Castle Hill (radio play)

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Castle Hill is a 1947 Australian radio play by Madge Parkin about the Castle Hill Rising.

It aired on Lux Radio Theatre as part of a series of Australian written plays. [1] [2]

Controversy

The play was criticised for its depiction of the priest Reverend James Harold. [3] [4] The Advocate wrote "The Lux Radio Theatre has apologised for the play . . . but for one person who reads the apology, there will be a hundred who heard the play and who will have one more stick with which to beat the dirty Irish." [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Radio Roundup". The Sun. No. 11, 401. New South Wales, Australia. 8 August 1946. p. 6 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 18 February 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "RADIO ROUND AND ABOUT", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, 3 May 1947, retrieved 18 February 2024– via Trove
  3. ↑ "PRIEST VILIFIED IN RADIO DRAMA". Catholic Weekly . Vol. VI, no. 271. New South Wales, Australia. 8 May 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 18 February 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Harold Perkins, 'Harold, James (1744–1830)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harold-james-2156/text2755, published first in hardcopy 1966, accessed online 18 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Lux Radio's Apology for Slur on Priest". Advocate. Vol. LXXX, no. 4789. Victoria, Australia. 14 May 1947. p. 26. Retrieved 18 February 2024– via National Library of Australia.
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