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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 writer known for his work in radio drama. Radio historian Richard Lane called him "Australian radio's first great writer and, many would say, Australian radio's gr ... She wrote a large number of adaptations for ABC radio as well as television scripts, short stories and plays for children. Select credits *'' Tales of the Southern Cross'' – radio play for children *''Silver Wedding'' (1958) – radio play *'' The Tyrant Years'' (1958) – radio play *'' The Story of Good Will'' (1959) – TV pantomime References External linksJoy Hollyerat AustLitJoy Hollyerat AusstageJoy Hollyer scriptsat Fryer Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Hollyer, Joy Australian radio writers Year of birth missing Year of death missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Barclay
Edmund Piers Barclay (2 May 1898 – 26 August 1961) was an English-Australian writer known for his work in radio drama. Radio historian Richard Lane called him "Australian radio's first great writer and, many would say, Australian radio's greatest playwright ever."Richard Lane, ''The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama 1923-1960'', Melbourne University Press, 1994, p. 27 Biography Barclay claimed to have been born on 2 May 1898 at Dinapore, India, the son of Major Edmund Compston-Buckleigh, from Middlesex, England. He also maintained that he was educated at Stonyhurst College, joined the Middlesex Regiment on 11 August 1914, and won the Military Cross and Croix de Guerre while serving with the Royal Flying Corps. However, there is no record of anyone with the surname Barclay or Compston-Buckleigh having attended Stonyhurst or served with the Royal Flying Corps. He claimed that after WWI he worked as a journalist in Fleet Street, London, until sacked for costing his employ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crookwell Gazette
The ''Crookwell Gazette'' is an English language newspaper published in Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia. It was first published in 1885 and was also known as ''"The Crookwell Gazette and Binda, Golspie, Cullen, Laggan, Peelwool, Taralga, Tuena and Wheeo Advertiser"'', and as ''"The Crookwell Gazette and Settlers' Advocate"''. Some issues of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia. Newspaper history The first edition of the paper was circulated on 3 October 1885 by proprietor W. H. Oram. Robert Howland took over as proprietor in 1890, a position he held until his death in 1902. His son Robert A. Howland was manager and editor. The paper was subsequently published by Robert John Winning, who also owned the ''Taralga Echo''. Following the death of Robert Winning on 6 December 1933, his son John Robert Winning took over as publisher. In December 1949 the Bradley family assisted Jim Woods to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales Of The Southern Cross
''Tales of the Southern Cross'' is a 1940 Australian radio drama series by Joy Hollyer. It was a series of children's Sunday plays, based on Australian history and true adventure. Select episodes #"Treasures of the Deep" (1 September) - a boy takes his father's place on a pearling lugger of the coast of Western Australia #"Wrecker's Island" (8 September) - a boy fights pirates on Kangaroo Island #"The Bold Buccaneer" (15 September) - a cabin boy sails with William Dampier #"The Quartermaster" (22 September) - a cabin boy goes to Botany Bay and gets involved with Henry Hacking #"Bobbies and Bushies" (29 September) - a boy gets involved with bushrangers #"A Brave Australian" (6 October) - a tale about Police Trooper Walker who tracks Captain Thunderbolt #The Flying Doctor (13 October) #"The Last of the Pirates" (20 October) - about Bully Hayes #"The First Farmer" (27 October) - about James Ruse #"Bounty Bligh" (3 November) - about William Bligh #"Guinea Gold" (10 November) - Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tyrant Years
''The Tyrant Years'' is a 1958 Australian radio play by Joy Hollyer about the last years in the life of Charles Dickens. The play was well received and was produced again in 1959, 1962, 1968 and 1974. Premise "At 45, (1857), Dickens was at the height of his powers. But at home his personal life was beginning to break up. His pallid wife, Catherine, was quite inadequate for him and his attention turned to a beautiful young actress, Ellen Ternan. It is from this point that Joy Hollyer develops the complicated and absorbingly interesting pattern of a brilliantly successful and vital man growing old and unwilling to accept age." Cast of 1958 Production *James Condon as Charles Dickens *Amber Mae Cecil as Ellen Ternan *Lyndal Barbour as Georgina Hogarth Georgina Hogarth (22 January 1827 – 19 April 1917) was the sister-in-law, housekeeper, and adviser of English novelist Charles Dickens and the editor of three volumes of his collected letters after his death. Biography 'Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Good Will
''The Story of Good Will'' is a 1959 Australian TV play. It was a pantomime produced for Christmas Eve and was Australia's first television pantomime. The same night the ABC broadcast a nativity play '' The House by the Stable''. Plot In the land of Christmas Country, the King has banned Merry Christmasses. Good Will, the only man who knows how to make Merry Christmasses, has disappeared, s Princess Merry asks Jan the Gardener (a Prince in disguise) to help find him. Cast *Robyn Hosking as the Queen *Brian Fitzsimmons as the King *Barbara Frawley Barbara Anne Frawley (14 April 1935 – 1 March 2004) was an Australian actress, voice artist and children's TV host. She is best known as the voice of young Dot in the 1977 film adaptation of ''Dot and the Kangaroo'', as well as ''Around ... as the Princess *Earle Cross as Jan the Gardner *John Tasker as don't-ask-me * Reg Quartly as dragon Production It was filmed at the ABC's studios in Gore Hill and featured stars of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Radio Writers
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 * Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Missing
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
