It has happened before, a verse play for radio was written between 1941 and 1942. There are two copies of this play: Bound carbon copy typescript, 30 numbered leaves, handwritten emendations, undated; and a carbon copy typescript, 32 numbered leaves, front cover has pasted to it a transcribed copy of an expert from The Listener in, 1951.

Con sordini, a play in one act was most likely written in the 1940s. There is one typescript with some carbon copy leaves, 28 numbered leaves, undated.

Relative truth, a play in three acts, was most likely written during by Dorothy Blewett when she lived in London in the 1950s, as this address appears on earlier versions of the play, and when she returned to Australia in 1959 (later versions have her Eltham (Victoria) address on it). It would appear the play was never performed. There are five versions of the playscript in this file.

Box 2
Folder 10
This typescript, with some original and carbon copy leaves, has 'NO' written on the cover with a circle around it; it has Dorothy Blewett's name and address handwritten on the title page, approximately 94 leaves (separately numbered for each act), undated.

Folder 11
This typescript, with some original and carbon copy leaves has 'Old version' written on the front cover, with Blewett's London address on the first page, two inserted pages, approximately 94 leaves (separately numbered for each act), undated.

Folder 12
Carbon copy typescript, the title page has 'by "Gemma" crossed out and "Dorothy Blewett" written instead, approximately 91 leaves (separately numbered for each act) with 2 inserted leaves at the end for Act 2, undated but most likely 1959. Earlier versions have time of play as 'the present however this version has the time as 1959.

Folder 13
Carbon copy typescript, with Blewett's Eltham (Victoria) address on title page, 91 unnumbered leaves, with envelope that housed the playscript retained, undated but most likely 1959. Earlier versions have time of play as 'the present however this version has the time as 1959.

Folder 14
Typescript, with Blewett's Eltham (Victoria) address on title page, 91 unnumbered leaves, [1959]. Earlier versions have time of play as 'the present however this version has the time as 1959.

Folder 15
Various incomplete sections of the play.

'Pony from Tarella', a television serial for children by Mavis Thorpe-Clark and Dorothy Blewett has several typescript drafts with handwritten annotations.

Three versions of the short story (unpublished) 'Journey to an end'. Two are carbon copy typescripts, one an original typescript, undated. The original typescript has a cover sheet which has the author as "Gardener". Based on when most of her short stories were published, they could have been written in the 1930s.

Astral Journey, a radio play, was most likely written by Dorothy Blewett in the 1950s. There are several pages of incomplete versions of the play; and four complete versions of the playscript:

'Call it justice' typed on the cover page is crossed out and 'Astral journey' is written in pencil above, 5 leaves with one leaf with 'Alternate ending' at the end, undated.

Carbon copy typescript, 12 numbered leaves, accompanied by 2 leaves with an Alternate ending, undated.

Typescript, 11 numbered leaves, undated.

Carbon copy typescript, 11 numbered leaves, undated.

Time turns back is most likely written by Dorothy Blewett; there is no title page. It is unknown when Dorothy Blewett wrote this play, possibly from the 1940s or 1950s. It is a carbon copy typescript, 11 numbered leaves, undated.

Typescript, carbon copy, of the short story The girl came to our school, 7 numbered leaves, undated. On the cover page the name 'Mary Burch' has been crossed out and 'Dorothy Blewett' written; handwritten on the cover page is the address of Cooks World Travel Service in Melbourne.

Quiet Night is a play about hospital life, was written in the early 1940s. It was performed around Australia and in the United Kingdom. It was also produced as a radio play.

Box 1
Folder 1
Typescript of the play by Dorothy Blewett Quiet Night, pasted into a foolscap sized notebook with the handwritten title on the cover: "Quiet Night" Prompt Copy. On the first page is the name and address of Dorothy Blewett below which is a pasted in copy of the programme for the performance of the play: "Programme of "Quiet Night" presented by the A.B.C. Dramatic Club at the State Conservatorium of Music Sydney. Friday, June 25th and Saturday, June 26th", [1943].

Folder 2 Quiet Night : a play in three acts printed by the R.A.A.F. Educational Services, 48 pages. The R.A.A.F. Educational Services Plays were issued to Area and Group Headquarters, from which units could obtain on loan a set of copies of the play. [1943].

Folder 3
Typescript, and carbon copy typescript of the play Quiet Night by Dorothy Blewett. Cover page has red pencil and blue pen writing with the name and address of Dorothy Blewett crossed out; handwritten amendments; iii, 50 leaves; undated. Original binding/folder retained.

Folder 4
Three roneoed copies of Quiet Night, 52 numbered pages. Undated.

Folder 5
Typescript of the rehearsal script of Scene One of Quiet Night, 10 leaves. Undated.

Folder 6
Roneoed copy of the "Rehearsal script" for the A.B.C. Television Drama Department, produced by Christopher Muir. Handwritten emendations. 66 leaves. Undated. Inserted between pages numbered 15 and 16 are three typescript pages.

Letter from the Australian Broadcasting Commission (Victorian Branch), 29 May 1961, to Dorothy Blewett with details of the rehearsal for Quite Night, signed by Christopher Muir. Attached is the rehearsal schedule from 8 Jun 1961 to 28 Jun 1961.

ABC Television cast list, 2 leaves, 28 Jun 1961.

Folder 7
One handwritten note with envelope addressed 'to the author'.

Two programs: The Withington Players present "Quiet Night", the first performance in England of a play by Dorothy Blewett, 4 pages, 1953; and Jean Barklamb presents The Ashfield Players in "Quiet Night" a play in3 acts by Dorothy Blewett at the Ashfield Theatrette on 27 May 1953, 3 pages, 1953.

Photograph album: Commercially available photograph album with 'Photographs' on front cover, 19 x 24 cm, leaves made of medium weight dark grey papers. On first page "To Dorothy Blewett as a memento of the first stage production of "Quiet Night" the Withington Players, February 1953". Six black and white photographs, 10 x 15 cm, on six separate pages, final page has handwritten list of cast with actors signatures beside their characters name. Five unused pages.

The First Joanna : a play in two acts was written around 1941 and revised over the following 17 years. It was not published in her lifetime but was published online in 2016 by AustLit. This file is comprised of draft typescripts, some ephemera from stage productions, and a few letters.

Box 1
Folders 8-13
Six folders with unbound and 'bound' typescripts/carbon copy typescripts of The first Joanna : a play in three acts, pagination for each varies, some have handwritten emendations, all are undated, most are in very poor condition and fragile.

Box 2
Folders 1-2
Two folders with unbound carbon copy typescripts of The first Joanna : a play in three acts, 92 leaves, undated, with accompanying envelope addressed to the Merry Days Correspondence School in Eltham, Victoria. [The principals of Merry Days Correspondence School, Nursery School, Kindergarten and Sub-Primary were R. and E. Blewett, which they began in 1942.]

Folder 3
Loose pages of The first Joanna, some with handwritten emendations, undated.

Folder 4
Correspondence and contracts:
Contract with: J.C. Williamson Theatres Limited and Dorothy Blewett, dated 20 Jun 1944; Maxwell Wray Productions Limited and Dorothy Blewet dated 26 Sep 1952.
Letters: Australian Broadcasting Commission to Dorothy Blewett dated, 9 Dec 1947; letter to and from Linnit and Dunfee, date 16 Oct 1951 and 5 Dec 1951; telegraph offering payment for television rights, 27 Sep 1960; Australian Broadcasting Commission to Dorothy Blewett, 28 Sep 1960; and A.B.C. Television Rehearsal Schedule for The First Joanna from 1 Feb 1961 to 22 Feb 1961, from producer Christopher Muir.

Folder 5
Ephemera relating to The first Joanna. Includes: 1 b&w photograph of the first performance in Marc 148 at Metropolitan Theatre Sydney; 1948 program from the Metropolitan Theatre (2 copies); hand drawn stage setting; The Metropolitan newspaper, vol 1 no. 3, 21 Feb 1948 (2 copies); and program for the St. Peters Community Plays performance, from 1949.