Background
Frank was born on March 14, 1936.
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- Discovering puppets (South Melbourne : Performing Arts Museum, Victorian Arts Centre, 1981)Bourke Street on Saturday night : the memories of Charlie Fredricksen "the man outside Hoyts" (Melbourne : Performing Arts Museum, Victorian Arts Centre, 1983)National treasure : the story of Gertrude Johnson and the National Theatre (South Melbourne : Victoria Press, 1994)The Regent Theatre : Melbourne's palace of dreams (Melbourne : ELM Publishing, 1996)Tivoli (South Melbourne : Lothian, 2003)Huge deal : the fortunes and follies of Hugh D. McIntosh (South Melbourne : Lothian Books, 2004)Florence Young and the golden years of Australian musical theatre (Mornington, Vic : Beleura, 2009)Her Majesty's Pleasure : A Centenary Celebration for Adelaide's Theatre of the Stars (Adelaide : Wakefield Press, 2013).
- Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (1999)
Frank Straten
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Van Straten was the first archivist of the Performing Arts Museum (now Performing Arts Collection), at the Arts Centre, Melbourne, and its director from 1984 until 1993. Between 1986 and 2001 Frank researched and presented the Australian Broadcasting Company Local Radio’s Nostalgia segment, broadcast on Melbourne’s 774 and the Australian Broadcasting Company Victorian Regional Network. In 2002 Van Straten acted as the Historical Consultant for Graeme Murphy’s ‘dance musical’ Tivoli, performed by the Sydney Dance Company, which premiered at the State Theatre, Arts Centre, Melbourne.
Van Straten has served on the Board of the National Theatre, Melbourne. He has also served on the judging panels of the Green Room Awards and Helpmann Awards. In 2007 Van Straten was appointed Live Performance Australia’s Official Historian.
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Discovering puppets (South Melbourne : Performing Arts Museum, Victorian Arts Centre, 1981)Bourke Street on Saturday night : the memories of Charlie Fredricksen "the man outside Hoyts" (Melbourne : Performing Arts Museum, Victorian Arts Centre, 1983)National treasure : the story of Gertrude Johnson and the National Theatre (South Melbourne : Victoria Press, 1994)The Regent Theatre : Melbourne's palace of dreams (Melbourne : ELM Publishing, 1996)Tivoli (South Melbourne : Lothian, 2003)Huge deal : the fortunes and follies of Hugh D. McIntosh (South Melbourne : Lothian Books, 2004)Florence Young and the golden years of Australian musical theatre (Mornington, Vic : Beleura, 2009)Her Majesty's Pleasure : A Centenary Celebration for Adelaide's Theatre of the Stars (Adelaide : Wakefield Press, 2013).
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Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (1999)
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Membership
He is a patron of the Cinema and Theatre Historical Society (Victoria), and a founding member and committee member of the Victoria Theatres Trust (now Theatre Heritage Australia).
