Binns Collection

A collection of books from the library of Kenneth Binns (1882-1969), first Australian National Librarian, and his wife Joan Binns, comprising 14 books of plays, mainly British and Australian, from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.

List of books

1. Marriott, J.W. (selected by), One-act plays of to-day (Australian edition) London; Sydney: George G. Harrap & Co., 1936, c. 1944.
2. Hampden, John (selected by), Twenty one-act plays, London: J.M. Dent, 1941, c. 1938.
3. Priestley, J.B.; Odets, Clifford; Williams, Emlyn, Theatre omnibus: Time and the Conways; Golden Boy; The Corn is Green, London: Readers Union, 1941.
4. Esson, Louis, The Southern cross and other plays, Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens, 1946.
5. Coward, Noel, Collected Sketches and Lyrics, London: Hutchinson, n.d.
6. Pakington, Mary; Nesbit, C.M; Talbot, A.; Schofield, Stephen, The marble god & other one-act plays, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1926
7. Sutro, Alfred; Bax, Cliord; Herbert, AP.; Ferguson, J..; Down, Oliphant, Seven famous one-act plays, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1939, c. 1937.
8. Gielgud, Val (selected by), Radio theatre: plays specially written for broadcasting, London: Macdonald & Co., 1946.
9. Galsworrthy, John, Three plays: Escape; The Eldest Son; The Skin Game, London: Pan Books, 1948
10. Dane, Clemence; Addinsell, Richard (music composed by), The Saviours: text of the radio plays, London: William Heinemann, 1942.
11. Shepherd, Catherine, Daybreak, Melbourne: MUP, 1942.
12. Cusack, Dymphna, Red sky at morning, Melbourne: MUP, 1942.
13. Roland, Betty, The touch of silk, Melbourne: MUP, 1942.
14. Locke-Elliot, Sumner, Interval, Melbourne: MUP, 1942

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