Raymond Evenor Lawler OBE (born 23 May 1921) is an Australian actor, dramatist, producer and director. His most notable play was his tenth, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1953), which had its premiere in Melbourne in 1955. The play changed the direction of Australian drama.

Plays

Cradle of Thunder (1949) The Bluff and the Fair (1952 - a reworked version of Hal's Belles, 1945) The Adventures of Ginger Meggs (1952, children's musical) Tram Stop 10! (1954, co-writer of revue) Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1955) Return Fare (1955, co-writer of revue) The Piccadilly Bushman (1959) The Unshaven Creek (1963) A Breach in the Wall (1970) The Man Who Shot the Albatross (1971) Kid Stakes (1975) Other Times (1976) Godsend (1982)