Guide to the The Campbell Howard Collection of Australian Drama
MS 718
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- Howard, Campbell
- Title
- The Campbell Howard Collection of Australian Drama
- Date Range
- 1920-1960
- Collection Number
- MS 718
- Extent
- 2.88 metres 16 archive boxes
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Typescript copies of unpublished Australian plays. Authors include: Allan Aldous, Ruth Bedford, John Le Gay Brereton, Dymphna Cusack, E Coulson Davidson, Dulcie Deamer, Henrietta Drake–Brockman, Summer Locke Elliott, Louis Esson, James Glennon, Joan Harvey, Tom Judd, Llywelyn Lucas, Mac Luker, Ray Mathew, Furnley Maurice, Gwen Meredith, Gordon H Mofatt, Musette Morell, K E Murray, Russell J Oakes, John O’Grady, Vance Palmer, Ruth Park, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Leslie Rees, Betty M. Roland, Harry Tighe, Ric Throssell, Alexander Turner, Ted Willis and Eleanor Witcombe.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2776261) for the access conditions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], The Campbell Howard Collection of Australian drama, National Library of Australia, MS 718, [box number and series and/or folder number]'.
Indication of Number of Acts
The number of acts of each work is indicated in parenthesis after the title of the work, for example, (3) for three acts.
Item Descriptions
Aldous, Allan (Item 454, 455, 456)
Enter the author: a fantasy. (1)
Xerox copy from The Playbill, June 1935.
Performed by the Repertory Club, Perth, March 1935.
Aldous, Allan (Item 7, 8, 9)
The man with three hands. (1)
Performed by the C.A.E. Travelling Theatre, 1958-1959.
Aldous, Allan (Item 4, 5,6)
Old Melbourne Town. (1)
Performed at the Moomba Festival, Melbourne, 1956.
Armstrong, Millicent Sylvia (Item 475)
Fire. (4)
Collection of newspaper cuttings from The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 1923. The play was bracketed with Mrs. Coulson Davidson's Sorell for 3rd prize in the Daily Telegraph play competition, 1923.
Armstrong, Millicent Sylvia (Item 476)
The moon sets, (3)
Public reading by the Hunters Hill Play Reading Club, 1958.
Ashworth, Arthur, and Kelly, Philip (Item 10, 11, 12)
Ashes of roses. (3)
Performed in the Town Hall, Ararat, October 1956.
A Therton (Item 472, 473, 474)
Pitch and toss. (1)
Performed by Perth Repertory Theatre, October 1937.
Bell, Harold G (Item 22, 23)
Died of wounds. (1)
Winner of the Annual Play Tournament of Bryant's Playhouse, Little Theatre, Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, N.S.W., October 1938.
Blewett, Dorothy (Item 24, 25, 26)
The first Joanna. (3)
Performed by Adelaide Repertory Theatre, August 1948.
Brand, Mona Alexis (Item 27, 28, 29)
Here under heaven. (3)
Written 1947 and performed at the New Theatre.
Melbourne, May 1943.
Brand, Mona Alexis (Item 395, 396, 397)
No strings attached. (3)
Performed at the New Theatre, Sydney, 1958.
Clarke, Joan, and Meredith, John (Item 401, 402, 403, 403A)
The wild colonial boy: a musical drama in 3 acts.
Written 1955/1956. Performed at the New Theatre, Brisbane, 1957, and New Theatre, Sydney, 1958.
Cunnington, Charles Leslie (Item 51, 52, 53)
The Cudgewa outlaw. (1)
Rose Bay, N.S.W., Australian Theatre Society, undated.
Cuthbertson, Alan (Item 451, 452, 453)
Death comes to Bogglesworth Manor or your coffin has come, Sir.
Cusack, Ellen Dymphna (Item 436, 437, 438)
Pacific paradise. (3)
Performed at the New Theatre, Sydney, 1955.
Dann, George Landen (Item 448, 448 A, 449, 450)
In beauty it is finished. (3)
Performed by Brisbane Repertory Theatre, July 1931.
Dann, George Landen (Item 66, 67, 68)
No incense rising. (3)
Performed by Brisbane Repertory Theatre, May 1938.
Awarded first prize in the Dramatists' Club of Australia competition, 1938.
Davidson, Mrs, E Coulson (Item 35, 36, 37)
The fight, by George Byfield. (4)
Performed by Australian National Miniature Theatre, Warragul Road, Oakleigh. August 1915, and by Australian National Theatre at Australian Church Hall. Flinders Street, Melbourne, September 1916.
Davidson, Mrs. E Coulson (Item 81, 82, 83)
Just Mum. (3)
Performed at the Princess Theatre. Melbourne, July 1919.
Also known as The return.
Davidson, Mrs. E Coulson (Item 420, 421, 422)
The moon child. (1)
Reviewed in Melbourne Age, 20 December 1915.
Davidson, Mrs. E Coulson (Item 84, 85, 86)
The reason. (1)
Performed by the National Players, Melbourne, September 1929.
Davidson, Mrs. E Coulson (Item 72, 73, 74)
Sorell. (3)
Shared 3rd prize with M.S. Armstrong's Fire in the Daily Telegraph play competition, 1923.
Davidson, Mrs. E Coulson (Item 423, 424, 425)
The squall. (1)
Performed at the Little Theatre, Melbourne, October 1932.
Davidson, Mrs. E Coulson (Item 489)
The star of Bethlehem: a pageant play. (1)
Performed in the Masonic Hall, Collins Street, Melbourne, November 1923.
Davidson, Mrs. E Coulson (Item 75,76, 77)
The Widowhood of Suzanne. (3)
Performed by the National Players, Melbourne, May 1929.
Deamer, Dulcie (Item 414, 415, 416)
Revaluation. (1)
Performed in the Emerson Hall, Sydney, December 1935.
Drake-Brockman, Henrietta Frances York (Jull) (Item 33, 34, 161)
The quick and the dead: an experiment. (1) 2 copies.
Duncan, Catherine (Item 432, 433, 433A)
The sword sung. (7 episodes)
First performed at the New Theatre. Sydney, September 1938.
Elliott, Sumner Locke (Item 104, 105, 106)
The invisible circus. (3)
Produced at the Brisbane Arts Theatre, February 1948.
Esson, Louis (Item 110, 111, 111A)
Diggers' rest (The Battler). (3)
Performed by the Pioneer Players, Melbourne, April 1922.
Farwell, George (Item 122_124)
Sons of the South. (3)
Performed by Brisbane Unity Theatre, July 1947.
Francis, Maurice (Item 125, 126, 127)
Present again. (3)
Performed at the Independent Theatre, Sydney, February 1952.
Glennon, James (Item 133, 134, 135)
The anteroom, (1)
Performed by Adelaide Repertory Theatre, October 1931.
Glennon, James (Item 136, 137, 138)
Dream errant: a play in one act - three scenes.
Performed by Adelaide Repertory Theatre, October 1931.
Glennon, James (Item 139, 140, 141)
Without benefit of scenery, (almost a melodrama). (1)
Performed by Adelaide Repertory Theatre, 1931.
Gray, Oriel (Item 143)
Lawson; based on the poems and stories of Henry Lawson. (2)
Performed in 1953-1958 period at the New Theatre. Sydney.
Gunn. John (Item 144, 144A, 145)
The raging of the sea. (1)
First performed at the Shavian Playhouse, Sydney.
December 1951.
Hardy, Frank Joseph (Item 157, 157A)
Black diamond. (3)
Performed in the 1953-1958 period at the New Theatre, Sydney,
Cover title Black diamonds.
Harvey, Joan (Item 158, 159, 160)
Light breaking through. (1)
Won third prize in the A.B.C. competition for a one-act play in 1934.
Harvey, Joan (Item 162, 163, 164)
Looking for gold: a play of the depression. (1)
Produced at the playlovers' Club, Melbourne, September 1934.
Harvey, Joan (Item 168, 169, 170)
Where is your victory? (1)
Won 1st prize in Commonwealth Literary Competition in Hobart for a one-act play in 1956.
Jones, Doris Egerton (Item 173, 174, 174A)
Governor Bligh: an historical comedy. (3) Performed at the Grand Opera House (Tivoli), Sydney, July 1930.
Jones, Doris Egerton, and Polini, Emelie The flaw. (4) (Item 175, 176)
Performed at the Criterion Theatre, Sydney, January, 1923.
Judd, Tom (Item 177, 178, 179)
The carefree spiders: a comedy thriller. (3)
Performed by the Playgoers, drama group of Geelong Society of
Operatic and Dramatic Art, in Geelong West Town Hall. November 1957.
Judd, Tom (Item 180, 181, 182)
Charlie came at 3 a.m. (3)
Performed by the Geelong Playgoers in McPhillimy
Hall, Geelong, September 1949.
Judd, Tom (Item 183, 184)
Life burns on. (3)
Awarded first prize in the Theatre Council of Western Australia prize play competition, 1948-1949.
Performed at the Drama Festival, Perth, at the Assembly Hall, June 1949.
Judd, Tom (Item 185, 186)
The sand castle. (3)
Performed by the Geelong Playgoers in Geelong West Town Hall, July 1953.
Judd, Tom (Item 187, 188, 189)
Something for nothing: a fairy tale for adults. (3)
Performed by the Geelong Playgoers in Geelong West Town Hall, September 1951.
Leonov, Leonid Maksimovich (Item 190, 191, 192)
The ordinary man. Translated by Ric Throssell. (4) undated
Lucas, Beryl Llywelyn (Item 196, 197, 198)
The gum tree. (1)
Won second prize in the W.E.A. Competition, Brisbane. 1930.
Lucas, Beryl Llywelyn (Item 199, 200, 201)
The sungod's secret; a play for Australian children. (3)
Produced at the Bohemia Theatre, Brisbane, December 1929.
Lucas, Beryl Llywelyn (Item 202, 203, 204)
Yeast. (1)
Produced by the Australian Play Society at St. Peters Hall, Sydney, June 1930.
Winner of Community Playhouse competition, Sydney.
Lucas, Beryl Llywelyn, and EYRE, Hal (Item 193, 194, 195)
Apes and peacocks. (1)
Produced Community Playhouse, Sydney, December 1930.
Lucy, Mary Penelope (Item 205, 206, 207)
By wire: a mystery drama. (3)
Presented by Sydney University Dramatic Society, May 1939.
Luker, Mac (Item 209, 210, 211)
Dutch courage; a comedy drama. (2)
Performed at St. James Hall, Sydney, August 1932.
Luker, Mac (Item 212, 213, 214)
Heat wave in the West; a drama of the Western Plains. (3)
Performed by the Players Club, in St. James Hall, Sydney, May 1939.
Luker, Mac (Item 411, 412, 413)
The intruders; or Cuddley corners. (3)
Performed in St. James Hall, Sydney, March 1933.
Luker, Mac (Item 408, 409, 410)
Judas was a gentleman. (1)
Performed by Sydney Players Club, August 1933.
Adapted as a radio play Ten Seconds and broadcast over 2GB during 1939.
Mcleod, Nora Marjorie (Item 218)
Horizons, (3)
First performance National Theatre, Melbourne, July 1952.
Mcleod, Nora Marjorie (Item 220)
A shillingsworth; an episode of the depression. (1)
1st prize in Australian Literary Society competition. 1931.
Performed at the Garrick Theatre, Melbourne, 1931.
Mathew, Raymond Frank (Item 233, 234)
The boomerang. (1)
Covertitle: the boomerang and the bantam.
2 copies.
Mathew, Raymond Frank (Item 434, 435, 435A)
The Medea of Euripides: a version.
Performed A.B.C., 1961.
Mathew, Raymond Frank (Item 230, 231, 232)
A spring song. (6 scenes)
Performed at the Pocket Playhouse, Sydenham, N.S.W., Winter 1958.
Mathew, Raymond Frank (Item 237, 238, 239)
We find the bunyip. (3)
Performed at the Independent Theatre, North Sydney, August 1955.
Meredith, Gwenyth Valmai (Item 246, 247, 248)
Ask no questions. (3)
Performed Brisbane Arts Theatre, November 1940.
Moore, Raymond Milton (Item 261, 262, 263)
Death and Mr. Makepeace. (1)
Prizewinning play produced by the Canberra Repertory Society in October 1948.
Murray, K E (Item 273, 274, 275)
A pot of geraniums. (1)
Adapted from the short story "Water them geraniums", by Henry Lawson.
Oakes, Russell J (Item 429, 430, 431)
The voice of Jerome Keddle. (3)
Performed at the Community Playhouse, Sydney, October 1930.
O'grady, John (Item 290, 291)
The valley. (1)
From a short story by Raymond Slattery.
Performed at the British Drama League Festival, 1949.
Palmer, Vance (Item 292, 292A, 292B, 293,294)
A happy family. (4)
Producer's copy (notebook).
Performed by the Pioneer Players, Melbourne, April 1922.
This copy states "First produced Brisbane Repertory September 1926".
Palmer, Vance (Item 492)
Prisoners' country. (4)
Performed at the Union Theatre, Melbourne, January 1960.
Part, Ruth, and REES, Leslie Clarke (Item 300, 301, 302)
The harp in the south. (3)
Freely adapted from R. Park's novel:
The harp in the South.
Performed at the Independent Theatre, Sydney, March 1949.
Prichard, Katharine Susannah (Item 314, 315)
The burglar. (1)
Performed at the First Australian Drama Night,
Melbourne, March 1909.
Prichard, Katharine Susannah (Item 316, 315)
Forward one. (1)
Performed by the Workers' Theatre, Perth, December 1935.
Prichard, Katharine Susannah (Item 318, 319)
Good morning. (1)
Produced at the Modern Women's Club, Perth, by the New Theatre of Western Australia, 1955.
Prichard, Katharine Susannah (Item 320, 320A, 321)
The great man. (3)
Produced by the pioneer Players in Melbourne, August 1923.
Prichard, Katharine Susannah (Item 312, 313)
Women of Spain. (1)
Produced for the Spanish Relief Fund in the Town Hall, Perth, by the Workers' Art Guild, 1937.
2 copies.
Stone, Louis (Item 495)
The tap of the gods. (3)
Xerox copy of Daily Telegraph columns.
Awarded second prize in the Daily Telegraph competition, 1923.
Performed at the Palace Theatre, Sydney, October 1928.
Symons, Alex (Item 346, 347)
Sigismond. (4)
Performed by the Adelaide Repertory Theatre,
September 1927.
Terry, J E Harold, and Tighe, Harry (Item 348, 349, 350)
Son of a -! (3)
From the Dutch of Ian Fabricius.
Also known as Insult.
Performed at the Little Theatre, London, April 1930.
Throssell, Ric (Item 372, 373, 374)
The day before tomorrow. (3)
Performed by the Canberra Repertory Society in association with the Australian Elizabethan Theatre
Trust in Canberra, April 1956.
Throssell, Ric (Item 482)
Epitaph for the unborn. (1)
Produced by the Independent Theatre,
Sydney, for the Anzac Festival 1955, at which it was awarded first prize.
Throssell, Ric (Item 366, 366A, 367, 368)
If thy heart offend. (1)
Performed at Rockhampton Little Theatre, 1957.
Throssell, Ric (Item 483)
Legend. (7 scenes)
First produced by the Canberra Repertory Theatre, in association with the Australian Elizabethan
Theatre Trust, November 1958.
Throssell, Ric (Item 369, 370, 371, 371A)
Suburban requiem. (1)
First performed by the Canberra Repertory Society at the National Eisteddford, Canberra, April 1955, when it was awarded first prize.
Tighe, Harry (Item 354, 355, 356)
Open spaces; or, Bush fire. (4)
Performed at Queen's Theatre, London,
January 1927, and Fortune Theatre, London,
April 1931.
Turner, Alexander (Item 378, 379, 380)
Centurion. (1)
Performed by Perth Repertory Theatre, July 1935.
Vickers, Frederick Bert (Item 381, 382)
Stained pieces. (3)
First performed at the Assembly Hall, Perth, October 1949.
Wilkinson, Mary Elizabeth (Item 484)
The Lighthouse keeper's wife. (1)
Xerox reprint from Art and letters: Hassell's Australian miscellany.
Wilmot, Frank Leslie Thomson
Absalom: a monologue with interruptions.
Xerox copy.
Wilmot, Frank Leslie Thomson (Item 240, 241, 242)
A disturber of pools. (1)
Performed by the Pioneer Players at the Playhouse, Melbourne, December 1923, and at the Community Playhouse, Sydney, September 1930.
Wilmot, Frank Leslie Thomson (Item 485)
Revolution: a farce. (4)
Xerox copy.
Performed at Queen's Hall, Collins Street,
Melbourne, April 1932. Reviewed in both
Melbourne Age and Argus, 15 April 1932.
Wilmot, Frank Leslie Thomson (Item 486)
White ants. (1)
Xerox copy.
Performed at Queen's Hall, Collins Street,
Melbourne, June 1928. Reviewed in both Age and Argus, 12 June 1928.