The Highest Command

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The Highest Command
Genredrama play
Running time30 mins
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
SyndicatesABC
Written byMaxwell Dunn
Directed byFrank Clewlow
Original release30 June 1938

The Highest Command is an Australian radio play by Maxwell Dunn.[1] It was set in China.[2]

The play was popular and later recorded again in Hobart in 1938 [3] and performed again in 1940[4] and 1945.[5]

Premise[edit]

"If you should visit China, and should go to a certain little town, perched, after the fashion of Chinese towns, high on a hillock, in the province of Ho Nan, you might be fortunate enough to meet an old man. He is the Marquis Kai Lung. ".[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "RADIOTOPICS FROM THE STUDIOS". Saturday Evening Express. Vol. X, no. 21. Tasmania, Australia. 18 June 1938. p. 18. Retrieved 17 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "PLAYWRIGHTS OF AUSTRALIA SUCCESS EARLY IN LIFE", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, November 16, 1940, retrieved 17 February 2024 – via Trove
  3. ^ "RADIOTOPICS FROM THE STUDIOS". Saturday Evening Express. Vol. X, no. 30. Tasmania, Australia. 20 August 1938. p. 16. Retrieved 17 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "ANTAL DORATI FROM A.B.C." The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 4 May 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 17 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "SATURDAY", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, 13 October 1945, nla.obj-1402069993, retrieved 17 February 2024 – via Trove
  6. ^ "TUESDAY .. JUNE 18", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, June 15, 1940, retrieved 17 February 2024 – via Trove

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