Philip Hedley papers relating to theatre, including Sydney University Dramatic Society and Old Tote Theatre Company

MLMSS 12213
ON 741
ARCH 48

fonds

1953-2020

Textual Records, Clippings, Ephemera, Graphic Materials, Photographs

9682666

0.48 metres of textual material (3 boxes), includes photographs - manuscript, typescript

Philip Hedley CBE (1938-2024) was a leading UK theatre director, and artistic director of the Royal Theatre in Stratford East, London, 1979-2004. He spent several years living in Australia when he was young, arriving in Melbourne with his family, 1951, and then studying English at the University of Sydney, where he was active in the Sydney University Dramatic Society (SUDS), ca.1958-1960.

Reference:
Library acquisition file

PAPERS RELATING TO ACTING
BOX 1
FOLDER 1
News clippings, photographs (26), theatre production programmes and ephemera relating to plays in which Hedley acted.
15 years - Twelfth night, Melbourne Junior Theatre, July 1953
16 years - Pygmalion, Melbourne Junior Theatre, June 1954
16 years - Importance of being earnest, Melbourne Junior Theatre, September 1954
18 years - Scrub, The beaux stratagem, S.U.D.S. [Sydney University Dramatic Society], August 1956
19 years - Lower education, Revue, April 1957
19 years - Trofimov, The cherry orchard, S.U.D.S., 1957
20 years - Revue: 'Bigtelfer', UNIK, May 1958
20 years - Tiresias, The infernal machine by Jean Cocteau, Inter-Varsity Festival, Melbourne, September 1958

FOLDER 2
News clippings, photographs (72), theatre production programmes and ephemera relating to plays in which Hedley acted, including The country wife, Waltz of the Toreadors!, Dead Centre, Victoriana, 1958-1959
Photographs of Philip Hedley with friends including Ian MacKinley Smith, Ian Ross, Sandra Sewell and others, 1950s-possibly 1990s (negatives transferred to Mitchell Library call number ON 741)

FOLDER 3
Photocopies of news clippings and article relating to William and Pamela Trethowan, circa 1995
Correspondence with Allan Kendal and Brian and Margaret Fitzgerald, 2014-2019
Letter from Robyn Dalton to Philip Hedley and speech transcript by Dalton relating to book, 'The ripples before the new wave', 2008, 2019
Printed copies of emails from Simon Cunich to Hedley relating to William and Pamela Trethowan, September 2020
Letters from Ruth and Richard Wherrett to Hedley, includes news clippings relating to Richard Wherrett, 1997, 2002

FOLDER 4
Letters and aerogrammes to Hedley from friends, including Ian Ross, Andrew McLennan, C. Bell, J. Rendel, Elizabeth Laver, Peter Butler, Robert Rees, Leo Schofield, Brian Parkinson. Includes black and white photographs (12) 1959-1961
Papers relating to the Sydney University Dramatic Society, including printout list of productions from 1957-1961, and order of service for William Trethowan funeral, 1996, 2006
Playbills and programmes predominantly relating to SUDS productions including, The Country Wife, Dead Centre, Him, The Waltz of the Toreadors, Victoriana, Lower Education, The Infernal Machine, 1957-1960
News clippings relating to SUDS and Hedley, 1959-1966
Architectural plans:
The Old Tote Theatre Company at Parade Theatre floor plan and section drawing (transferred to Mitchell Library call number ARCH 48/1)
The Old Tote Theatre Company at Parade Theatre stage floor plan / J.C., 12/3/71 (transferred to Mitchell Library call number ARCH 48/2)
The Old Tote Theatre Company at Parade Theatre stage floor plan for 'A Month in the Country', Act 2, Scene 2 / J.C., 6/3/71 (transferred to Mitchell Library call number ARCH 48/3)

FOLDER 5
Letters to Hedley relating to his time as guest director for The Old Tote Theatre Company, Kensington, New South Wales, 3 November 1970-13 November 1975
Programmes for plays, 'The Government Inspector' by Nikolai Gogol, 'The Man of Mode' by Sir George Etherege, and 'A month in the Country' by Ivan Turgenev, performed by The Old Tote at The Parade Theatre, circa 1971
Notes relating to play, 'The National Health', including costume list, and rehearsal schedules, 1971
Original news clippings featuring Hedley, 1971


PERSONAL LETTERS
BOX 2
FOLDER 1
Letters predominantly from Philip Hedley to parents, Lois and Leonard Gould. Includes letters from Ron and letters from Philip to his parents, 1958-1967

FOLDER 2
Letters from Carole Bell, 1959-1960s

FOLDER 3
Letters from Peter Butler, 1959-1971

FOLDER 4
Letters from Brian Fitzgerald, 1959-1983

FOLDER 5
Letters from Brian Parkinson, 1959-1960s

FOLDER 6
Letters from Jane Rendell, 1959-1972

BOX 3
FOLDER 1
Letters from Ian Ross, 1959-1960s

FOLDER 2
Letters from Richard Wherrett, 1960s-1980s. Includes photographs (2)

FOLDER 3
Letters from Gillian Trethowan, 1959-1961; Margi, 1960s; Liz, 1961-1962; Anne O'Neill, 1960s-1970s; Allan, 1960s-1971; Beverley Phillips, 1960-1972; John Bell, 1970s-1980s

FOLDER 4
Letters from miscellaneous correspondents, 1960s. Includes photograph (1) and Hedley's Youth Hostels & Association senior card with photograph, 1960

FOLDER 5
Letters from miscellaneous correspondents, 1970s. Includes photographs (7)

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BOX 1/FOLDERS 1-3 originally housed in a folder labelled, 'Australia, June 1951-December 1959, age 13 1/4 - 21 3/4'
BOX 1/FOLDER 4 originally housed in a folder labelled, 'SUDS, 1959-1960
BOX 1/FOLDER 5 original housed in folder labelled, 'Old Tote Australia, June/July/August 1971 (while at M.A.C. [Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, UK])