Best Australian One-Act Plays

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Best Australian One-Act Plays
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Subjectplays
Genreplaywriting
PublishedSydney
PublisherAngus & Robertson
Publication date
1937
Pages406

Best Australian One-Act Plays is a 1937 collection of Australian one-act plays. It was published at a time when Australian playwriting was relatively rare. Twenty one plays were selected out of 200 by William Moore and T. Inglis Moore. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

The Sydney Morning Herald called it an "important volume" and the plays "natural, sincere, and dramatically effective. They make pleasant reading, and should pave the way to an annual collection.' [6]

Selected plays

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References

  1. "Australian Drama". The Sun . No. 1798. New South Wales, Australia. 12 September 1937. p. 12 (Magazine). Retrieved 25 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "A Volume of Plays". The West Australian . Vol. 53, no. 15, 983. Western Australia. 18 September 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 25 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "BOOK REVIEWS". Truth . No. 2490. New South Wales, Australia. 26 September 1937. p. 31. Retrieved 25 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "ONE ACT PLAYS BY AUSTRALIANS". The Herald . No. 18, 821. Victoria, Australia. 11 September 1937. p. 36. Retrieved 25 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Our Native Drama". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . South Australia. 27 November 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 25 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  6. "AUSTRALIAN DRAMA". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 31, 093. New South Wales, Australia. 28 August 1937. p. 12. Retrieved 25 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.