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Samuel Weisberg Award for Playwriting
Subcategory of Awards Australian Awards
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History

The Samuel Weisberg Award for Playwriting was administered by Saltpillar Theatre. It was set up to foster Australian Jewish theatre talent.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1996

winner y separately published work icon Strangers in the Night Abe Pogos , Sydney Melbourne : Currency Press Playbox Theatre , 1996 Z152056 1996 single work drama A young writer researches in New York's red light district. Chance encounters and a growing fascination draw him ever deeper along the mean streets into the stark realities of a city that never sleeps. On his descent into hell, he discovers the darkness that lurks in the hearts of all men; and in his own. (Back cover)

Year: 1991

Night Train Sandy McCutcheon , 1991 single work drama

Year: 1989

winner y separately published work icon Hiccup Darrelyn Gunzburg , Paddington : Currency Press The Western Australian Theatre Co. , 1989 Z543517 1989 single work drama

Works About this Award

Playwriting Competition Opens 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News (Life/Style) , 2 July vol. 59 no. 39 1993; (p. 5)
Teacher Wins Play-Writing Award Jacqueline Herman , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News (News/Views) , 12 November vol. 60 no. 9 1993; (p. 7)
Weisberg Award Date Approaches 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 12 July vol. 57 no. 42 1991; (p. 32)
Award-Winning Playwright Danny Gocs , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 27 December vol. 58 no. 17 1991; (p. 21)
AJN, Saltpillar Announce 1991 Playwright Award 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 8 February vol. 57 no. 20 1991; (p. 30)
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