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Fulfilment (radio Play)
''Fulfilment'' is a 1948 Australian radio drama by Rex Rienits about Mary Reibey that aired on the ABC. The play was popular and was performed again in 1951. It was one of several dramatisations of Australian historical figures by Rienits, others including Margaret Catchpole, the Rum Rebellion, Mary Bligh, Ned Kelly and Mary Bryant. A copy of the script is in the State Library of New South Wales. at SLNSW There had been a 1947 Australian radio play about Reibey called '''' by |
Rex Rienits
Rex Gunther Rienits (17 April 1909 – 30 April 1971) was an Australian writer of radio, films, plays and TV. He was a journalist before becoming one of the leading radio writers in Australia. He moved to England in 1949 and worked for a number of years there. He later returned to Australia and worked on early local TV drama. According to Richard Lane Rienits "was the most affable and generous of men; warm in his friendships, generous with his time and in his efforts to help those still with the ladder to scale. Above all, he was utterly dedicated to the propagation of Australian history, art and playwriting." Early life and career Rienits was born in Dubbo. His father was a draughtsman for the Lands Department and moved from town to town early in Rienits' life. His mother died in 1925 and Rienits had one brother, Don. Rienits' first job was as a copy boy on the Sydney ''Daily Guardian''. He worked as a journalist and boxing promoter in Wagga Wagga. In 1935 he was working in Ky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey née ''Haydock'' (12 May 177730 May 1855) was an English-born merchant, shipowner and trader who was penal transportation, transported to Australia as a convicts in Australia, convict. After gaining her freedom, she was viewed by her contemporaries as a community role model and became legendary as a successful businesswoman in the colony. Early life Reibey, baptised Molly Haydock, was born on 12 May 1777 in Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury, Lancashire, England. Following the death of her parents, she was reared by a grandmother and sent into service. She ran away, and was arrested for stealing a horse in August 1791. At the time, she was disguised as a boy and was going under the name of James Burrow. Sentenced to seven years' transportation, she arrived in Sydney, Australia, on the ''Royal Admiral'' in October 1792. Life and career in Australia On 7 September 1794, 17-year-old Mary married Thomas Reibey, after he had proposed to her several times; she finally agree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Catchpole (radio Play)
''Margaret Catchpole'' is a 1945 Australian radio drama by Rex Rienits about Margaret Catchpole Margaret Catchpole (14 March 1762 – 13 May 1819) was an English servant girl, chronicler, and Convicts in Australia, deportee to Australia. Born in Suffolk, she worked as a servant in various houses before being convicted of stealing a horse .... It was one of several dramatisations of Australian historical figures by Rienits. Plays on Australian subjects were relatively rare on Australian radio at the time and ''Margaret Catchpole'' was listed by Leslie Rees as among the most notable of the 1940s. The play was repeated later in 1945 and was re-recorded in 1958. One listener called it one of the best plays of 1945. Catchpole's life was also dramatised by the ABC in 1950 as an episode of ''Famous Women'' and she was the subject of a "talks" episode in 1953. Premise According to the ''ABC Weekly'', it told "the story of a strong-minded, attractive English girl who was sent out t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stormy Petrel (radio Serial)
''Stormy Petrel'' is a 1948 Australian radio serial about the career of William Bligh by Rex Rienits Rex Gunther Rienits (17 April 1909 – 30 April 1971) was an Australian writer of radio, films, plays and TV. He was a journalist before becoming one of the leading radio writers in Australia. He moved to England in 1949 and worked for a number .... It aired Mondays to Thursdays at 6.40pm on the ABC. It was very popular and was produced again in 1953 and 1959. Rienits sold it to the BBC. It was adapted into a 1960 mini-series and a novel. Background Rex Rienits was a writer who wrote a number of scripts set in Australia's past. Rienits said he believed Bligh "was a great man." He later said that Bligh had "been grossly maligned" and "that Hollywood did a terrible thing in representing him, in the person of Mr. Laughton, as a cruel and brutal despot... However, Bligh undoubtedly had a quick and blustering temper, and it was this temper, rather than any deep-seated vicious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bligh Had A Daughter
''Bligh Had a Daughter'' is a 1948 Australia radio play by Rex Rienits about Mary Bligh, daughter of William Bligh, who was living with her father at the time of the Rum Rebellion. It was one of the most highly regarded Australian radio plays of the 1940s The play was repeated later in 1948 and in 1949. and produced again by the ABC in 1954 (in Brisbane, directed by Raymond Menmuir). Rienits used elements of the play in his 1960 mini series ''Stormy Petrel'', based on his radio serial of the same name. In that the role of Mary Bligh was played by Delia Williams. Premise According to the ABC Weekly "Bligh, when appointed Governor of New South Wales 17 years after the 'Bounty' affair, had a wife and six daughters, but only Mary, his second daughter, accompanied him to his new place of appointment. There she acted as his Governor's lady until almost simultaneously she lost her husband and played a part in resisting the deposition of Bligh by the Rum Corps. Later she became a perm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Outlaw (BBC Radio Serial)
''The Last Outlaw'' is a 1963 British radio serial by Rex Rienits about Ned Kelly. It is not to be confused with the 1980 Australian mini series about Kelly, which has the same name. The serial was one of a number of dramatisations of Australian historical figures by Rienits. A copy of the scripts are available at the National Film and Sound Archive in Australia. The series was broadcast on New York radio in November and December 1967. It was also broadcast on Australian radio in 1964 and 1965. Episodes #The Prentice Hand (18 June 1963) - Ned Kelly works for bushranger Harry Power. #Partners in crime (25 June 1963) - In 1871, a sixteen year old Ned Kelly is sentenced to three years hard labour for receiving a stolen horse. He is sent to Pentridge prison, Melbourne. #Prelude to War (2 July 1963) - Ned and his step father George King are stealing horses. They decide to move out of it before they are caught by the police. #Wanted-preferably dead! (9 July 1963) - Ned flees to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hungry Ones
''The Hungry Ones'' was an Australian television mini-series. It was a period drama about a pair of husband and wife convicts trying to go straight, consisting of 10 30-minute black-and-white episodes, which aired on ABC. Unlike previous serials it was videotaped rather than performed live to camera. Notably, the cast included Leonard Teale and Fay Kelton. Also appearing were Edward Hepple, Nigel Lovell, John Ewart, and Brigid Lenihan. The archival status of the series is not known. It was among a series of four historical mini-series broadcast by ABC in the early 1960s, which had proved successful enough to encourage commercial broadcaster Seven Network to produce their own such series, ''Jonah Jonah the son of Amittai or Jonas ( , ) is a Jewish prophet from Gath-hepher in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE according to the Hebrew Bible. He is the central figure of the Book of Jonah, one of the minor proph ...'', in 1962. Cast Production Rex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Reibey (radio Play)
''Mary Reibey'' was a 1947 Australian radio drama by Dymphna Cusack about the convict Mary Reibey. It aired as an episode of ''Lux Radio Theatre''. The play is not to be confused with the Rex Rienits radio play about Mary Reibey, '' Fulfilment''. Premise "In 1792, 15-year-old Mary Haydock was convicted and deported from England to Australia for having stolen a ride on a pony. Pardoned by Governor Phillip, she married a young officer, Thomas Reiby. Her remarkable business sense and forcetul personality brought her success in many buoiness ventures." Cast of 1948 production *Catherine Duncan as Mary Reibey *John Tate as Thomas Reibey *Nancye Stewart as Carrie, the servant *Reginald Collins as Simeon Lord Production The play was bought by Lux after having been interred in a 1946 radio playwriting competition. (Others included " A Golden Legacy" about William Farrer and " Castle Hill".) It was presented to commemorate the eighth anniversary of ''Lux'' and producer Harry Dearth ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dymphna Cusack
Ellen Dymphna Cusack Order of Australia, AM (21 September 1902 – 19 October 1981) was an Australian writer and playwright. She also wrote as Atalanta. Personal life Born in Wyalong, New South Wales, Cusack was educated at Saint Ursula's College, Armidale, New South Wales and graduated from the University of Sydney with an honours degree in arts and a diploma in Education. She worked as a teacher until she retired in 1944 for health reasons. Her illness was confirmed in 1978 as multiple sclerosis. She died at Manly, New South Wales, Manly, New South Wales on 19 October 1981. Career Cusack wrote twelve novels (two of which were collaborations), eleven plays, three travel books, two children's books and one non-fiction book. Her collaborative fiction, collaborative novels were ''Pioneers on Parade'' (1939) with Miles Franklin, and ''Come In Spinner'' (1951) with Florence James. The play ''Red Sky at Morning (1944 film), Red Sky at Morning'' was filmed in 1944, starring Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Australian Radio Dramas
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) go into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – British rule in Burma, Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the 'Post-independence Burma (1948–1962), Union of Burma', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 – In the United States: ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Reports, Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Australian Radio Dramas
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 11 – In the U.S., a top secret report is delivered to U.S. President Truman by his National Security Resources Board, urging Truman to expand the Korean War by launching "a global offensive against communism" with sustained bombing of Red China and diplomatic moves to establish "moral justification" for a U.S. nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The report will not not be declassified until 1978. * January 15 – In a criminal court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Works By Rex Rienits
Works may refer to: People * Caddy Works (1896–1982), American college sports coach * John D. Works (1847–1928), California senator and judge * Samuel Works (c. 1781–1868), New York politician Albums * ''Works'' (Pink Floyd album), a Pink Floyd album from 1983 * ''Works'', a Gary Burton album from 1972 * ''Works'', a Status Quo album from 1983 * ''Works'', a John Abercrombie album from 1991 * ''Works'', a Pat Metheny album from 1994 * ''Works'', an Alan Parson Project album from 2002 * ''Works Volume 1'', a 1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer album * ''Works Volume 2'', a 1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer album * '' The Works'', a 1984 Queen album Other uses *Good works, a topic in Christian theology * Microsoft Works, a collection of office productivity programs created by Microsoft * IBM Works, an office suite for the IBM OS/2 operating system * Mount Works, Victoria Land, Antarctica See also * The Works (other) * Work (other) Work may refer to: * Work ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
