The Turn of the Screw Director Sarah Goodes chats with MTC Literary Associate Jenni Medway about the enduring fascination with Henry James novella and the process of creating an audio drama.

The Turn of the Screw: Part Three

Aug 13th, 2020 1h 32m

MTC Associate Artistic Director Sarah Goodes directs a dramatic reading of Henry James’s classic ghost story, The Turn of the Screw, brought to life by Laurence Boxhall, Marg Downey, Robert Menzies and Katherine Tonkin, with a sound design by C

The Turn of the Screw: Part Two

Aug 6th, 2020 1h 15m

The Turn of the Screw: Part One

Jul 30th, 2020 1h 22m

Great Australian Speeches: Vida Goldstein's Open Letter to Parliament

Jul 16th, 2020 13m 49s

Vida Goldstein was an Australian suffragette and social reformer.In 1900 she founded the Australian Woman's Sphere, a monthly journal which advocated for equal rights for women. With the support of the newly formed Women's Federal Political A

Great Australian Speeches: Shareena Clanton’s The Age of Ignorance is Over

Jul 16th, 2020 11m 42s

Shareena Clanton is an Australian theatre, film and television actor.Clanton portrays Doreen Anderson in the Foxtel TV series Wentworth and appeared in the feature film Last Cab to Darwin. In 2017, she starred in Melbourne Theatre Company's p

Great Australian Speeches: Sir Robert Menzies's The Forgotten People

Jul 16th, 2020 22m 41s

Sir Robert Menzies was Prime Minister of Australia from both 1939 to 1941 and 1949 to 1966.In his career, he played a central role in the creation of the Liberal Party of Australia. Serving over 18 years, Menzies is Australia's longest-servin

Great Australian Speeches: Dame Nellie Melba's Farewell

Jul 16th, 2020 3m 54s

Dame Nellie Melba, born Helen Porter Mitchell, was an Australian operatic soprano and was the first Australian classic musician to receive international recognition and became one of the most famous singers of the late 1800s and early 20th cent

Great Australian Speeches: Ned Kelly’s Cameron Letter

Jul 16th, 2020 14m 59s

Ned Kelly is one of the most famous (and one of the last) Australian bushrangers. He is perhaps best known for his suit of armour, worn during his final shootout with the police.In December 1878, Kelly dictated a letter which was sent to Vict

Great Australian Speeches: Miles Franklin's Henry Lawson Tribute

Jul 16th, 2020 11m 24s

Miles Franklin was an Australian writer, best known for her novel My Brilliant Career.Miles Franklin paid homage to Henry Lawson on the 5 September 1942, delivered at the annual ceremony arranged by the Fellowship of Australian Writers. For

Great Australian Speeches: Lowitja O’Donoghue at the National Congress of Australia’s First People

Jul 16th, 2020 18m

Dr Lowitja Lois O'Donoghue Smart AC CBE DSG, is a lauded Aboriginal Australian and retired public administrator.In 1976, Dr O'Donoghue was the first Aboriginal woman to be inducted into the new Order of Australia, in recognition of her work i

Great Australian Speeches: John Curtin's Japan Enters the War

Jul 16th, 2020 10m 58s

John Curtin served as the 14th Prime Minister of Australia from 1941 until his death in 1945.Curtin's leadership skills and personal character were acclaimed by his political contemporaries. He is frequently cited as one of Australia's greate

Great Australian Speeches: Jack Patten's Day of Mourning protest opening address

Jul 16th, 2020 6m 39s

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this recording contains names and words of deceased persons.John Thomas 'Jack' Patten was an Aboriginal Australian civil rights activist and journalist. The President and co-fo

Great Australian Speeches: Faith Bandler’s Faith, Hope & Reconciliation

Jul 16th, 2020 12m 6s

Faith Bandler AC was an Australian civil rights activist of South Sea Islander and Scottish-Indian heritage and a campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians and South Sea Islanders.As general secretary of Federal Council for the Adv

Great Australian Speeches: Dame Enid Lyons's Maiden Speech

Jul 16th, 2020 13m 6s

Dame Enid Lyons was an Australian politician, the first woman elected to the House of Representatives and the first woman to serve in federal cabinet.In 1925, she became one of the first two women to stand for the Labor Party at a Tasmanian s

Great Australian Speeches: Ellen van Neerven’s poems from 'Throat'

Jul 16th, 2020 6m 59s

Ellen van Neerven is an award-winning writer, editor and educator of Mununjali Yugambeh and Dutch heritage with strong ancestral ties to south east queensland. They write fiction, poetry and non-fiction. van Neerven’s first book, Heat and Light

Great Australian Speeches: Dame Dorothy Tangney's Maiden Speech

Jul 16th, 2020 11m 12s

In the landmark 1943 election, Dorothy Tangney was the first woman to be elected to the Senate.A member of the Australian Labor Party, she served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1943 to 1968. Tangney was the first woman elected to the

Great Australian Speeches: Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River

Jul 16th, 2020 9m 7s

The Man from Snowy River is a poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson. First published in Australian news magazine, The Bulletin, on 26 April 1890, the poem was written at a time when Australia was developing a distinct identity as a nation

Great Australian Speeches: Introduction with Petra Kalive

Jul 10th, 2020 4m 20s

We kick off our new series of audio dramas, MTC Audio Lab, with Great Australian Speeches, comprising speeches, texts and poems designed for spoken performance. From political leaders to leading Indigenous voices, from outlaw folk heroes to ico

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