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Issue Details: First known date: 1937... 1937 Hester Siding and Other Plays and Verse
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Perth, Western Australia,:Paterson's Press , 1937 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Centurion : A Drama in Two Scenes, Alexander Turner , single work drama

'The chief figures are Marcellus, a centurion, and Alban, an officer, serving with the Roman armies in Palestine. As the play progresses Alban learns that Marcellus, the libertine, has caused the death in Rome of Cleonice, Alban's intended bride, and he plans to kill him; but, as it happens, they are quartered in Bethlehem on the night of the Nativity and the divine irradiance of the Holy Motherhood so works on Alban's angry heart that he spares the wretch. In Mary, housed in the stable below the room where the officers quarrel, the pagan soldier sees the divine quality he had worshipped in his Cleonice' ('Polygon.' 'Two Local Plays,' p. 15).

 (p. 5-14)
Not the Six Hundred : A Drama in One Act, Alexander Turner , single work drama (p. 15-30)
The Old Allegiance : A Drama in One Act, Alexander Turner , single work drama (p. 31-46)
One Hundred Guineas, Alexander Turner , single work drama (p. 47-64)
Hester Siding, Alexander Turner , single work radio play

Alexander Turner provides a glimpse into the lives of a married English couple who go on the land after arriving in the country.

 (p. 67-78)
All Stations : A Radio Play, Alexander Turner , single work radio play (p. 79-96)
Strong Archer : A Radio Romance, Alexander Turner , single work radio play (p. 97-110)
Coat of Arms : A Radio Play, Alexander Turner , single work radio play (p. 111-128)
A Northern Augusti"Wide-arched and breathless skies, far beckoning", Alexander Turner , single work poetry (p. 129)
Cruxi"The Bear across the northern heavens throws", Alexander Turner , single work poetry (p. 129)
Christmas Evei"Among the dark-skinned press his spear-butt made", Alexander Turner , single work poetry (p. 130)
Boroniai"When'er my lady comes to me", Alexander Turner , single work poetry (p. 130)
Leavei"Dust, and the hum of wheels, and aching noon", Alexander Turner , single work poetry war literature (p. 131)
Brave Attirei"Brave attire does oft bestow", Alexander Turner , single work poetry (p. 131)
Vlamingi"Silent the coastwise hills; the lofty dunes", Alexander Turner , single work poetry (p. 132)
The Winter Maidi"She is the frolic May upon the hills", Alexander Turner , single work poetry (p. 132)
Port of Geraldtoni"'Reefs that whiten and snarl in the blue of the bay,", Alexander Turner , single work poetry (p. 133)
North of '29i"In Guildford there are roses,", Alexander Turner , single work poetry (p. 134)
Dongarai"There was a port of Dongara", Alexander Turner , single work poetry (p. 135)
Rosei"If roses' days are measured", Alexander Turner , single work poetry (p. 136)
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