Coat of Arms (radio play)

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Coat of Arms is a 1937 Australian radio play by Alexander Turner. It was a comedy for two actors. [1] The play was one of Turner's best known. [2]

The 1940 production starred Peter Finch and Muriel Steinbeck (the latter replacing Neva Carr Glynn). [3] [4] Reviewing this Wireless Weekly said "The quiet treatment.. amounted almost to tonelessness in some moments. To a rapt listener, however, such a lack of boisterousness indicates no lack of feeling." [5]

The 1947 production starred Muriel Steinbeck and Leonard Thiele and was directed by Frank Harvey. [6]

Turner sold it to the South African Broadcasting Company. [7]

It was published in a collection of Turner's plays. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "A LOCAL PLAYWRIGHT". Geraldton Guardian and Express . Vol. X, no. 1, 618. Western Australia. 15 February 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 16 March 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Playwrights Of Australia Alexander Turner, W.A.", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (24 (June 15, 1940)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-718490388, retrieved 16 March 2024– via Trove
  3. ↑ "WEDNESDAY—April 24", ABC Weekly, 2 (16 (20 April 1940)), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1368697941, retrieved 16 March 2024– via Trove
  4. ↑ "SUNDAY—April 28", ABC Weekly, 2 (17 (27 April 1940)), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1369654605, retrieved 16 March 2024– via Trove
  5. ↑ "JONATHAN LISTENS TO PLAYS", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (18 (May 4, 1940)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-718460730, retrieved 16 March 2024– via Trove
  6. ↑ "FRIDAY, November 29 A.B.C. Programmes", ABC Weekly, 9 (47 (22 November 1947)), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1433938933, retrieved 16 March 2024– via Trove
  7. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN RADIO PLAYS". The Canberra Times . Vol. 13, no. 3699. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 August 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 16 March 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "NEW PUBLICATIONS". The West Australian . Vol. 53, no. 16, 007. Western Australia. 16 October 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 16 March 2024– via National Library of Australia.
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