Richard Bracken-Farmer

Richard Bracken - Farmer

Genre	verse drama
Running time	60 mins (10:00 pm – 11:00 pm)
Country of origin	Australia
Language	English
Syndicates	ABC
Written by	John Horner
Original release	26 August 1943

Richard Bracken-Farmer is a 1943 Australian radio play by John Horner. ^[1] (Other accounts say the author was "Wolfe Fairbridge".)

It was one of the most notable verse plays on Australia radio. ^{[2] [3]}

The play was broadcast by the ABC as part of a series of ten verse dramas on radio. The others included The Golden Lover , The Real Betrayal , We're Going Through , It Has Happened Before , Mined Gold, Succubus , The Unmapped Lands , Brief Apocalypse , and Fear . ^[4]

References

1. "Thursday, August 26", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 21 August 1943, nla.obj-1309841472, retrieved 1 February 2024– via Trove
2. Leslie, Rees (1953). Towards An Australian Drama. p. 166.
3. "BROADCASTING". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 30, 264. Victoria, Australia. 26 August 1943. p. 8. Retrieved 1 February 2024– via National Library of Australia.
4. "Ten new verse plays", ABC Weekly, Sydney, 20 March 1943, nla.obj-1353953510, retrieved 1 February 2024– via Trove

External links

• Wolfe Fairbridge at AustLit