''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 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 wer ...
'', ''
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 t ...
'', ''
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 Dist ...
'', ''
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
''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 sto ...
'', ''
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
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External links
Wolfe Fairbridgeat AustLit
Australian verse dramas
1943 Australian radio dramas