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REV. AUGUSTINE STUDENY O. S. B.		AUTHOR OF RIVAL BANNERS

This fascinating drama, the first act of which we present in this issue, is based on Walter Scott’s Talisman, a thrilling Eastern romance, equal to the best of Scott’s efforts. The scene is laid in the Holy Land, about the year 1193, during the truce with the Saracens which preceeded the abandonment of the crusade led by Richard the Lion Hearted.

The author of the “Rival Banners”, Rev. Augustine Studeny, O. S. B., had been director of dramatic art at St. Procopius College for many years, producing some of the most outstanding plays in the history of that institution. Later he became associate editor of the Bohemian Benedictine Press in Chicago, and chaplain of the Chicago District Catholic Czech Alliance. When health failed him and a change of climate was suggested, the Rev. Augustine Studeny was appointed pastor of St. Wenceslaus Church in Dickinson, North Dakota, where he resides at present.

We shall publish the second act in the next issue of the S .L., and the third act in the May issue.