The Clock Strikes Twelve (radio play)

The Clock Strikes Twelve

Genre	drama play
Running time	28 mins (9:02 pm – 9:30 pm)
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
Home station	5CL [1]
Starring	The 5CL Radio Players
Written by	Max Afford
Directed by	Max Afford
Recording studio	Adelaide
Original release	December 29, 1930 (1930-12-29) [2]

The Clock Strikes Twelve is a 1930 Australian radio play by Max Afford. ^[3]

It was one of Afford's first radio plays and one of his few thrillers set in Australia. It confirmed his growing reputation in radio in Adelaide. ^[4]

Premise

"The play is set in a lonely house on the storm-swept rocks near Willunga, and concerns the Christmas adventure of Doctor Michael Orme, his young wife, Barbara, and a younger singer in love with her. A few nights before Christmas, the trio is gathered in the drawing room. Suddently as they talk the clock strikeks twelve, the lights go out and terror stalks into the room. When the lights return, one of the paity is missing. Who is it and what happens?" ^[5]

References

1. "Programmes for all Stations", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 17 (1), 26 December 1930, nla.obj-652852851, retrieved 5 January 2024– via Trove
2. "MONDAY, DECEMBER 29". Observer. Vol. LXXXVII, no. 4, 566. South Australia. 25 December 1930. p. 36. Retrieved 5 January 2024– via National Library of Australia.
3. "Special Broadcasting Arrangements For The Holidays". The Register News-pictorial . Vol. XCV, no. 27, 876. South Australia. 18 December 1930. p. 11. Retrieved 5 January 2024– via National Library of Australia.
4. Philp, Peter (2016). Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Australian Radio Drama from 1920s to 1970s. pp. 84–85.
5. "NEW MYSTERY PLAY". The Mail (Adelaide) . Vol. 19, no. 970. South Australia. 27 December 1930. p. 14. Retrieved 5 January 2024– via National Library of Australia.

External links

• The Clock Strikes Twelve at Ausstage
• The Clock Strikes Twelve at Austlit