The Observer Plays

Editor	Kenneth Tynan
Author	Various
Language	English
Genre	theatre
Publisher	Faber
Publication date	1958
Pages	475

The Observer Plays is a 1958 collection of seven plays edited by Kenneth Tynan. The plays were commended in the famous 1957 playwriting competition organised by Tynan when at the Observer newspaper.^[1]^[2]

The plays were:

Moon on a Rainbow Shawl by Errol John
Sit on the Earth by Gurney Campbell and Daphne Athas
The Sport of My Mad Mother by Ann Jellicoe
A Resounding Tinkle by N.F. Simpson
The Shifting Heart by Richard Beynon
All My Own Work by Romilly Cavan
Four Men by Andre Davis

^ "The Red Page The Observer Plays", The Bulletin, John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues), 79 (4116), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 31 December 1958 [1880], ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-702922803, retrieved 27 July 2023 – via Trove
^ "Puzzling Prospect For Modern Playwrights". The Canberra Times. Vol. 33, no. 9, 285. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 May 1959. p. 11. Retrieved 27 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[1] "The Red Page The Observer Plays", The Bulletin, John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues), 79 (4116), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 31 December 1958 [1880], ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-702922803, retrieved 27 July 2023 – via Trove

[2] "Puzzling Prospect For Modern Playwrights". The Canberra Times. Vol. 33, no. 9, 285. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 May 1959. p. 11. Retrieved 27 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

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