''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 ''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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ''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 seri ...

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Premise

According to 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 life may itself be a betrayal of life, namely, when it is preferred above duty to a deeper cause. Such plays are part of the saga of contemporary history; when written with true imagination and sincerity they are not depressing but rather a tonic to the nerves and mind. They provide the bracing strength that comes from facing up to a drastic issue."

References

{{reflist Australian verse dramas 1943 Australian radio dramas Australian radio dramas about World War Two