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Organisation	Australian Play Society
Address	NSW Australia
Functions	Presenting Company, Production Company, Sponsor
Notes	Formed February 1932 by Carrie Tennant and designed to produce Australian plays regularly, selected by judges, and to absorb the Community Playhouse group. Its other purpose was to refute recent published comments by Australian artists abroad that Sydney audiences are morons.
Events	Date Contributor Organisation Venue
	Spy, Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 11 August 1935 Geraniums, My Dear, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 Out of a Clear Sky, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 Postman's Knock, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 A Game of Billiards, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 Showing Sylvie, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 Memories, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 No Robbery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Strained Relations, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 The Twelfth Man, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Lottery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Dream Errant, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Hereafter, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 The Slender Threshold, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 2 April 1932 Nemesis, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 2 April 1932 Three Peer in a Window, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 2 April 1932 Hypocrites, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 2 April 1932 As it Was in the Beginning, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 2 April 1932 22 Rowe Street, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 David and Truth, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 Matilda's Mistake, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 The Raid, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932
	The Independent Theatre No Robbery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932
	Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW Geraniums, My Dear, 13 April 1932 Out of a Clear Sky, 13 April 1932 Postman's Knock, 13 April 1932 A Game of Billiards, 13 April 1932 Showing Sylvie, 13 April 1932 Memories, 6 April 1932 Strained Relations, 6 April 1932 No Robbery, 6 April 1932 The Twelfth Man, 5 April 1932 Lottery, 5 April 1932 Hereafter, 5 April 1932 Dream Errant, 5 April 1932 The Slender Threshold, 2 April 1932 Nemesis, 2 April 1932 Three Peer in a Window, 2 April 1932 Hypocrites, 2 April 1932 As it Was in the Beginning, 2 April 1932 22 Rowe Street, 29 March 1932 David and Truth, 29 March 1932 Matilda's Mistake, 29 March 1932 The Raid, 29 March 1932 Sydney, Sydney, NSW Spy, 11 August 1935
	Carrie Tennant - Director, Producer Spy, Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 11 August 1935 Geraniums, My Dear, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 Showing Sylvie, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 A Game of Billiards, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 Postman's Knock, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 No Robbery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Strained Relations, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Hereafter, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Lottery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Three Peer in a Window, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 2 April 1932 Hypocrites, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 2 April 1932 As it Was in the Beginning, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 2 April 1932 The Slender Threshold, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 2 April 1932 Nemesis, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 2 April 1932 22 Rowe Street, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 David and Truth, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 Matilda's Mistake, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 The Raid, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 Kenneth Fowles - Actor Dream Errant, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 David and Truth, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 Neville Malley - Actor Out of a Clear Sky, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 No Robbery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Flora Abbott - Actor Strained Relations, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Charles Arundel Nott - Actor No Robbery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Enid Baumberg - Playwright Hereafter, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Ruth Bedford - Playwright Postman's Knock, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 Wilfred Blacket - Actor The Raid, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 Ann Bolger - Actor Lottery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 P Brigenhaw - Actor Out of a Clear Sky, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 Callboy - Playwright Three Peer in a Window, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 2 April 1932 Ann Carlson - Actor Strained Relations, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Vera Chown - Actor Strained Relations, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 R Seymour Costelloe - Actor Matilda's Mistake, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 W Dallimore - Actor Strained Relations, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Arthur W Dibley - Playwright The Slender Threshold, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 2 April 1932 George Edwards - Actor Hereafter, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Doris Fitton - Director No Robbery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Joan Fuller - Actor Hereafter, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 William Gates - Actor Lottery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Margaret Gillespie - Actor David and Truth, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 James Aloysius Glennon - Playwright Dream Errant, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Neil Gunther - Actor The Twelfth Man, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Nance Gurr - Actor The Raid, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 Thomas Stuart Gurr - Playwright Hypocrites, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 2 April 1932 Paul Hasluck - Playwright A Game of Billiards, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 Doris Hayball - Playwright Out of a Clear Sky, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 Madeleine Howell - Actor The Raid, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 Jackson - Actor Matilda's Mistake, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 Alix Lamb - Actor No Robbery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Joyce Lambert - Actor, Producer Out of a Clear Sky, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 Arthur Lane - Actor No Robbery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Jean Lawson - Actor No Robbery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 E B Lenehan - Actor, Playwright Lottery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 D Littlemore - Actor Dream Errant, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 K M Michael - Playwright The Twelfth Man, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Tom Inglis Moore - Playwright No Robbery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Oriel Mullarky - Playwright As it Was in the Beginning, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 2 April 1932 Roger Murphy - Actor Matilda's Mistake, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 John P O'Callaghan - Playwright Nemesis, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 2 April 1932 John P O'Doherty - Playwright Spy, Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 11 August 1935 Jack O'Keefe - Actor Dream Errant, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 John Ogden - Actor The Twelfth Man, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Chandra Parkes - Actor Hereafter, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 P Payne - Actor Strained Relations, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 John Pickard - Actor Hereafter, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Adele Quinn - Actor Hereafter, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 W Rainbow - Actor Hereafter, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Scott - Actor Lottery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Lilian Shand - Playwright Geraniums, My Dear, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 Marguerite Shirlaw - Playwright 22 Rowe Street, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 T Shonk - Actor The Twelfth Man, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Barbara Smith - Actor Dream Errant, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Joyce Smith - Actor No Robbery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Spero - Playwright Memories, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Nell Stirling - Actor Hereafter, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 5 April 1932 Thelma Sundstrom - Director Memories, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Thorburn Suttie - Playwright Matilda's Mistake, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 Betty Sutton - Actor David and Truth, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 Hope Sutton - Playwright David and Truth, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 Peggy Thornhill - Playwright Showing Sylvie, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1932 Violet Turner - Actor Matilda's Mistake, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 Doris Waraker - Playwright Strained Relations, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Ray Whitfield - Actor No Robbery, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932 Dora Wilcox - Playwright The Raid, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 29 March 1932 Gloria Ziotkowski - Actor Strained Relations, Aeolian Hall, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1932
Resources	Article: Play Contest, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 April 1932, 8 Article: Play Contest, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 April 1932, 7 Review: Australian Play Competition, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 April 1932, 13
Data Set	AusStage
Organisation Identifier	34073

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