Papers of Ron Blair
MSS 128
Collection Title
Papers of Ron BlairCollection Identifier
MSS 128Inclusive date(s)
1961 to 1985Extent and Medium
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Subject: Person(s)
Subject: Organisation(s)
Collection Description
Drafts, theatre programmes, reviews, a scrapbook, posters, and audiovisual material relating to playwright Ron Blair
Administrative / Biographical history
Playwright, director and actor Ron Blair was born in Sydney in 1942 and educated at Christian Brother's College, Lewisham. After graduating Sydney University with a Bachelor of Arts, Blair worked for several years as an advertising copywriter before joining the ABC in 1967 as a play reader. Having become involved with theatre whilst at university, Blair was a key player in the early development of the Nimrod Theatre which staged a number of his early works. In 1975 he wrote The Christian Brothers, which toured Australia and New Zealand and played at London's Riverside Studios.
Blair's other career highlights include being awarded a one year fellowship by the Australian Council of the Arts in 1974, being appointed Assistant Artistic Director of the South Australian Theatre Company in 1977, and editing the Currency Press publication Popular Short Plays for the Australian Stage in 1985. He was an Executive Producer of ABC Radio Drama, and for seven years he was Head of the Scriptwriting Department at the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
References:
Austlit : Ron Blair https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A31100 retrieved 11 August 2020
HLA Management Australia : Ron Blair https://www.hlamgt.com.au/client/ron-blair/ retrieved 11 August 2020
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
The papers of Ron Blair contain an extensive sequence of audiovisual material, including audio recordings of plays and interviews, and two captioned photograph albums (1972-1984) containing images of performances, cast members, and sets of Blair's productions. Other material relates to plays such as Flash Jim Vaux (1971), Kabul (1973), Christian Brothers (1975), Perfect Strangers (1976), and Last day in Wooloomooloo (1979), and includes scripts, a musical arrangement, a scrapbook, programmes, cuttings, and reviews
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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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Existence and Location of Orginals
Related and Separated Materials
The State Library of NSW holds a collection of letters received from Ron Blair from 1961-1977 at MLMSS 3537
Disclaimer
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. 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.