The Real Betrayal

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The Real Betrayal
Genreverse drama
Running time60 mins (10:00 pm – 11:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
SyndicatesABC
Written by Isobel Andrews
Directed byCharles Wheeler
Original release25 March 1943

The Real Betrayal is a 1943 Australian radio play by New Zealand author Isobel Andrews. It was directed by Charles Wheeler. [1]

The work was commended in an ABC competition for verse dramas. [2] [3]

It was broadcast by the ABC as part of a series of ten verse dramas on radio. The others included The Golden Lover , We're Going Through , It Has Happened Before , Mined Gold , Succubus , The Unmapped Lands , Brief Apocalypse , Fear and Richard Bracken-Farmer . [4]

Premise

According to Leslie Rees, "It spiritedly depicts an underground rebellion in a European country against the brutal Nazi masters and puts forward that iron doctrine of our iron times, that in certain circumstances love of life may itself be a betrayal of life, namely, when it is preferred above duty to a deeper cause. Such plays are part of the saga of contemporary history; when written with true imagination and sincerity they are not depressing but rather a tonic to the nerves and mind. They provide the bracing strength that comes from facing up to a drastic issue." [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Thursday, March 25", ABC Weekly, 20 March 1943, retrieved 1 February 2024– via Trove
  2. ↑ "'Onlooker' Looks Into a 'Magic Mirror'". Advocate. Vol. LXXVI, no. 4665. 21 January 1943. p. 9. Retrieved 1 February 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Romantic Comedy In Verse", ABC Weekly, Sydney, 23 January 1943, retrieved 1 February 2024– via Trove
  4. ↑ "Ten new verse plays", ABC Weekly, 20 March 1943, retrieved 1 February 2024– via Trove
  5. ↑ "Plays Reality or Escape?", ABC Weekly, 6 March 1943, retrieved 1 February 2024– via Trove
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