NEW ZEALAND PLAYS

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 35, 10 August 1934, Page 11

NEW ZEALAND PLAYS

SUCCESS IN COMPETITION

The results o£ the . British Draniii League's .-play-writing, competition havts just come to hand from .England.. liij the section for serious one-act plays, two New Zealand playwrights received honourable moiitjoh. for- their entries. • Thcscj were Mrs. Targuse, of T.ima'rn,'andMre, Coulter,, of Fairlie, South Cantarbury. Mrs. Tnrgnso's. entry, "The Fugitive," was placed second in the" competition, and isl recoinaiendcd, for publication. Of the other three, plays receiving 'honourable mention were "Men for Pieces," also byi Mrs. .Targuse,' and' "The Koe-lcdea Calls/ by iire. Goulter. Approximately two 'hundred plays fi'ow* all parts of the British Isles and the Dot minions were entered' for this • competition, and the organisers and'judges i "have} noted with. pleasure this year, alnumbeij of entries from New. Zealand. ,of,"a pro-> raising and interesting "ellaracter, suggest* ing a national development-of drama witlii attractive likenesses ■ to, and" differencea) from,-English drama." ■' '.';;' '■' • ": • Of "Men for Pieces^ the'-judges eay;> "This play has fine qualities; Th& returned man is touchingly■'depicted,'' nnd the play: lends itself to action with' sincerity and emotion." Of "The Koe-koea Calls," they; say: "It is a play of originality arid mise, distinguished by a fine, and delicate feeling and insight." : Mrs.\;Targuse. "was the first to win the "trophy for''the play-" ■writing competition in connectioii with tha New Zealand Branch-of "the British Dramn. League, her ■ two entries- beingS placed equal first in .1932, .and later: in the eamef year her plays were placed^ first ; and second in an Australian ■ competitiop: and! produced, in Rvdncy. .' - .;; ■: ..