The Barbarous Barber
| Genre | drama play |
|---|---|
| Running time | 20 mins |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | 3LO |
| Starring | J.H. Booth |
| Written by | J.H. Booth |
| Directed by | Stanley Brooks[1] |
| Recording studio | Melbourne |
| Original release | March 21, 1925 |
The Barabrous Barber is a 1925 Australian radio play by J.H. Booth. It was the first Australian radio play ever written and it was performed on 3LO in Melbourne.[2][3]
Booth was commissioned to write it by Stanley Brookes who directed. Booth played the title role.[4][5]
it was called "a humorous sketch provided with musical relief."[6]
Wireless Weekly called it an "unspeakable abomination of crudities... too evidently composed by an imbecile schoolboy for some obscure college’s break-up. A dreary collection of stale and musty jokes, interspersed with sounds indicative of personal violence and ending in an alleged song whose words and music must have tortured the ears even of the trained musicians who accompanied it."[7]
Premise[edit]
A barber gets his assistant to go through the pockets of his customers, who he then drops through a trap door.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "LUXURY SHIP: LONDON'S SHORT SKIRT". The Herald. No. 14, 924. Victoria, Australia. 19 March 1925. p. 28. Retrieved 21 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Palazuelos-Krukowski, Jo. "Golden Days:Horror Radio Serials". National Film and Sound Archive.
- ^ "MELBOURNE". The Daily Mail. No. 7202. Queensland, Australia. 28 March 1925. p. 14. Retrieved 21 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Philp, Peter (2016). Drama in Silent Rooms. pp. 15–18.
- ^ Walker, R.R. The Magic Spark 50 Years of Australian radio (PDF). p. 28.
- ^ "BROADCASTING PLAY". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 24, 527. Victoria, Australia. 18 March 1925. p. 22. Retrieved 21 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "INTERSTATE NOTES", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, 3 April 1925, retrieved 21 February 2024 – via Trove