Playwrights' Advisory Board
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The Playwrights' Advisory Board was an Australian organisation established in 1938 to assist the cause of Australian playwriting.[1] It was established by Leslie Rees, Rex Rienits and Doris Fitton. Its functions included negotiating productions with theatres, acting as an intermediary in the nomination and collection of royalties, advising theatres and playwrights on scripts, and holding script competitions.[2][3] Members of the board included names such as Dymphna Cusack and Sumner Locke Elliott.
The Board ceased operations in 1963.
The Board's most notable achievement was holding a competition which helped unearth Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.