This Was Sylvia
| Genre | drama serial |
|---|---|
| Running time | 15 mins (8:30 am – 8:45 am) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | 2UW |
| Written by | Coral Lansbury |
| Original release | March 26, 1957 |
| No. of episodes | 208 |
This was Sylvia was a 1957 Australian radio serial by Coral Lansbury.[1]
Lansbury said there were two main types of serials – one about a noble woman "with whom the listener can identify herself", the other "about a monster who will have the effect of catharsis on the listener, and inspire her to feelings of rage and hate and contempt."[2] This was Sylvia was the latter, about a woman who robs her mother and marries her best friend's fiancé. (Another serial of Lansbury's, Jean Hammond, was the former.)[2]
Premise[edit]
From the National Film and Sound Archive: "The infinite beauty and insatiable ambition of Sylvia Giles meant the ruin of three men. The theme of this dramatic story is summed up in Sylvia's words: 'Women fall into two classes – those whom men make use of and those who make use of men. I've always known to which class I belonged'."[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Melanie Nolan, 'Lansbury, Coral Magnolia (1929–1991)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lansbury-coral-magnolia-17182/text30213, published online 2015, accessed online 22 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Mother, aged 26, earns £5,000 pa". The Sydney Morning Herald Women's Section. 14 March 1957. p. 8.
- ^ NFSA Radio reference guide