''Stockade'' is a 1942 radio play by Richard Lane who regarded it as one of his most significant works. It is a verse drama about the

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. It tells the story though Bridget Shannahan who was on Bakery during the Stockade period. She was a real person, grandmother to Lane's then-wife. It aired in 1942. ''Wireless Weekly'' called it "an artistic success". Other views were also positive. The play was produced again in 1943, 1947 and in 1950. Leslie Rees called it "a good free-verse treatment of a difficult subject, from a particular point of view."

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{{reflist 1942 Australian radio dramas 1943 Australian radio dramas 1947 Australian radio dramas Eureka Rebellion Cultural depictions of the Eureka Rebellion Australian verse dramas Works by Richard Lane (writer) Australian radio dramas based on actual events Australian radio dramas set in Victoria Australian radio dramas set in colonial Australia