Christine (radio play)

Last updated

Christine is a 1948 Australian radio play by Vance Palmer based on his 1930 stage play of the same name. [1] [2]

It was "a four-act comedy, dealing with a farmer-politician and his conflict with his family when he brings a new and fashionable wife into the home." [3]

The Brisbane Mail said "Billed as comedy but humour must have been mislaid in the adaptation." [4]

It was produced again for radio in 1949. [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ron Randell</span> Australian actor (1918–2005)

Ronald Egan Randell was an Australian actor. After beginning his acting career on the stage in 1937, he played Charles Kingsford Smith in the film Smithy (1946). He also had roles in Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947), Kiss Me Kate (1953), I Am a Camera (1955), Most Dangerous Man Alive (1961) and King of Kings (1961).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arthur Upfield</span> Writer best known for Australian detective fiction

Arthur William Upfield was an English-Australian writer, best known for his works of detective fiction featuring Detective Inspector Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte of the Queensland Police Force, a mixed-race Indigenous Australian. His books were the basis for a 1970s Australian television series entitled Boney, as well as a 1990 telemovie and a 1992 spin-off TV series.

Ronald Grant Taylor was an English-Australian actor best known as the abrasive General Henderson in the Gerry Anderson science fiction series UFO and for his lead role in Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940).

Blue Hills, created and written by Gwen Meredith, is an Australian radio serial about the lives of families, set in a fictional typical Australian country town called Tanimbla. The title "Blue Hills" itself derives from the residence of Dr. Gordon, the town's doctor.

<i>Eureka Stockade</i> (1949 film) 1949 British Australian Western film by Harry Watt

Eureka Stockade is a 1949 British film of the story surrounding Irish-Australian rebel and politician Peter Lalor and the gold miners' rebellion of 1854 at the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat, Victoria, in the Australian Western genre.

<i>Bitter Springs</i> (film) 1950 film

Bitter Springs is a 1950 Australian–British film directed by Ralph Smart. An Australian pioneer family leases a piece of land from the government in the Australian outback in 1900 and hires two inexperienced British men as drovers. Problems with local Aboriginal people arise over the possession of a waterhole. Much of the film was shot on location in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia

<i>Woman Hater</i> (1948 film) 1948 British film

Woman Hater is a 1948 British romantic comedy film directed by Terence Young and starring Stewart Granger, Edwige Feuillère and Ronald Squire. The screenplay concerns Lord Datchett, who, as a consequence of a bet with his friends, invites a French film star to stay at his house but pretends to be one of his employees while he tries to romance her with the help of his butler. When she discovers his subterfuge, she decides to turn the tables on him.

<i>Bush Christmas</i> (1947 film) 1947 Australian film

Bush Christmas is a 1947 Australian–British comedy film directed by Ralph Smart and starring Chips Rafferty. It was one of the first films from Children's Entertainment Films, later the Children's Film Foundation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Muriel Steinbeck</span> Australian actress (1913–1982)

Muriel Myee Steinbeck was an Australian actress who worked extensively in radio, theatre, television and film. She is best known for her performance as the wife of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in Smithy (1946) and for playing the lead role in Autumn Affair (1958–59), Australia's first television serial.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yvonne Banvard</span> Australian actress and theatre producer

Yvonne (Fifi) Banvard was an Australian actress. As a child, she toured North America and gained notoriety as a talented tragedienne. She later went onto perform and produce plays, dramas, comedies and romances across Australia, as well as becoming a radio personality.

<i>Consulting Room</i> 1948 radio play by Max Afford

Consulting Room is a 1948 Australian radio play by Max Afford. It was very popular, was published in book form and was performed overseas.

His Excellency Governor Shirtsleeves is a 1948 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay. It was about Captain Davey, Governor of Van Diemen's Land and was set in the early 1800s.

<i>Bligh Had a Daughter</i>

Bligh Had a Daughter is a 1948 Australia radio play by Rex Rienits about Mary Bligh, daughter of William Bligh, who was living with her father at the time of the Rum Rebellion.

Two Worlds is a 1952 Australian radio serial by Vance Palmer. It concerned shearer disputes in western Queensland and the shearer's struggle to form a union.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Sea Hawk (radio play)</span> 1938 radio play by Vance Palmer

The Sea Hawk is a 1938 Australian radio play by Vance Palmer. It was one of is most notable works.

The Black Horse is a 1937 Australian radio play by Vance Palmer based on his 1923 short play of the same name.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Dingo (radio play)</span> 1940 radio play by Vance Palmer

The Dingo is a 1940 Australian radio play by Vance Palmer based on his short story of the same name.

The Interloper is a 1940 Australian radio play by Vance Palmer based on his 1927 short story of the same name.

Telling Mrs Baker is a 1937 Australian radio play by Vance Palmer based on his 1922 stage play of the same name, which was adapted from a story by Henry Lawson.

References

  1. "Christine". The Brisbane Courier . No. 22,720. 22 November 1930. p. 7. Retrieved 19 February 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Celebrating Birthday of G.B.S.", ABC Weekly, 24 July 1948, retrieved 19 February 2024 via Trove
  3. "Playwrights of Australia: Plays, Novels, Poems", The Wireless Weekly, November 23, 1940, retrieved 19 February 2024 via Trove
  4. "Radiopinion". Sunday Mail. No. 955. 8 August 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 19 February 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "2NB Program Highlights". Barrier Daily Truth . Vol. XLI, no. 12,870. 27 May 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 19 February 2024 via National Library of Australia.