![1930](/generated/images/1930-1_640-1280.jpg)
![A First Controversy](/generated/images/phd-g-l-dann-larger-photo-2_640.jpg)
A First Controversy
" It is a matter for action by the police!" screamed Smith's Weekly about George Landen Dann's prize-winning play.
![Drama in the 1930s](/generated/images/babette-fergusson-in-an-early-abc-radio-produciton-of-les-bavards-iolanthe-slater-babette-beryl-peak-1_640.jpg)
Drama in the 1930s
Finances go up and down, artistic experiments succeed and fail, and World War II looms.
![Outward Bound](/generated/images/1930-outward-bound-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1930
Outward Bound
![At Mrs. Beam's](/generated/images/1930-at-mrs-beams-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1930
At Mrs. Beam's
![Rutherford and Son](/generated/images/1930-rutherford-and-son-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1930
Rutherford and Son
![Christine](/generated/images/1930-christine-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1930
Christine
![Yellow Sands](/generated/images/1931-yellow-sands-pm01-a-1_640.jpg)
1931
Yellow Sands
![In Beauty It Is Finished](/generated/images/george-landen-dann-queensland-playwright-1_640.jpg)
1931
In Beauty It Is Finished
![You Never Can Tell](/generated/images/1931-you-never-can-tell-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1931
You Never Can Tell
![Uncle Vanya](/generated/images/1931-uncle-vanya-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1931
Uncle Vanya
![The Laughing Lady](/generated/images/1932-rhoda-felgate-standing-in-the-laughing-lady-cremorne-theatre-courtesy-qpac-museum-5_640.jpg)
1932
The Laughing Lady
![Many Waters](/generated/images/1932-many-waters-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1932
Many Waters
![Cherry Acres](/generated/images/1932-cherry-acres-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1932
Cherry Acres
![Comedy and Tragedy/The Romantic Young Lady](/generated/images/1932-comedy-and-tragedy-the-romantic-young-lady-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1932
Comedy and Tragedy/The Romantic Young Lady
![The Roof](/generated/images/1933-mrs-moonlight-pm01-2_640.jpg)
1933
The Roof
![The Rose Without A Thorn](/generated/images/1933-the-rose-without-a-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1933
The Rose Without A Thorn
![Fashions For Men](/generated/images/1933-fashions-for-men-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1933
Fashions For Men
![Mrs Moonlight](/generated/images/1933-mrs-moonlight-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1933
Mrs Moonlight
![Nine Till Six](/generated/images/1933-fashions-for-men-pm01-2_640.jpg)
1933
Nine Till Six
![Wife to a Famous Man/Dona Clarines](/generated/images/1934-see-naples-and-die-pm01-2_640.jpg)
1934
Wife to a Famous Man/Dona Clarines
![An Enemy of the People](/generated/images/1934-see-naples-and-die-pm01-3_640.jpg)
1934
An Enemy of the People
![The Return of the Prodigal](/generated/images/1934-children-in-uniform-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1934
The Return of the Prodigal
![Children In Uniform](/generated/images/1934-children-in-uniform-1-1_640.jpg)
1934
Children In Uniform
![See Naples and Die](/generated/images/1934-see-naples-and-die-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1934
See Naples and Die
![Will Shakespeare](/generated/images/1935-will-shakespeare-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1935
Will Shakespeare
![She Passed Through Lorraine](/generated/images/1935-dangerous-corner-pm01-0002-2_640.jpg)
1935
She Passed Through Lorraine
![Don Abel Wrote a Tragedy](/generated/images/1935-don-abel-wrote-a-pm01-2_640.jpg)
1935
Don Abel Wrote a Tragedy
![Sheppey](/generated/images/1935-dangerous-corner-pm01-0002-3_640.jpg)
1935
Sheppey
![The Late Christopher Bean](/generated/images/1935-the-late-christopher-pm01-0002-2_640.jpg)
1935
The Late Christopher Bean
![Dangerous Corner](/generated/images/1935-dangerous-corner-pm01-0002-1_640.jpg)
1935
Dangerous Corner
![Grief Goes Over](/generated/images/1936-hamlet-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1936
Grief Goes Over
![The Dover Road](/generated/images/1936-the-dover-road-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1936
The Dover Road
![Youth at the Helm](/generated/images/1936-the-dover-road-pm01-2_640.jpg)
1936
Youth at the Helm
![She Stoops to Conquer](/generated/images/1936-hamlet-pm01-2_640.jpg)
1936
She Stoops to Conquer
![Lady Precious Stream](/generated/images/1936-the-dover-road-pm01-3_640.jpg)
1936
Lady Precious Stream
![The Roundabout](/generated/images/1936-hamlet-pm01-3_640.jpg)
1936
The Roundabout
![Hamlet](/generated/images/leo-guyatt-in-hamlet-1_640.jpg)
1936
Hamlet
![The Touch of Silk](/generated/images/1936-the-dover-road-pm01-4_640.jpg)
1936
The Touch of Silk
![Lover's Leap](/generated/images/1936-hamlet-pm01-4_640.jpg)
1936
Lover's Leap
![London Wall](/generated/images/1937-london-wall-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1937
London Wall
![The Man with a Load of Mischief](/generated/images/1937-duet-in-floodlight-pm01-2_640.jpg)
1937
The Man with a Load of Mischief
![The Witch](/generated/images/1937-london-wall-pm01-2_640.jpg)
1937
The Witch
![Short Story](/generated/images/1937-the-crime-at-blossoms-pm01-2_640.jpg)
1937
Short Story
![Macbeth](/generated/images/1937-duet-in-floodlight-pm01-3_640.jpg)
1937
Macbeth
![What Every Woman Knows](/generated/images/1937-london-wall-pm01-3_640.jpg)
1937
What Every Woman Knows
![The Crime at Blossoms](/generated/images/1937-the-crime-at-blossoms-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1937
The Crime at Blossoms
![Duet in Floodlight](/generated/images/1937-duet-in-floodlight-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1937
Duet in Floodlight
![Jacob's Ladder](/generated/images/1938-jacobs-ladder-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1938
Jacob's Ladder
![No Incense Rising](/generated/images/1930s-george-landen-dann-prominent-playwright-courtesy-fryer-library-uq-1_640.jpg)
1938
No Incense Rising
![Pride And Prejudice](/generated/images/no-incense-rising-2-2_640.jpg)
1938
Pride And Prejudice
![Storm in a Teacup](/generated/images/1938-storm-in-a-teacup-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1938
Storm in a Teacup
![The Tempest](/generated/images/1938-the-tempest-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1938
The Tempest
![Busman's Honeymoon](/generated/images/no-incense-rising-2-3_640.jpg)
1938
Busman's Honeymoon
![Mirror to Elizabeth/ In Theatre Street](/generated/images/1938-mirror-to-elizabeth-in-theatre-street-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1938
Mirror to Elizabeth/ In Theatre Street
![Call It A Day](/generated/images/barbara-sisley-circa-1940-1-1_640.jpg)
1938
Call It A Day
![Death Takes A Holiday](/generated/images/1939-death-takes-a-holiday-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1939
Death Takes A Holiday
![Housemaster](/generated/images/1939-housemaster-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1939
Housemaster
![Men Without Wives](/generated/images/henrietta-drake-brockman-portrait-1-2_640.jpg)
1939
Men Without Wives
![Whiteoaks](/generated/images/1939-whiteoaks-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1939
Whiteoaks
![Viceroy Sarah](/generated/images/1939-barbara-sisley-in-viceroy-sarah-at-the-princess-theatre-which-she-also-directed-courtesy-joan-c-1_640.jpg)
1939
Viceroy Sarah
![John Gabriel Borkman](/generated/images/ibsen-1_640.jpg)
1939
John Gabriel Borkman
![A Second Moses](/generated/images/1939-betty-ross-mervyn-eadie-in-a-second-moses-by-george-landen-dann-directed-by-barbara-sisley-1_640.jpg)
1939
A Second Moses
![You Can't Take It With You](/generated/images/1939-you-cant-take-it-with-pm01-1_640.jpg)
1939