Harry Tighe (1877–1946) was an Australian playwright and novelist. Born in
Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle ( ; Awabakal: ) is a metropolitan area and the second most populated city in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas, and is the hub of the Greater Newcastle area, w ...
He was Cambridge educated and spent the most active part of his career in Britain. He spent three mature years living in
Cremorne, Sydney during which he tried theatre production as a founder of the
Independent Theatre
Independent Theatre, formerly known as The Independent Theatre Ltd., was an Australian dramatic society founded in 1930 by Dame Doris Fitton in Sydney, Australia. It is also the name given to the building it occupied from 1939 (then known as the ...
His passage to Australia was booked when he died.
Works
Plays
* 1910 ''Four Candles''
* 1920 ''Intrigue''
* 1927 ''Open Spaces''
* 1930 ''The Canary Waistcoat''
* 1931 ''The Bush-Fire''
* 1933 ''The Insult'' (adapted for film)
* 1927 ''Old Mrs Wiley''
* ''Drastic Measures''
* ''Penang''
* ''Red Foam'' (contributor)
Novels
* 1922 ''Women of the Hills''
* ''Emily Reed''
* ''With the Tide''
* ''Sheep Path''
* 1908 ''Galore Girl
* 1908 ''A Man of Sympathy''
* 1902 ''Remorse''
* 1939 ''By The Wayside''
References
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1877 births
1946 deaths
20th-century Australian novelists
Australian male novelists
Australian non-fiction writers
20th-century Australian dramatists and playwrights
Australian male dramatists and playwrights
Writers from New South Wales
20th-century Australian male writers
Male non-fiction writers