About Isobel Andrews
Isabella Smith Andrews, known professionally as Isobel Andrews, was a New Zealand playwright, novelist, short-story writer and poet. She wrote over sixty plays, many of which were published, and was associated with the New Zealand branch of the British Drama League. She won the League's annual playwrighting competition four times. Her plays, particularly The Willing Horse, have continued to be performed into the 21st century. In 1933 her short story "The Romantic" won first prize in a competition for detective stories run by the Society, and was published the following year in the New Zealand Railways Magazine. She won four of the League's original play awards, including for The Willing Horse (published in 1943 and reprinted in 1962), which remains her best-known play.
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