''Girl of the Ballet'' is a 1942 Australian radio serial by

Sumner Locke Elliott Sumner Locke Elliott (17 October 191724 June 1991) was an Australian (later American) novelist and playwright. Biography Elliott was born in Sydney to the writer Sumner Locke and the journalist Henry Logan Elliott. His mother died of eclampsi ...

for the

George Edwards Company George Edwards (born Harold Parks, 11 March 1886 in Kent Town, South Australia; died 28 August 1953) was an Australian actor, comedian, vaudevillian and producer, known as The Man of a Thousand Voices. Biography Edwards was a pioneer of the rad ...

. It was the story of "an insignificant milliner who became the rage of Europe and America. Scandal nearly wrecked her career, she had a tragic marriage, and ended her days clinging desperately to the tarnished trappings of her vanished glory. The series was popular and was repeated in 1943, 1946 and 1949.

Cast

Nell Stirling Helen Dorothy "Nell" Stirling (nee Mamgron, 22 August 1909 – 10 November 1951) was an Australian radio actor, singer, dancer and radio producer best known for her association with George Edwards in the Sydney radio industry. Biography Stirli ...

*George Edwards as Anton Orsov and Nikko Surevski. * Maxwell Osbiston *Marion Johns *Eric Scott *Ailsa Grahame *

Lorna Bingham Lorna Bingham (1912 – 10 July 1970) was an Australian actress writer best known for her work on radio and her children's books. She was a leading writer for George Edwards for a number of years, writing and producing many episodes of serial ''D ...

*Beulah Mayhew

''Lily Parker''

Elliott later wrote a 1947 serial about ballet for Edwards called ''Lily Parker''. It was about "a dancing team, Lily Parker and Eddie du Core, and the tragedy that caught up with Lily Parker, a ballet dancing couple".

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1947 Australian radio dramas Radio plays by Sumner Locke Elliott 1946 Australian radio dramas 1943 Australian radio dramas 1942 Australian radio dramas 1940s Australian radio serials {{Australia-radio-show-stub