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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] |
Isobel Andrews
Isabella Smith Andrews (; 2 November 1905 – 19 June 1990), known professionally as Isobel Andrews, was a Scottish-born New Zealand playwright, novelist, short-story writer and poet. She wrote over sixty plays, many of which were published, and was associated with the New Zealand branch of the British Drama League. She won the League's annual playwrighting competition four times. Her plays, particularly ''The Willing Horse'', have continued to be performed into the 21st century. Early life and marriage Andrews was born in Glasgow on 2 November 1905. Her parents were Jeanie Scott and James Young, a mercantile clerk. Her family moved to New Zealand in 1911, living first in Bulls and then in Wellington, where she attended Wellington Girls College. On 19 December 1932 she married Ernest Stanhope Andrews, a public servant, who became the founding director of New Zealand's National Film Unit in 1941. Early writing career Andrews was a founding member of the New Zealand Women Writer ... [...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] |
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] |
Mined Gold
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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 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] |
Leslie Rees (writer)
George Leslie Clarke Rees (28 December 1905 – 17 August 2000) was an Australian writer for children who was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia. Career He attended Perth Modern School and then the University of Western Australia, where he edited the student magazine, ''Black Swan''. He then worked for The West Australian as a journalist before travelling to London to study at University College on a scholarship. It was while there that he married fellow Western Australian, Coralie Clarke, who had been a sub-editor during his time on the ''Black Swan''. Rees returned to Australia in 1936 to become the Australian Broadcasting Commission's first federal drama editor in Sydney. He was also President of PEN (Sydney) for a number of years. As a writer, Rees is best known as a prolific author of children's books as well as written travel books, plays and an autobiography. He wrote the first Australian-written drama to air on Australian television, ''The Sub-Editor's R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Verse Dramas
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