work
film/TV
interview
One of Australia's leading dramatists discusses why his plays have been described as 'anti-naturalistic'.
Brisbane Sydney : University of Queensland Television Unit Australia Council , 1985
Dorothy Hewett
Bill Dunstone
(interviewer),
Sydney
:
University of Sydney Television Unit
,
1986
Z494991
1986
single work
film/TV
interview
Dorothy Hewett looks back to her childhood influences and on the place of music, poetry, and art in her work.
Sydney : University of Sydney Television Unit , 1986
Jack Hibberd
Sydney
:
University of Sydney Television Unit
,
1986
Z495699
1986
single work
film/TV
interview
Sydney
:
University of Sydney Television Unit
,
1986
David Williamson
Peter Fitzpatrick
(interviewer),
Sydney
:
Australia Council
,
1986
Z496754
1986
single work
film/TV
interview
An interview with David Williamson, recorded while he was in the process of writing Emerald City. The interview touches on all his plays, from The Coming of Stork to his work in progress.
Sydney : Australia Council , 1986
Stephen Sewell
John McCallum
(interviewer),
Susan Fell
(interviewer),
Sydney
:
Australia Council
,
1986
Z496654
1986
single work
interview
film/TV
Australian playwright Stephen Sewell discusses the influence of his Catholic, working-class background on his writing.
Sydney : Australia Council , 1986
Australian Playwrights
Australian Playwrights : A Series of Monographs and Video Programmes
Peta Tait
(editor),
Rodopi
(publisher),
1987
Amsterdam
:
Rodopi
,
1987-
Z1322500
1987
series - publisher
'The aims of the series are:
i) to contribute to the interpretation, critical analysis, promotion, and wider understanding of Australian drama in Australia and overseas;
ii) to pursue a scholarly investigation through monographs which could include either an overview of a particular playwright and a critical analysis of his/her plays or a study of a grouping in drama and theatre including writers for performance within a unifying framework;
iii) to illustrate and personalise the study of drama and theatre within Australia and overseas, especially for students.
'Each monograph provides an in-depth study aimed at furthering knowledge of Australian drama and therefore Australian culture with reference to primary and secondary sources.'
Source: Rodopi website, http://www.rodopi.nl/senj.asp?SerieId=AP
Sighted07/11/2006
