''Lovelace'' is a 1934 Australian radio play by

Edmund Barclay Edmund Piers Barclay (2 May 1898 – 26 August 1961) was an English-Australian writer known for his work in radio drama. Radio historian Richard Lane called him "Australian radio's first great writer and, many would say, Australian radio's g ...

. It was inspired by the real life Colonel Richard Lovelace but heavily fictionalised. The 1934 version starred visiting British film star

John Longden John Longden (11 November 1900 – 26 May 1971) was a British film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1926 and 1964, including six films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Biography Longden was born in the West Indies, the son of ...

. The play sold to South Africa. It was produced again in 1935, 1937 and 1938. The original director was Laurence Cecil.

Premise

"It was Lovelace who told that charming lie, “Stone Walls Do not a Prison Make”; and he was responsible for the equally charming quibble: “I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not honor more.” He wrote some good songs and bad coup-lets; and after his exile during the Cromwell's dictatorship he returned and died a pauper in Gunpowder Alley, Bride's Church, Fleet Street. Some argue that he didn't die a pauper, but had four pounds a week till he died. Aubrey says he was a very handsome man, “but damnable prowd.” This play opens in the House of Commons on the morning when Charles First when down to arrest the five members, and the memmers shouted for their privileges, and it includes an Oliver Cromwell “somewhat different from the accepted conception”."

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at Ausstage Radio plays by Edmund Barclay 1934 Australian radio dramas 1935 Australian radio dramas 1937 Australian radio dramas 1938 Australian radio dramas Australian radio dramas based on actual events