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Brief Apocalypse
''Brief Apocalypse'' is a 1943 Australian radio play by Kenneth Mackenzie. According to ''ABC Weekly'' the "play is a sincere and moving statement of young men’s confusion and search for a faith." Mackenzie was better known as a novelist. The play was much acclaimed. It was broadcast by the ABC as part of a series of ten verse dramas on radio. The others included ''The Golden Lover'', ''The Real Betrayal'', ''We're Going Through'', ''It Has Happened Before ''It Has Happened Before'' is a 1943 Australian verse drama written for radio by Dorothy Blewett Dorothy Blewett (1898–1965) was an Australian writer and literary agent. She also wrote as Anne Praize or Ann Praize. Several of her plays were ad ...'', ''Mined Gold'', '' Succubus'', '' The Unmapped Lands'', '' Fear'' and '' Richard Bracken-Farmer''. References {{reflist Australian verse dramas 1943 Australian radio dramas Australian religious radio dramas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Mackenzie (author)
Kenneth Ivo Brownley Langwell Mackenzie (25 September 1913 – 19 January 1955) was an Australian poet and novelist. His first and best-known novel, ''The Young Desire It'' (1937), was published under the pen name Seaforth Mackenzie. Life Mackenzie was born in South Perth. He grew up in Pinjarra, Western Australia, and attended Guildford Grammar School. His experiences at Guildford in part inspired his novel of 1937 ''The Young Desire It''. His novel ''Dead Men Rising'' was about the Cowra breakout of which he had first hand experience, having been stationed there at the time of the event. He married Kate Bartlett (nee Loveday), in 1935. Their daughter Elizabeth was born in 1936, and son Hugh was born in 1938. His life in Sydney included involvement with the world of Norman Lindsay and Hugh McCrae and archival records show significant influence from them. He received a number of literary grants and awards, and left a number of works which have been since edited and publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Argus (Melbourne)
''The Argus'' was an Australian daily morning newspaper in Melbourne from 2 June 1846 to 19 January 1957, and was considered to be the general Australian newspaper of record for this period. Widely known as a conservative newspaper for most of its history, it adopted a left-leaning approach from 1949. ''The Argus''s main competitor was David Syme's more liberal-minded newspaper, ''The Age''. History The newspaper was originally owned by William Kerr, who was also Melbourne's town clerk from 1851–1856 and had been a journalist at the ''Sydney Gazette'' before moving to Melbourne in 1839 to work on John Pascoe Fawkner's newspaper, the '' Port Phillip Patriot''. The first edition was published on 2 June 1846. The paper soon became known for its scurrilous abuse and sarcasm, and by 1853, after he had lost a series of libel lawsuits, Kerr was forced to sell the paper's ownership to avoid financial ruin. The paper was then published by Edward Wilson. By 1855, it had a daily c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Lover
''The Golden Lover'' is a 1943 Australian verse drama by Douglas Stewart. It was based on an ancient Māori legend. Stewart was from New Zealand. Background It won the ABC's Verse Drama competition. A number of plays from this competition were produced by the ABC: '' The Real Betrayal'', by Isobel Andrews; ''We're Going Through'', by T. Inglis Moore; ''It Has Happened Before'', by Dorothy Blewett; ''Mined Gold'', by Douglas Worrall Purnell; '' Succubus'', by Catherine Duncan; '' The Unmapped Lands'', by Elisabeth Lambert; '' Brief Apocalypse'', by Kenneth Mackenzie; '' Fear'', by Ruth Bedford; '' With Wings as Eagles'', by Edmund Barclay and Joy Hollyer Joy Hollyer was an Australian writer whose career ranged from the 1940s until the 1970s. She collaborated a number of times on radio scripts with Edmund Barclay Edmund Piers Barclay (2 May 1898 – 26 August 1961) was an English-Australian w ...; '' Richard Bracken-Farmer'', by Wolfe Fairbridge. The play was publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Real Betrayal
''The Real Betrayal'' is a 1943 Australian radio play by New Zealand author Isobel Andrews. It was directed by Charles Wheeler. The work was commended in an ABC competition for verse dramas. It was broadcast by the ABC as part of a series of ten verse dramas on radio. The others included ''The Golden Lover'', ''We're Going Through'', ''It Has Happened Before ''It Has Happened Before'' is a 1943 Australian verse drama written for radio by Dorothy Blewett Dorothy Blewett (1898–1965) was an Australian writer and literary agent. She also wrote as Anne Praize or Ann Praize. Several of her plays were ad ...'', '' Mined Gold'', '' Succubus'', '' The Unmapped Lands'', '' Brief Apocalypse'', '' Fear'' and ''Richard Bracken-Farmer''. Premise According to Leslie Rees (writer), Leslie Rees, "It spiritedly depicts an underground rebellion in a European country against the brutal Nazi masters and puts forward that iron doctrine of our iron times, that in certain circumstances love of l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We're Going Through
''We're Going Through'' is a 1943 radio verse play by T. Inglis Moore about the Australian troops during the Malayan Campaign in World War Two, specifically the battle at Bakri and Parit Sulong Parit Sulong is a small town in Batu Pahat District, Johor, Malaysia on the Simpang Kiri River, east of Muar. The historical Parit Sulong Bridge constructed during World War II is a main feature in that town. Parit Sulong sits approximately f .... It was one of a number of radio verse plays the ABC produced in the wake of the success of ''Fire on the Snow''. The ABC held a competition for verse plays and ''We're Going Through'' was commended by judges. It was originally broadcast as one of a series of these verse plays in 1943. The play was performed again a number of times on radio, including in 1944. It was published in 1945 with a foreword by Gordon Bennett. According to ''The Bulletin'', "Moore has done well to set down this plain truth about Chris —and the nature of poets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Has Happened Before
''It Has Happened Before'' is a 1943 Australian verse drama written for radio by Dorothy Blewett Dorothy Blewett (1898–1965) was an Australian writer and literary agent. She also wrote as Anne Praize or Ann Praize. Several of her plays were adapted for TV. She lived for a time in England. Life Dorothy Emilie Blewett was born at Northcot .... It aired in July and was repeated in September. The play was one of a number of verse dramas produced for ABC radio that came out of a competition for verse drama, won by '' The Golden Lover''. ''ABC Weekly'' called it "an arresting document of our times. It tells of the love story of an Australian girl who meets a distinguished German-Jewish thinker in Europe and falls in love with him." Premise According to Austlit the play: Is one of Dorothy Blewett’s lesser known yet insightfully poignant pieces... It draws on the experiences of WWII and the collateral damage it inflicted upon British (and Australian) society at the time... tfocu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Succubus (radio Play)
''The Path of the Eagle'' is a 1943 Australian radio play by Catherine Duncan. It was originally written under the title ''Succubus''. The play was a telling of the Oedipus story. It was broadcast by the ABC as part of a series of ten verse dramas on radio. The others included ''The Golden Lover'', ''The Real Betrayal'', ''We're Going Through'', ''It Has Happened Before'', ''Mined Gold'', '' The Unmapped Lands'', ''Brief Apocalypse ''Brief Apocalypse'' is a 1943 Australian radio play by Kenneth Mackenzie. According to ''ABC Weekly'' the "play is a sincere and moving statement of young men’s confusion and search for a faith." Mackenzie was better known as a novelist. Th ...'', '' Fear'' and '' Richard Bracken-Farmer''. The play was first produced in 1943. It was produced again later that year, and then in 1951. The play was published in a collection of radio plays in 1946 called ''Australian Radio Plays''. Reviewing this, the ''Herald'' said the play "proves that in drama. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unmapped Lands
''The Unmapped Land'' is a 1943 Australian verse drama play for radio by Elisabeth Lambert. It was entered in a verse drama competition and did not win but was purchased and produced by the ABC. According to ''ABC Weekly'' the play "tells the story of three women who represent three points of view in the modern world, and the effect that a war has on them and on the people with whom they come in contact." It was Lambert's first play for radio. She followed it with ''Storm's Abatement''. This launched her writing career. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Unmapped Lands 1943 Australian radio dramas Australian verse dramas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fear (radio Play)
''Fear'' is a 1930 Australian stage play by Ruth Bedford. It was presented in 1940. According to the ''Daily News'', "It dealt with a husband and wife In a cottage on a lonely moor as a storm raged outside. The husband, possessed by fear, bears a cry coming over the moor. His wife, with whom he is much in love, seeks to comfort him. 'But through every crevice fear finds a way... ' Although this play is at times marked by quite a beautiful flow of language, it fails completely to satisfy." According to ''Wireless Weekly'' "The poetry was the only interest. As drama, it just wasn’t." Radio version Bedford adapted it into a radio play. This was broadcast by the ABC as part of a series of ten verse dramas on radio. The others included ''The Golden Lover'', ''The Real Betrayal'', ''We're Going Through'', ''It Has Happened Before'', '' Mined Gold'', '' Succubus'', ''The Unmapped Lands'', ''Brief Apocalypse ''Brief Apocalypse'' is a 1943 Australian radio play by Kenneth Mackenzie. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bracken-Farmer
''Richard Bracken-Farmer'' is a 1943 Australian radio play by John Horner. (Other accounts say the author was "Wolfe Fairbridge".) It was one of the most notable verse plays on Australia radio. The play was broadcast by the ABC as part of a series of ten verse dramas on radio. The others included ''The Golden Lover'', ''The Real Betrayal'', ''We're Going Through'', ''It Has Happened Before'', ''Mined Gold'', '' Succubus'', ''The Unmapped Lands'', ''Brief Apocalypse ''Brief Apocalypse'' is a 1943 Australian radio play by Kenneth Mackenzie. According to ''ABC Weekly'' the "play is a sincere and moving statement of young men’s confusion and search for a faith." Mackenzie was better known as a novelist. Th ...'', and '' Fear''. References {{reflist External linksWolfe Fairbridgeat AustLit Australian verse dramas 1943 Australian radio dramas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Verse Dramas
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * '' The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1943 Australian Radio Dramas
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – WWII: Greek-Polish athlete and saboteur Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz is executed by the Germans at Kaisariani. * January 11 ** The United States and United Kingdom revise previously unequal treaty relationships with the Republic of China. ** Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City. * January 13 – Anti- Nazi protests in Sofia result in 200 arrests and 36 executions. * January 14 – 24 – WWII: Casablanca Conference: Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States; Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; and Generals Charles de Gaulle and Henri Giraud of the Free French forces meet secretly at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco, to plan the Allied European strategy for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
