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- 1930-1976 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
2 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
George Landon Dann was born in Queensland in 1904. He was a draughtsman and a member of the military forces as well as a playwright. His career as a dramatist started with In Beauty it is finished in 1931. Most of Dann's plays won or gained places in competitions, including a first prize for No Incense Rising in 1938 at the Dramatists' Club of Australia competition, which was judged in London. He died on 6 June 1977 at Eumundi, Queensland
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1930-1976
Collection alternatively titled as: George Landen Dann Collection.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Incoming correspondence 1932-1976, two diaries; manuscripts of dramas, poetry, prose, an unpublished novel, and a film/television script; notes; personal papers; programmes of productions of his plays; scrapbooks; newspaper clippings; photographs.
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Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
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Language of material
- English
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Publication note
Material from this collection has been cited in:
Comans, Christine Anne Wilmington (2006) La Boite Theatre 1925 to 2003: an historical survey of its transformation from an amateur repertory society to an established professional company. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
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Name access points
- Dann, George Landen, (Subject)
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Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Updated to reflect new housing, Amanda Main 13-Dec-2019.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.