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Marjorie McLeod Marjorie McLeod i(A34925 works by) (birth name: Marjorie Young)
Born: Established: 27 Feb 1893 Dimboola, Nhill - Dimboola - Albacutya area, North West Victoria, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 6 Aug 1988 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

In the 1930s Mcleod served as President of The Dramatists' Club of Australia. Her involvement also included writing and producing plays for the Dramatists Club Players. Among the productions she directed was Dorothy Blewett's Quiet Night (1941).

In 1943 McLeod founded the Swan Hill National Theatre , Victoria, directing and producing plays for the company for many years. She also she taught speech and was an actor and writer for ABC radio.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Manuscripts of seven of Marjorie McLeod's plays are held in the Campbell Howard Collection of Australian Plays, Dixson Library, University of New England.

Awards for Works

Travail 1934 single work drama
— Appears in: Eight Plays by Australians 1934; (p. 1-19)
1933 first prize Australian Literature Society Competition
A Shillingsworth 1930 single work drama
— Appears in: Four Period Plays 1958; (p. 107-119)
1930 first prize Australian Literature Society Competition
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