Papers of Phil Motherwell
MSS 168
Collection Title
Papers of Phil MotherwellCollection Identifier
MSS 168Inclusive date(s)
1970 to 1990Extent and Medium
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Subject: Person(s)
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Collection Description
Original notebooks, manuscripts, drafts of scripted plays and short films by Phil Motherwell.
Administrative / Biographical history
Phillip Motherwell was born on 30 December 1946. He began his career as a playwright writing for Melbourne theatre companies in 1969. Often directing and acting in his own works, he began a long association with the Pram Factory Group and La Mama Theatre through to the 1980s. Appearing as an actor in the films Monkey Grip, Pure Shit and Mad Max, his own written works often echoed his real life experiences with petty crime and drug use. He published two novellas in 1977, developed several unrealised film scripts and scripted many unpublished plays which were produced in Australian and overseas theatres by notable companies such as Nimrod Theatre and Troupe Theatre. He died in Melbourne on 9 November 2014.
References:
The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (2 ed.) : 'Motherwell, Phil (1946-)'
AustLit : 'Phil Motherwell' https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A14024 retrieved 18 November 2019
The Australian Live Peformance Database https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/314 retrieved 18 November 2019
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
This collection relates to the career of Australian actor, playwright and novelist Phil Motherwell and includes personal papers, unpublished drafts and audiovisual works
System of arrangement
Motherwell's papers have been arranged in the order in which they were transferred to Special Collections, with the exception of the audiovisual material which are described at the end of the box list
Access Restrictions
Other
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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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 for private study and research is approved
Existence and Location of Orginals
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.