Genre | drama serial |
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Running time | 30 mins |
Country of origin | Australia |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | 2UW [1] |
Created by | novel by Ruth Park |
Written by | Anthony Scott Veitch |
Directed by | Tom Farley |
Produced by | Nell Stirling |
Narrated by | Charles Tingwell |
Recording studio | Sydney |
Original release | August 21, 1951 – 1952 |
The Harp in the South is a 1951 Australia radio serial adapted by Tony Scott Veitch from the novel of the same name by Ruth Park. [2] It featured many leading actors of the time including Grant Taylor, Dinah Shearing and Reg Goldsworthy. [3]
It was from the George Edwards Company. [4] The same company and writer then adapted the novel's sequel, Poor Man's Orange the following year. [5]
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Small Town is a 1946 Australian radio play by Kathleen Carroll. It won a £50 prize as one of the two runners-up in the Lux Radio Theatre Play Competition. She was inspired to write it after visiting an old mining town.
Spiegel the Cat is a 1952 Australian radio play by David Martin. It was adapted from Spiegel the Cat, a story from the Swiss writer Gottfried Keller.
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The Gate of the Sea is a 1948 Australian radio play by Coral Lansbury.
The Edge of Ice is a 1951 Australian radio play by Colin Thiele told the story of a handful of castaways in a boat in Antarctica.
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