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Illustrated script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the aFI Research Collection)
form y separately published work icon Summer Magic single work   film/TV   crime   children's  
Alternative title: A Summer's Tale
Issue Details: First known date: 1975... 1975 Summer Magic
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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'HARRY BELLAMY Fifties. Ageing entertainer from the Sydney Nite-Club circuit. Well past his prime. Losing his eyesight.

'HAPPY VALLEE Early twenties. Beautiful young oriental girl. Harry's assistant.

'BURGESS Late thirties. Slow witted, arrogant poultry farmer. Widower.

'ANGELA Twelve years old. Burgess's daughter.

[...]

'SCHOOL KIDS About Angela's age. Enough for a small audience to watch an open air Punch and Judy type show.'

Notes

  • This entry has been compiled from archival research in the Crawford Collection (AFI Research Collection), undertaken by Dr Catriona Mills under the auspices of the 2012 AFI Research Collection (AFIRC) Research Fellowship: see The Writer in Australian Television History.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1975 .
      person or book cover
      Script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
      Extent: 20p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • The Crawford Collection holds two copies of the script, both both labelled 'Code: 12507'. Neither copy shows any indication of to whom these copies of the script were designated. Both copies have two cover pages: an illustrated outer cover page and a second cover page giving crew information and episode duration.
      • Copy 1 is an original script, copied on thin white paper. There are some signs of alterations made with liquid paper, but they are extremely minimal.
      • Copy 2 is copied on blue paper. This copy of the script is annotated throughout in red ink, seemingly in the same hand that annotated the scripts for episodes 1-5. The annotations are heavy throughout the script: for example, on page 18 and the back of page 17, there’s an extensive addition (some 37 lines of additional monologue) fleshing out a character’s patter during his stage magic routine.
      • The file also contains the following ancillary material:
        1. Cast list: a type-written cast list, with no confidential information.
        2. Printed cast list, showing actors' contact information.
        3. 9pp. copy of the script stripped to nothing but dialogue, copied on white paper. This script incorporates the alterations to dialogue made in copy 2 above.

      Holdings

      Held at: AFI Research Collection
      Local Id: SC SOL : 6
      Note:
      AFI Research Collection record
Note: The script's cover page lists Stevens as the director, Hunt as the first assistant director, and Wright as the second assistant director.
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Last amended 30 May 2013 15:06:20
David Stevens
Stewart Wright
Geoff Hunt
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