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History
This competition was sponsored by the Melbourne New Theatre League. First prize was a sum of cash and an immediate presentation of the play and the payment to the playwright of 10 percent of the gross takings of every performance. Competitors were encouraged to write on socially important themes.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1945
winner Sailor's Girl 1945 single work drama
— Appears in: New Theatre Review , December 1945; (p. 10-14) -
Year: 1939
winner Lalor of Eureka 1939 single work drama biography -
Year: 1938
winner y
The Sword Sung
1938
(Manuscript version)x401260
Z851084
1938
single work
drama
