The Unmapped Lands

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The Unmapped Lands
Genreverse drama
Running time45 mins (10:00 pm – 10:45 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
SyndicatesABC
Written byElisabeth Lambert
Directed byJohn Cairns [1]
Original releaseSeptember 30, 1943 (1943-09-30)

The Unmapped Land is a 1943 Australian verse drama play for radio by Elisabeth Lambert. It was entered in a verse drama competition and did not win but was purchased and produced by the ABC. [2]

According to ABC Weekly the play "tells the story of three women who represent three points of view in the modern world, and the effect that a war has on them and on the people with whom they come in contact." [3]

It was Lambert's first play for radio. She followed it with Storm's Abatement. [4] [5] This launched her writing career. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Thursday, Sept. 30", ABC Weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 5 (39), 25 September 1943, nla.obj-1315972211, retrieved 23 October 2023– via Trove{{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  2. ↑ "Ten new verse plays", ABC Weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 5 (12), 20 March 1943, nla.obj-1353953510, retrieved 23 October 2023– via Trove{{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  3. ↑ "Coming on the air", ABC Weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 5 (39), 25 September 1943, nla.obj-1315970055, retrieved 23 October 2023– via Trove{{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  4. ↑ "Coming on the air", ABC Weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 6 (13), 25 March 1944, nla.obj-1355936146, retrieved 23 October 2023– via Trove{{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  5. ↑ ""Stars of the Air"". North-eastern Advertiser . Vol. XXXV, no. 50. Tasmania, Australia. 30 June 1944. p. 1. Retrieved 23 October 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Young Australian's Play Produced in London", ABC Weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 12 (49), 9 December 1950, nla.obj-1526436236, retrieved 23 October 2023– via Trove{{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
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