Anzac Reunion

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Anzac Reunion is a 1937 Australian play by Edgar George Holt. [1]

It was published in Best Australian One-Act Plays . [2] [3] Holt wrote the play expressly for the collection. [4]

The West Australian called it "probably better stage material than printed matter." [5] The Bulletin called it "a sound piece of dramatic construction and an effective emotional protest against the horrors of slaughter. Like most anti-war plays it overlooks the fact that it is the so-called peace that needs exhibiting on the pen-point —but that, of course, would call for super-Shavian wit." [6]

The Guardian claimed the play "should be performed by all peace societies." [7] The play was also warmly reviewed in The Observer which claimed the play was one of the best of the collection. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Bridget Griffen-Foley, 'Holt, Edgar George (1904–1988)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/holt-edgar-george-12649/text22793, published first in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 4 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "OUR YOUNG DRAMATISTS". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 28, 405. Victoria, Australia. 4 September 1937. p. 29 (Week-End Magazine). Retrieved 4 September 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "VARIOUS BOOKS". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 4 September 1937. p. 15 (SPORTS FINAL). Retrieved 4 September 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Edgar Holt interviewed by Mel Pratt for the Mel Pratt collection". National Library of Australia. May 1978.
  5. ↑ "A Volume of Plays". The West Australian . Vol. 53, no. 15, 983. Western Australia. 18 September 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 4 September 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Australian One-act Plays.", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 15 September 1937, nla.obj-571742666, retrieved 4 September 2025– via Trove
  7. ↑ "Australia one act plays". The Guardian. 12 November 1937. p. 7.
  8. ↑ "Australia repays". The Observer. 12 December 1937. p. 15.
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