My Name is Edward Kelly (1990 - )

McMurdo, Don: Adam Marchant, Justine Miles, Greg Horsman and Steven Heathcote in Timothy Gordon's 'My Name is Edward Kelly', the Australian Ballet, 1990

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My Name is Edward Kelly premiered at the Sydney Opera House on 4 May 1990. An Australian Ballet commissioned work with choreography by Timothy Gordon, designs by Kenneth Rowell and lighting by William Akers, My Name is Edward Kelly was danced to Peter Sculthorpe's Port Essington, String Quartet No. 8, Earth Cry.

The work dealt with events in the life of Ned Kelly and his gang. In program notes for the inaugural season, Gordon stated that 'The ballet focuses on Ned and his personal vendetta against the constabulary who he felt had persecuted him and his family from early childhood; his retaliation led to his eventual arrest and trial on 28th October, 1880'. My Name is Edward Kelly featured Marilyn Jones as guest artist in the cameo role of Mrs Kelly, and Steven Heathcote as Ned.

See also: Akers, William (Bill) ; Australian Ballet, The ; Heathcote, Steven ; Jones, Marilyn

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Papers of Peter Sculthorpe, 1941-2002 (Manuscript)

96 boxes, 19 folio items

This collection consists of correspondence, musical scores, subject files, programs, reviews, general administrative papers, photographs and writings by and about Peter Sculthorpe. The extensive collection of scores includes many that have been used for dance. They include Sun Music used for the Helpmann ballet of the same name, Nourlangie used by Stanton Welch in his work Red Earth, and Earth Cry and Port Essington both of which were used by Timothy Gordon in his My Name is Edward Kelly. The collection also contains correspondence from Robert Helpmann, Peggy van Praagh and other Australian Ballet peronnel relating to the Helpmann ballet Sun Music as well as correspondence regarding a proposed Helpmann work, referred to as the Mrs Fraser Ballet, for which Sculthorpe was to write the score.

Sun Music ; Helpmann, Robert ; van Praagh, Peggy ; Australian Ballet, The ; Welch, Stanton

Location:

National Library of Australia

MS 9676
nla.cat-vn109182

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