A Woman Called Ruth

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A Woman Called Ruth
Wireless Weekly 3 July 1936
Genredrama play
Running time30 mins
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station5CL
Written byMax Afford
Directed byMax Afford
Recording studioAdelaide[1]
Original releaseJuly 9, 1936 (1936-07-09)[2]

A Woman Called Ruth is a 1936 Australian radio play by Max Afford set on a farm on the South African coast.[2][3]

The play placed in the 1936 ABC Radio Playwriting Competition, which had been won by Afford for his play Merry-Go-Round.[4]

It was picked up for broadcast over the national network (the Australian Broadcasting Corporation).[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "On the Air". Daily Mercury. Vol. 70, no. 162. Queensland, Australia. 8 July 1936. p. 2. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b "Thursday July 9", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 28 (1), July 3, 1936, nla.obj-718247991, retrieved 5 January 2024 – via Trove
  3. ^ "Broadcasting". The Courier-mail. No. 892. Queensland, Australia. 9 July 1936. p. 19. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "398 Plays for Radio Judged". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. I, no. 8. New South Wales, Australia. 31 March 1936. p. 17. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Eileen Joyce to Broadcast". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 4 July 1936. p. 11. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

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