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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 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] |
Catherine Duncan
Catherine Duncan (17 March 1915 – 14 August 2006) was an Australian documentary filmmaker, actor, playwright, film researcher, script writer, film critic, archivist, and collagist. She is most well known for her work in radio broadcasts and short documentary films. Early life Catherine Duncan was born in 1915 in Launceston, Tasmania, to parents Gordon and Claire Duncan. Claire grew up immersed in the arts through her mother, who was an actress and producer herself. Duncan began acting by participating in Allan Wilkie's Shakespearian Company when it visited Launceston. When Duncan turned 16, she enrolled at the University of Melbourne to pursue an arts degree. While enrolled, she joined the Union Theatre Repertory Company and became their lead actress. Personal life Duncan was married three times. Her first husband was Roy Mitchell, who later became a program director for Radio Australia. The two were only married for four years before getting a divorce. Next, Duncan met Kim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oedipus
Oedipus (, ; grc-gre, Οἰδίπους "swollen foot") was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. A tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus accidentally fulfilled a prophecy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother, thereby bringing disaster to his city and family. The story of Oedipus is the subject of Sophocles' tragedy '' Oedipus Rex'', which is followed in the narrative sequence by ''Oedipus at Colonus'' and then ''Antigone''. Together, these plays make up Sophocles' three Theban plays. Oedipus represents two enduring themes of Greek myth and drama: the flawed nature of humanity and an individual's role in the course of destiny in a harsh universe. In the best-known version of the myth, Oedipus was born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes. Laius wished to thwart the prophecy, so he sent a shepherd-servant to leave Oedipus to die on a mountainside. However, the shepherd took pity on the baby and passed him to another shepherd who gave Oedipus to ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
The Advertiser (Adelaide)
''The Advertiser'' is a daily tabloid format newspaper based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. First published as a broadsheet named ''The South Australian Advertiser'' on 12 July 1858,''The South Australian Advertiser'', published 1858–1889 National Library of Australia, digital newspaper library. it is currently a tabloid printed from Monday to Saturday. ''The Advertiser'' came under the ownership of in the 1950s, and the full ownership of in 1987. It is a publication of Advertiser Newspapers Pty Ltd (ADV), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
