y separately published work icon The West Australian newspaper issue  
Issue Details: First known date: 1935... 6 July 1935 of The West Australian est. 1879 The West Australian
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* Contents derived from the , 1935 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Two Local Plays : Repertory Club Productions, Polygon , single work
— Review of Centurion : A Drama in Two Scenes Alexander Turner , 1937 single work drama ; The Queen's Marie Phyllis Tweedie , 1934 single work drama ;

'To make excuses for local products or to treat them on a different level from any other products is to insult. So, it is hammer and tongs for the two plays by West Australian writers which were presented by the Repertory Club at a club evening in the Assembly Hall last night. The first play was The Centurion, by Mr. Alexander Turner, of Pingelly. It gained second place in the club's short play competition earlier in the year.... Miss Phyllis Dorrington Tweedie, the author of The Queen's Marie, the second play, is more capable than Mr. Turner in many directions, but emotion is the quality she lacks...'

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