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Contributor	John Naish
Gender	Male
Nationality	Welsh
Functions	Playwright
Notes	John Naish was born in Wales in 1923 (and is therefore Welsh), and served in the British Army (with His Majesty's Welsh Guards) during the Second World War. After moving to Queensland (Australia) via London, he worked as a cane-cutter, labourer, miner, barman, clerk, grave-digger, bookmaker and fruit-picker, amongst other and varied occupations. He spent two years in Fiji, returning to Australia permanently in 1958. His other unpublished plays include 'The Strange Black Creatures' (1957), 'The First Mrs Peters' and 'The Maoris'. The last two have not been dated or traced. He has also publishe
Events	Date Function Contributor Organisation
	Deuteronomy 24 - 1, Innisfail Shire Hall, Innisfail, QLD, 13 June 1963 The First Mrs Peters, Hibernian Hall, Cairns, QLD, 24 June 1960
	Playwright Deuteronomy 24 - 1, Innisfail Shire Hall, Innisfail, QLD, 13 June 1963 The First Mrs Peters, Hibernian Hall, Cairns, QLD, 24 June 1960
	Grace Fong On - Director The First Mrs Peters, Hibernian Hall, Cairns, QLD, 24 June 1960 Michael Katahanas - Director Deuteronomy 24 - 1, Innisfail Shire Hall, Innisfail, QLD, 13 June 1963
	Atherton Players The First Mrs Peters, Hibernian Hall, Cairns, QLD, 24 June 1960 Tully Amateur Dramatic Society Deuteronomy 24 - 1, Innisfail Shire Hall, Innisfail, QLD, 13 June 1963
Works	The Claw
Data Set	AusStage
Contributor Identifier	477392

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