Collection 4: Sasha Soldatow papers relating to The Adventures of Rock-n-Roll Sally

MLMSS 7842

sub-fonds

ca. 1974-1990

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings, Photographs, Posters

839694

0.15 metres of textual material (1 box), including folders of graphic material

"A comprehensive record of Soldatow's writing and re-working of this project, which exists in two published forms as a sequence of dramatic poems, and as a stage show, successfully performed during the 70's and 80's. The latter, being a fuller theatrical realisation of the text, was first put on at Melbourne's La Mama in 1976." -- from prospectus of Nicholas Pounder, Bookseller

FOLDER 1
Outlines and drafts (typescript and handwritten, with annotations); typescript draft introduction by Inez Baranay; a detailed record of the publication and performance of The Adventures of Rock-n-Roll Sally, 1974-1982; an abandoned paste-up for the publication and performance of The Adventures of Rock-n-Roll Sally, with notes and corrections by the author

FOLDER 2
Drafts and fragments of text and supporting material (typescript and handwritten), including drafts of Sally's on-stage part

FOLDER 3
Lyrics and music: ten handwritten worksheets of various lyrics and musical notation

FOLDER 4
Artwork for Black Wattle press edition, including 3 pen and ink drawings with a paste up, and 2 reproductions of back cover image with hand coloured acetate overlay

FOLDER 5
Posters: Proof of a four-colour silkscreen by Chips Mackinolty of Earthworks Poster Collective, for the performance of The Adventures of Rock-n-Roll Sally at Tin Sheds, Tuesday 17th January 1978; and four-colour silkscreen poster of Soldatow's design for the performance at Tin Sheds, Monday 12th March 1979

FOLDER 6
Sally - Video Script: Stage directions, musical notes and diagrams in Soldatow's hand; handwritten outline of musical and dramatic movements and stages; checklist of costume and props; B&W photographic contact sheet of a stage lit for performance of The Adventures of Rock-n-Roll Sally in 1978; fabric cut from a costume used in performance; 7-page typescript filmscript treatment for Part 1; 19-page typescript of 13 scenes with Soldatow's corrections

FOLDER 7
Late revisions and corrections, including reworked photocopy of first edition of The Adventures of Rock-n-Roll Sally (Vermont, Melbourne: Photostatic Patterns, 1977. No. 5 of the edition, inscribed copy for Larry Strange), with 3 single-page typescript inserts; 2 corrected and annotated 16-page photocopy typescripts, one dated January 1990 with imprint Art Life And Culture, Bondi Beach on cover sheet; page proofs of Black Wattle Press edition (Sydney, 1990) with author's revisions, corrections and instructions for setting; trial copy of Black Wattle Press edition, labelled "File Copy With Corrections"

A more detailed description of this material by Nicholas Pounder, Bookseller, is filed with the collection