Back to School (radio revue)
| Genre | revue |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | 2BL |
| Written by | Edmund Barclay Alf J Lawrence |
| Produced by | Humphrey Bishop |
| Original release | September 15, 1933[1] |
Back to School is a 1933 Australian radio revue by Edmund Barclay. It was one of several revues Barclay wrote.[2]
The revue was broadcast in September and repeated in October.[3]
According to press material:
In this original Musical Burlesque the A.B.C. Revue Company turns back the pages of the years gone by until the clamorous school-bell calls them back once again to desk and cane. They take the modem spirit back with them, however, with somewhat amusing results, the old-fashioned, simple school songs and the syncopation of to-day being combined with laughable effect. Harmonised choruses, bright songs, schoolboy jokes and jests combine to build a show of highly diverting entertainment.[4]
The Wireless Weekly said "the dialogue was quite good, some of the jokes were new, and the songs and music were in places brilliant. I can remember times when it was something of an effort to listen to radio revues; you felt that it was your duty to Australian industry to listen; but now it becomes increasingly (I hope) possible to combine duty with pleasure. "[5]
Cast[edit]
- Yvonne Banvard
- Zcna Moller
- Rene Dixon
- Arthur Hemsley
- Dan Agar
- Walter Kingsley
- Nell Crane
- Alfred Wllmore
References[edit]
- ^ "Listen-in To-day For--". The Sun. No. 7398. New South Wales, Australia. 15 September 1933. p. 17 (FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 21 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "FROM The LIGHTER - SIDE LAYER". The Sun. No. 7413. New South Wales, Australia. 3 October 1933. p. 9 (FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 21 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (October 6, 1933), "MONDAY .. OCTOBER 9", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 22 (14), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-720813861, retrieved 21 September 2023 – via Trove
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (September 15, 1933), "FRIDAY. .SEPTEMBER 15", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 22 (11), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-720777910, retrieved 21 September 2023 – via Trove
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (October 20, 1933), "RADIO PLAYS", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 22 (16), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-719933557, retrieved 21 September 2023 – via Trove