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Issue Details: First known date: 1935... vol. 1 no. 1 15 May 1935 of The Opinion est. 1935 The Opinion
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Notes

  • On cover: Thoughts for the Month from Norman Lindsay and an illustrated extract from Patrick White's 'The Ploughman'.
  • Includes an overview of the 'national demand for the establishment of air ports'.
  • Also includes a page dedicated to radio personalities and programming. Includes a piece on veteran "Uncle George" Saunders and 'ace announcer' John Dunne.
  • Also includes an address to the Royal Empire Society in Bath by the Acting Agent-General for Queensland, Mr. L.H. Pike in support of the White Australia Policy and the Queensland Sugar Industry's role in maintaining it. This theme is taken up again in the June-July issue.
  • Includes an article on the attempt to ban The Mikado in Boston.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1935 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The World and the Flesh, single work prose (p. 2)
Booklovers Indebted to P. Neville Barnett: Landmarks in Australian Bibiology, A.D.C. , single work prose (p. 4, 19)
Patrick White: Brilliant Young Australian Produces First Volume of Poems, A.D.C. , single work review
— Review of The Ploughman and Other Poems Patrick White , 1935 selected work poetry ; (p. 5)
F.E. Baume : Author and Writer, Eric Baume , single work (p. 7)
The Repertory Theatre in Sydney, Doris Fitton , single work prose (p. 7)
Love Redeemed: William Baylebridge's Magnificent Sonnet Sequence, single work review
— Review of Love Redeemed William Baylebridge , 1934 selected work poetry ; (p. 8)
Democracy: A Perennial Play in Numerous Acts: Act No. 346 of 1937, Jean Mann , single work prose satire
Satire on the subject of democracy in the form of a play script.
 (p. 9)
New Books, single work review
— Review of The Half Way Sun : A Tale of the Philippine Islands T. Inglis Moore , 1935 single work novel ; Far Caravan E. V. Timms , 1935 single work novel ; (p. 10, 14)
The Need for a University Press in Sydney, single work prose (p. 14, 19)
Tom Inglis Moore, single work biography (p. 15)
Friendly Thoughtsi"I am thinking within myself", Alex. Burnard , single work poetry (p. 17)
Editorial (The Opinion), single work prose (p. 17)
The Mocking Bird, single work review
This is a review of The Mocking Bird by Lionel Hale produced by Beryl Bryant at Bryant's Playhouse May 1, 1935.
 (p. 20)
Round the Theatres, single work review

Includes an extensive review of English playwright Edward Wooll's Libel staged by the Player's Club on 4, 18 and 25 May 1935. It was produced by John Appleton. The cast was Arthur O'Keefe and William Wines.

Also includes mention of Philip Lewis' first production The Green Bay Tree with his Professional repertory Company at the Savoy and the Theatre Royale.

Also includes a report of an upcoming production of The Tempest at the Savoy Theatre produced by Raoul Cardamatis, Bryant's Playhouse One Act Play Tournament and Junior Theatre League contest.

 (p. 21)
The Younger Generation, single work review prose
— Review of Mary Poppins P. L. Travers , 1934 single work children's fiction ; Australian Legends : Tales Handed Down from the Remotest Times by the Autocthonous Inhabitants of Our Land : Parts 1 and 2 Ellen Anderson , 1925 anthology short story ; (p. 22)
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