Doris Fitton

Dame Doratea Alice Lucy Walkden Fitton (3 November 1897 – 2 April 1985) was an Australian actress and pioneering theatre entrepreneur, and theatrical director and producer who became best known for establishing with 19 other actors The Independent Theatre Ltd. in Sydney in 1930, which operated for some forty-seven years and produced over 400 productions from Shakespeare to the literary classic reportoire and contemporary American and European theatre

The Independent staged a diverse range of local and international dramas, many for the first time in Australia, during its tenure playing host to plays including Gwen Meredith's, Shout at the Thunder, Sumner Locke Elliott's wartime comedy, Rusty Bugles and Max Afford's thriller Lady in Danger