Betty Quin
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Betty Quin | |
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| Born | C. 1922/1923 |
| Died | 28 August 1993 (aged 70) |
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| Family | Patrea Smallacombe (niece) |
Betty Quin (c. 1922/1923 - 28 August 1993) was an Australian playwright, script writer and series script editor who contributed to numerous soap operas in her native Australia (e.g. The Young Doctors, Sons and Daughters, A Country Practice, Prisoner and Neighbours).
From 1970 to 1977 she ran the Q Theatre Company, an amateur theatre company she co-founded with her husband, Don Quin, in Adelaide. Many of her 22 plays[1] and other Australian works were performed by the company.[2] Robert Stigwood purchased the film rights to her 1970 play, Dinkum Bambino, which had been favourably reviewed by The Advertiser's theatre critic, Mary Armitage.[3]
She was the aunt of Patrea Smallacombe, the Australian-born script writer for Coronation Street and EastEnders.
Betty Quin died on 28 August 1993 at the age of 70.[4]
Works
[edit]Plays
[edit]- The Swallow Flies South, 1961
- A Relative Affair, 1962
- The Travelling Kind, 1962
- A Question of Time, 1963
- For Arts Sake, 1964
- The Listeners, 1967
- The Gentle Jigsaw, 1968
- Cry For The Moon, 1970
- Dinkum Bambino, 1970
- The Constant Gardener, c.1970[5]
- Up the Track, 1973
- The Golden Years, 1977
Books
[edit]- Quin, Betty (1991), Prisoner Cell Block-H: a dangerous affair, Thames Mandarin, ISBN 978-0-7493-0930-5
References
[edit]- ^ "Betty Quin". AusStage. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Betty Quin [Collection]". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ N.S.W. Teachers' Federation (20 November 1974), "THEATRE", Education: Journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation, 55 (19), The Federation: 21, ISSN 0013-1156
- ^ "5 February 1882 From Sunday School to Q Theatre". www.sahistorians.org.au. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ The constant gardener : [theatre program], [1970?], 1970, retrieved 10 November 2020
External links
[edit]- Betty Quin at IMDb
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