Nocturne (radio play)
| Genre | radio drama |
|---|---|
| Running time | 60 mins (8:00 pm – 9:00 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | 2FC |
| Written by | Edmund Barclay |
| Directed by | Frank Willis[1] |
| Original release | 2 March 1939 |
Nocturne is a 1939 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay.[2]
It was called "a play of King's Cross, or of acorresponding section of Melbourne, or other Australian city, and it is a play of people enjoying the night life of the place, and who imagine they are having "a devil of a time" — frightfully smart and delightfully wicked."[3]
The original production was produced by Frank Willis.[4]
Premise[edit]
The play about three couples in a Kings Cross cafe: Babs, a country girl, and a rich old man trying to seduce her; Eva, a married woman, and Kevin, who is in love with her; a country boy and a woman.
Cast[edit]
- Rupert Chance
- Neva Carr Glynn
- Maiva Drummond as Babs
Reception[edit]
Wireless Weekly called it a "salty little play" where Barclay has given the characters "some very bright things to say, and they say them just as they should be said."[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "BROADCASTING". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 564. New South Wales, Australia. 1 March 1939. p. 8. Retrieved 8 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ""Bohemia" in City Life". Macleay Argus. No. 8682. New South Wales, Australia. 24 February 1939. p. 9. Retrieved 31 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Radio Programmes". Nambucca and Bellinger News. Vol. 34, no. 1709. New South Wales, Australia. 24 February 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 31 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (March 3, 1939), "Nocturne", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 33 (9), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-712975270, retrieved 31 August 2023 – via Trove
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (March 15, 1939), "Jonathan talks", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, retrieved 8 February 2024 – via Trove