Papers of Barry Dickins
MSS 282
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Papers of Barry DickinsCollection Identifier
MSS 282Inclusive date(s)
1970 to 1993Extent and Medium
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Collection Description
Literary papers, including drafts manuscripts and scripts, drawings, scrapbook and poster.
Administrative / Biographical history
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].
Acquisition Details
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.
Access Restrictions
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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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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.
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.