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Issue Details: First known date: 1937... 1937 Centurion : A Drama in Two Scenes
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'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).

Notes

  • The Centurion placed second in the Perth Repertory Club's 1935 play competition.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Repertory Club, Perth, 5 July 1935

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One-Act Plays : Repertory Club Prizes 1935 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 February 1935; (p. 20)

'The judging of the plays submitted for the one-act- play competition sponsored by the Repertory Club, was completed yesterday, and the results were announced as follows...'
Plays by Local Authors : For Repertory Productions 1935 single work review
— Appears in: The Daily News , 20 June vol. 55 no. 18799 1935; (p. 11)
— Review of The Queen's Marie Phyllis Tweedie , 1934 single work drama ; Centurion : A Drama in Two Scenes Alexander Turner , 1937 single work drama

A preview of the forthcoming Perth Repertory season of four one act plays. The programme included two works by local authors - The Queen's Marie (Phyllis Tweedie) and Centurion (Alexander Turner).
Two Local Plays : Repertory Club Productions Polygon , 1935 single work
— Appears in: The West Australian , 6 July 1935; (p. 15)
— 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...'
Two Local Plays : Repertory Club Productions Polygon , 1935 single work
— Appears in: The West Australian , 6 July 1935; (p. 15)
— 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...'
Plays by Local Authors : For Repertory Productions 1935 single work review
— Appears in: The Daily News , 20 June vol. 55 no. 18799 1935; (p. 11)
— Review of The Queen's Marie Phyllis Tweedie , 1934 single work drama ; Centurion : A Drama in Two Scenes Alexander Turner , 1937 single work drama

A preview of the forthcoming Perth Repertory season of four one act plays. The programme included two works by local authors - The Queen's Marie (Phyllis Tweedie) and Centurion (Alexander Turner).
One-Act Plays : Repertory Club Prizes 1935 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 February 1935; (p. 20)

'The judging of the plays submitted for the one-act- play competition sponsored by the Repertory Club, was completed yesterday, and the results were announced as follows...'
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