Eunice Hanger | |
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Born | Mount Chalmers, Queensland, Australia | 8 March 1911
Died | 16 October 1972 Toowong, Queensland, Australia | (aged 61)
Occupation | Playwright, lecturer |
Alma mater | University of Queensland |
Relatives | Mostyn Hanger, brother |
Eunice Hanger (8 March 1911 – 16 October 1972) was an Australian playwright and educator.
Eunice Hanger was born at Mount Chalmers in Queensland on 8 March 1911 to parents Thomas Hanger and Myfanwy Granville-Jones. Her older brother, Mostyn Hanger, became Chief Justice of Queensland and was knighted. [1] She completed her secondary education at Gympie High School [2] and won a tertiary scholarship. [3] She then attended the University of Queensland, graduating with a BA in 1932 and MA in 1939. [4] [5]
Qualified with her BA, Hanger began her teaching career at Gympie High School, where her father was headmaster. [2] While teaching at Roma High School, she was one of five teachers who went on a tour to study education in Japan, reporting that "suicides from despair at failure in the all-important examination are not at all uncommon". [6]
In 1940 she was transferred to Rockhampton High School and in 1948 was promoted to Brisbane High School. [2]
Her 1949 stage adaptation of M. Barnard Eldershaw's A House Is Built was not well received, despite having received the authors' approval. [7] Nelson Burns, in his review for The Courier-Mail, wrote "An over-plus of trite verbiage cluttered the trend of the story". [8] The following year, however, she had the audience "enthralled" by her play, The Summoner, which she produced and performed in. [9]
In 1955 her play Flood was runner-up to Oriel Gray's The Torrents and Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, joint winners of the Playwrights' Advisory Board's play of the year. [10] It was adapted for radio by Catherine Shepherd. [11]
Hanger died on 16 October 1972 at Toowong, Queensland. [2]
Eunice Hanger | |
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Born | Mount Chalmers, Queensland, Australia | 8 March 1911
Died | 16 October 1972 Toowong, Queensland, Australia | (aged 61)
Occupation | Playwright, lecturer |
Alma mater | University of Queensland |
Relatives | Mostyn Hanger, brother |
Eunice Hanger (8 March 1911 – 16 October 1972) was an Australian playwright and educator.
Eunice Hanger was born at Mount Chalmers in Queensland on 8 March 1911 to parents Thomas Hanger and Myfanwy Granville-Jones. Her older brother, Mostyn Hanger, became Chief Justice of Queensland and was knighted. [1] She completed her secondary education at Gympie High School [2] and won a tertiary scholarship. [3] She then attended the University of Queensland, graduating with a BA in 1932 and MA in 1939. [4] [5]
Qualified with her BA, Hanger began her teaching career at Gympie High School, where her father was headmaster. [2] While teaching at Roma High School, she was one of five teachers who went on a tour to study education in Japan, reporting that "suicides from despair at failure in the all-important examination are not at all uncommon". [6]
In 1940 she was transferred to Rockhampton High School and in 1948 was promoted to Brisbane High School. [2]
Her 1949 stage adaptation of M. Barnard Eldershaw's A House Is Built was not well received, despite having received the authors' approval. [7] Nelson Burns, in his review for The Courier-Mail, wrote "An over-plus of trite verbiage cluttered the trend of the story". [8] The following year, however, she had the audience "enthralled" by her play, The Summoner, which she produced and performed in. [9]
In 1955 her play Flood was runner-up to Oriel Gray's The Torrents and Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, joint winners of the Playwrights' Advisory Board's play of the year. [10] It was adapted for radio by Catherine Shepherd. [11]
Hanger died on 16 October 1972 at Toowong, Queensland. [2]