Telling Mrs Baker

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Telling Mrs Baker
Genredrama play
Country of originAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Written by Vance Palmer
Henry Lawson (original short story)
Directed byJohn Cairns
Original releaseJuly 15, 1937 (1937-07-15)

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. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

It was called "a one act character comedy." [4]

The play was later produced for radio again in 1942, [5] 1953, [6] 1954 (on a double bill with Dreamtime) and 1959.

Premise

"A comedy of character with a typical Henry Lawson touch. It tells of two drovers whose task it is to call on the wife of their dead mate and tell how he died." [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Plays of the Air: "The Dingo" Vance Palmer's Tale of the Queensland Coast", ABC Weekly, 13 April 1940, retrieved 19 February 2024– via Trove
  2. ↑ "The Literary and Critical Page". Advocate. Vol. LV, no. 2717. 30 October 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Tuesday [June 15]", The Wireless Weekly, June 11, 1937, retrieved 19 February 2024– via Trove
  4. ↑ "Playwrights of Australia: Plays, Novels, Poems", The Wireless Weekly, November 23, 1940, retrieved 19 February 2024– via Trove
  5. ↑ "ABC Programmes — Wednesday, June 17", ABC Weekly, 13 June 1942, retrieved 19 February 2024– via Trove
  6. 1 2 "Radio Plays for Next Week A. B. C.", ABC Weekly, 7 November 1953, retrieved 19 February 2024– via Trove
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