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The Remittance Man (radio Play)
''The Remittance Man'' is a 1939 Australian radio play by Richard Lane. It was one of the most acclaimed Australian radio plays of the 1930s. Reception According to one reviewer for the ''Wireless Weekly'', "''The Remittance Man'' was a great joy to me, but I think the playwright came dangerously close to home. The background is radio— ambitions, disappointments and jealousies. The plot is incidental. The substance of the play lies in the cruelly penetrating characterisations... [It[ isn't a play for mass consumption. It has too many shades of radio. But to those who can fully appreciate it, it is real meat." The play was revived in 1941. Leslie Rees called it "a mordant work... but one charged with a considerable understanding and sympathy" elaborating that: So many of our Australian writers, when they come to write a realistic play about theatre or radio or film life, write it about London or New York... It takes imaginative courage for an Australian writer to perceive that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lane (writer)
Richard Hamilton Lane ( OAM), (18 January 1918 – 20 February 2008) was an Australian writer (dramatist and playwright) known particularly for his skillful adaptation of plays and films for radio. He is often called the father of Australian radio drama. His career spanned more than 60 years, and he is recognised not only for his writing achievements but for his contribution to the Australian Writers' Guild. He also wrote for television, and was described after his death as "luminary of the Australian radio and television industries". Early life and education Richard Lane was born in the Sydney beach suburb of Coogee, Australia, and went to school in Sydney's northern suburbs at Knox Grammar School in Wahroonga, where "he excelled as an athlete and edited the school magazine".Yeldham, Peter (2008). "Founding father of radio drama: Richard Lane (1918–2008)", in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 11 March 2008 Writing career Lane's first short story was published while he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Southern Cross (play)
''The Southern Cross'' is a 1930 Australian play by Louis Esson about the Eureka Rebellion The Eureka Rebellion was a series of events involving gold miners who revolted against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British administration of the Victoria (Australia)#Colonial Victoria, colony of Victoria, History of Au .... It is not to be confused with the play by Edmund Duggan of the same name. Esson's play was published in a collection of plays by Esson in 1946. The ''Melbourne Argus'' said "It catches very well the atmosphere of the Eureka Stockade, and the delineation of Peter Lalor makes one's heart warm towards that stalwart." ''The Bulletin'' felt "the people in 'The Southern Cross' are too sketchily drawn and seem imperfectly understood." Another critic felt the play was "sincere and deeply felt, but it is so episodic with its thirteen scenes, some confused, some static, that it never really comes to grips with its subject." According to Leslie Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Works By Richard Lane (writer)
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1941 Australian Radio Dramas
The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Aktion T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 Australian Radio Dramas
This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Germany of: *** The Protection of Young Persons Act (Germany), Protection of Young Persons Act, passed on April 30, 1938, the Working Hours Regulations. *** The small businesses obligation to maintain adequate accounting. *** The Jews name change decree. ** With his traditional call to the New Year in Nazi Germany, Führer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler addresses the members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP). ** The Hewlett-Packard technology and scientific instruments manufacturing company is founded by Bill Hewlett and David Packard, in a garage in Palo Alto, California, considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. ** Philipp Etter takes over as President of the Swiss Confederation. ** The Third Soviet Five Year P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
