George Landen Dann
George Landen Dann was born on the 1 st January 1904; he died on the 6 th June 1977. He was an Austrian playwright, writer and a draftsm...
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George Landen Dann was born on the 1st January 1904; he died
on the 6th June 1977. He was an Austrian playwright, writer and a
draftsman. He is best known for numerous award-winning and critically commended
plays like In Beauty It Is Finished,
Fountains Beyond, Caroline Chisholm and The Orange Grove. Over the course of
his lifetime, he wrote several dozens of published and unpublished plays. The
George Landen Dann Award was brought up
in the year 1992, and it was awarded to the promising young playwrights of the
country until the year 2007.
Landen Dann was the son of George William Dann
and Mildred Challis Dann. He had an elder sister Isabel Challis born on the 23rd
December 1901 and two younger sisters called Dorothy Rose born in the year
1905, and Mildred Matilda born in the year 1908. Mildred died the same year she
was born.
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He went to the
Brisbane Grammar School and he entered the survey office of the Queensland Land
Department in the year 1920 at the age of 16 and it was there that he passed
through the training as a draftsman. It was believed that he started writing at
the same time he started his draftsman training. Dann joined the Brisbane City Council as a
draftsman in the department of water supply in the year 1924.
Works for Theatre
Ø Odds,
1924
Ø Family
Failings, 1925
Ø In Beauty It Is Finished,
1931
Ø OH!
The Brave Music!, 1932
Ø The
Giant, 1932
Ø Monday
Morning, 1934
Ø A
Foreground for Fanny, 1934
Ø The
Days of Roses, 1934
Ø No
Incense Rising, 1937
Ø Caroline Chisholm, 1939
Ø Funerals
For Field Mice, 1940
Ø The
Green Trees, 1941
Ø Fountains
Beyond, 1942
Ø Ha!
Ha! Among The Trumpets, 1945
Ø How
Far Returning, 1946
Ø The
Orange Grove, 1958
Ø Resurrection
of Matthewton, 1958
Ø Ring
Out Wild Bells, 1958
Ø Rainbows
Die at Sunset, 1975
Awards and
Recognition
Ø The
winner of The Brisbane Repertory
Theatre Society Australian Play Award for ‘In Beauty it Is Finished’ in
the year 1931.
Ø Winner
of the Brisbane Repertory Theatre
Society Australian Play Award for his work, ‘Oh! The Brave Music’ in the
year 1932.
Ø He
was the winner of the Brisbane
Eisteddford for ‘The Days of Roses’ in the year 1934.
Ø He
had a favourable mention in The Laura
Boyne Luffman Memorial Fund award for his work, ‘Monday Morning’ in the year
1934
Ø Winner of the Dramatists' Club of Australia competition
for his work called ‘No Incense Rising’ in the year 1938.
Ø He
was the winner of The Independent
Theatre of Sydney's Playwright Competition for the work, ‘No Incense
Rising’ in the year 1938.
Ø He
was the winner of The ABC Play
Competition for ‘A Foreground for Fanny’ in the year 1938.
Ø He
came 3rd in the ABC's Radio
Play Competition for ‘Funerals for Field Mice’ in the year 1940.
Ø He
came 2nd in The Commission's
Bonus Play Competition for his work, ‘Fountains Beyond’ in 1942
Ø Winner
of the Australian Playwright Advisory
Board competition for his work called ‘Ha Ha! Amongst the Trumpets’ in
the year 1946
Ø Winner
of the Wales Eisteddford for ‘Fountains
Beyond’ in the year 1950
Ø Winner
of The General Motors Play Competition
for the work called ‘Resurrection at Matthew Town’ in 1958
Ø He
came 2nd in The Newcastle
Playwriting Competition for his work called ‘Rainbows Die at Sunset’ in
the year 1975.
Winners of the George
Landen Dann Award in the country
Ø
1992:
The Surgical Table, Daynan Brazil
Ø
1993:
Composing Venus, by Elaine Ackworth
Ø
1994:
No Winner due to Review
Ø
1995:
Asylum, by David McCartney
Ø
1996:
No winner due to review
Ø
1997:
Joint winners: Georgia, by Jill Shearer, and Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris,
by Shaun Charles.
Ø
1998:
The Postcard, by Angela Betzien
Ø
1999:
The Dance of Jeremiah, by Matthew Ryan
Ø
2000:
Great Leaders of the Twentieth Century, by Paul Galloway
Ø
2001:
No Winner
Ø
2002:
Glimpses From the Water's Edge, by Catherine To
Ø
2003:
Afloat and Drifting, Beth King
Ø
2004:
I witness, by Aedan Whyatt
Ø
2005:
Magda's Fascination with Wax Cats, by Maxine Mellor
Ø
2006:
The Rainbow Dark, by Victoria Carless
