The Opportunist

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The Opportunist
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Wireless Weekly 3 August 1940
Genredrama feature
Running time45mins (8:30 pm 9:15 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Written by Gwen Meredith
Original release9 August 1940

The Opportunist is a 1940 Australian radio play by Gwen Meredith. [1] [2]

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The play featured in a festival of Australian radio plays on the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1940. [3] It won the Listeners Award for the best play in this festival. [4] [5] [6]

The success of the play helped launch Meredith's career as a radio dramatist. [7]

The play was produced again in 1946.

Premise

The play 'begins in the office of a Queensland bank. An interview is in progress, between the young manager and a good looking, socially-inclined clerk, who has a confession to make about his use of the bank's money. The play quickly moves on from surprise to surprise." [8]

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References

  1. "Gwen Meredith". Western Grazier . Vol. XLIV, no. 3439. New South Wales, Australia. 5 January 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 3 February 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Playwrights of Australia Comedy and Sophistication", The wireless weekly: the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, July 20, 1940, retrieved 3 February 2024 via Trove
  3. "Sixteen Productions in ABC Play Competition", ABC weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 29 June 1940, retrieved 3 February 2024 via Trove
  4. "Gwen Meredith". Western Grazier . Vol. XLIV, no. 3439. New South Wales, Australia. 5 January 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 3 February 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Farwell Wins Play Contest Entry Was Not Most Popular With A.B.C. Listeners", The wireless weekly: the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, October 5, 1940, retrieved 3 February 2024 via Trove
  6. "A.B.C. Play Prizes Awarded". The Herald . No. 19, 776. Victoria, Australia. 1 October 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 3 February 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Advertising". The Muswellbrook Chronicle . Vol. 26, no. 35. New South Wales, Australia. 7 May 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 3 February 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Highlights of the A.B.C." The Dubbo Liberal And Macquarie Advocate . Vol. 66, no. 94. New South Wales, Australia. 8 August 1940. p. 5. Retrieved 3 February 2024 via National Library of Australia.