Phillip Grenville Mann

Phillip Grenville Mann (24 December 1921 – 19 June 1990) was an Australian actor, playwright, stage director and manager and writer writer.

He won a series of prizes as a young writer.[1] He served in the Royal Australian Navy.[2]

He worked for six years in London. He became a staff writer at the ABC.[3] He replaced Rex Rienits as drama editor at the ABC.[4]

Select writings
  • The Seas between (1946) – radio play starring Peter Finch[5]
  • Dear Enemy (July 1951) – radio play[6]
  • The Cat Scratches (1954) - radio play
  • Theatre Royal episode "Dead or Alive" (1956) – TV play – became Funnel Web
  • Shadow Squad (1958) – TV series – various episodes
  • The Verdict is Yours (1958) – TV series – various episodes
  • The Probation Officer (1960) – TV series
  • The Attorney General (1961) – TV play
  • The Sergeant from Burralee (1961) – TV play
  • The Patriots (1962) – TV series[7]
  • Funnel Web (1962) – TV play
  • Ballad for One Gun' (1963) – TV play[8]
  • Day of Glory (1964) – play
  • Luther (1964) – TV play – adaptation of the play by John Osborne[9]
  • The Keys of Heaven (1966) (novel)[10]
  • The Red Gardenia (1966) - radio play starring Ron Haddrick
  • Undercover (1968) - radio play starring Richard Meikle
  • Certain Women (1971) – TV series
  • Eight Days a Week (1972) – play
  • Candles in the Sun (1978) – novel
  • How Sleep the Brave (1979) – play
  • Over to Mother – a play

References
  1. "Notes On Radio". The Sunday Herald. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 12 August 1951. p. 14. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  2. "Two Share £500 Prize for Best T.V. Play". The Canberra Times. 34 (9, 578). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 April 1960. p. 6. Retrieved 16 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "ABC-TV plays". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 29 September 1965. p. 23. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  4. Marshall, Valda (3 September 1961). "TV Merry Go Round". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 92.
  5. "THIS WEEK'S RADIO FEATURES". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 18 May 1946. p. 7. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  6. "RADIOPINION". Sunday Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 29 July 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  7. ""The Patriots"". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 6 June 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  8. "TELEVISION AND RADIO". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 17 July 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  9. "Luther play on A.B.C. 3". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 21 July 1964. p. 11. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  10. "Advertising". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 16 April 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
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