The Hot and Copper Sky

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The Hot and Copper Sky is a 1962 British radio play by Bruce Stewart about the bushranger Ben Hall, originally written for BBC radio. [1] [2]

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Stewart adapted it into a TV play The Night of Ben Hall which the BBC optioned for two years but did not use. [3]

Stewart used the same title for an unrelated 1982 novel. [4]

The play was recorded for Australian radio in 1963. [5] [6]

Premise

Ben Hall and two fellow-bushrangers, Dunn and Jack Gilbert, arrive at the small township of Canowindra. As there are no police or, the outlaws proceed to take over the town, until a "town leader" Mr Grace makes plans to take action.

Cast of 1962 BBC Production

References

  1. ↑ "N.Z. Man's Play About Bushranger". Press. 29 January 1963. p. 16.
  2. ↑ "Radio". Evening Standard. 4 June 1962. p. 4.
  3. ↑ "TV plays not used". Press. 10 May 1965. p. 2.
  4. ↑ "Books". The South Bend Tribune. 25 April 1982. p. 97.
  5. ↑ "Plays". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 April 1963. p. 84.
  6. ↑ "Radio plays". The Age. 18 April 1963. p. 29.
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