the playwright who changed the sound of Australian theatre
- Written by Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
© Commonwealth of Australia (National Archives of Australia) 2023., CC BYRay Lawler, who died this week at 103, was one of the artists responsible for establishing the first non-commercial repertory theatre in Australia – the Union Repertory Theatre Company, now Melbourne Theatre Company – and the writer of its best-known play, Sum...





