{{Short description|Australian playwright and novelist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} alt=Harry Tighe, between 1906 - 1920|thumb|391x391px|Portrait by L. W. Appleby, between 1906- 1920 '''Harry Tighe''' (1877–1946) was an Australian playwright and novelist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/227990|title=AusStage|website=www.ausstage.edu.au|access-date=2017-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hat-archive.com/harry_tighe.htm|title=Harry Tighe|website=www.hat-archive.com|access-date=2017-09-22}}</ref> Born in Newcastle, New South Wales<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118832625|title=HARRY TIGHE|date=1922-10-25|work=Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869–1931)|access-date=2017-09-22|pages=8}}</ref> He was Cambridge educated and spent the most active part of his career in Britain. He spent three mature years living in Cremorne, Sydney<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32900995|title=AUSTRALIAN AUTHORS.|date=1935-09-18|work=West Australian|location=Perth|access-date=2017-09-22|pages=10}}</ref> during which he tried theatre production<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224253300|title=DRAMA : DANCING|date=1930-07-17|work=The Sun|location=Sydney|access-date=2017-09-22|pages=29}}</ref> as a founder of the Independent Theatre<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51689742|title="THE BUSH FIRE"|date=1931-04-03|work=The Examiner|location=Launceston, Tas.|access-date=2017-09-22|pages=8}}</ref> His passage to Australia was booked when he died.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170269013|title=Obituary.|date=1937-01-27|work=Daily Mercury|location=Mackay, Qld.|access-date=2017-09-22|pages=7}}</ref>
==Works== ===Plays=== * 1910 ''Four Candles''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60162825|title=IMPROBABLE AUSTRALIANS.|date=1910-02-26|work=The Register|location=Adelaide|access-date=2017-09-22|pages=4}}</ref> * 1920 ''Intrigue'' * 1927 ''Open Spaces''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17628989|title=PLAY BY HARRY TIGHE.|date=1939-11-09|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2017-09-22|pages=5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68214546|title="OPEN SPACES."|date=1927-01-06|work=The Advocate|location=Burnie, Tas.|access-date=2017-09-22|pages=1}}</ref> * 1930 ''The Canary Waistcoat'' * 1931 ''The Bush-Fire''<ref name="auto" /> * 1933 ''The Insult'' (adapted for film)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48075296|title=HARRY TIGHE|date=1933-07-15|work=Australian Women's Weekly|access-date=2017-09-22|pages=16}}</ref> * 1927 ''Old Mrs Wiley''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37670426|title=EMPIRE.|date=1927-09-29|work=Western Mail|location=Perth|access-date=2017-09-22|pages=25}}</ref> * ''Drastic Measures'' * ''Penang'' * ''Red Foam'' (contributor)
===Novels=== * 1922 ''Women of the Hills''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118832625|title=HARRY TIGHE|date=1922-10-25|work=Evening News|location=Sydney|access-date=2017-09-22|pages=8}}</ref> * ''Emily Reed''<ref name="auto1" /> * ''With the Tide'' * ''Sheep Path'' * 1908 ''Galore Girl''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229922110|title=AN AUSTRALIAN NOVELIST.|date=1908-03-07|work=Australian Star|location=Sydney|access-date=2017-09-22|pages=9}}</ref> * 1908 ''A Man of Sympathy''<ref name="auto1" /> * 1902 ''Remorse''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19192414|title=BOOK NEWS.|date=1902-09-13|work=Brisbane Courier|access-date=2017-09-22|pages=13}}</ref> * 1939 ''By The Wayside''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98239231|title=FOOTNOTES|date=1939-04-30|work=Sunday Mail|location=Brisbane|access-date=2017-09-22|pages=12}}</ref>
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