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Margaret Catchpole (radio serial)

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Radio show
Margaret Catchpole
Running time60 mins (8:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
Country of originAustralian
Language(s)English
SyndicatesABC
StarringBebe Scott
Written byRex Rienits
Original release22 April 1945

Margaret Catchpole is a 1945 Australian radio drama by Rex Rienits about Margaret Catchpole. It was one of several dramatisations of Australian historical figures by Rienits.

Plays on Australian subjects were relatively rare on Australian radio at the time and Margaret Catchpole was listed by Leslie Rees as among the most notable of the 1940s.

The play was repeated later in 1945 and was re-recorded in 1958.

Premise

According to the ABC Weekly, it told "the story of a strong-minded, attractive English girl who was sent out to New South Wales early in the nineteenth century and who aroused public interest by rejecting the offer of marriage made by a well-set-up free settler of good character. Why Margaret Catchpole was transported and why she refused marriage are unfolded in this chronicle play which holds its suspense to the end."

References

  1. "NEXT WEEK with the A B C". Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 19 April 1945. p. 5. Retrieved 9 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Advertising". The Proserpine Guardian. Vol. 40, no. 2749. Queensland, Australia. 1 June 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 9 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "BROADCASTING". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 30, 780. Victoria, Australia. 24 April 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 9 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (21 April 1945), "This week's A.B.C. PLAYS on the National programmes", ABC Weekly, 7 (16), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1325019841, retrieved 9 July 2023 – via Trove
  5. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (22 January 1949), "A.B.C. SERIAL AUTHOR IS A KEEN HISTORIAN A QUARTET OF QUALITY", ABC Weekly, 11 (4), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1343288991, retrieved 9 July 2023 – via Trove
  6. Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards An Australian Drama. p. 167.
  7. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (2 June 1945), "SATURDAY", ABC Weekly, 7 (22), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1327010899, retrieved 18 October 2023 – via Trove
  8. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (16 July 1958), "v. : ill. ; 29cm.", ABC Weekly, vol. 20, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1387596278, retrieved 9 July 2023 – via Trove
  9. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (16 July 1958), "A.B.C. radio plays for the week", ABC Weekly, 20 (29), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1446586270, retrieved 18 October 2023 – via Trove
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