Small Town (radio play)

Small Town is a 1946 Australian radio play by Kathleen Carroll. It won a £50 prize as one of the two runners-up in the Lux Radio Theatre Play Competition. She was inspired to write it after visiting an old mining town.[1]

Small Town
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins (8:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Written byKathleen Carroll
Original releaseJune 16, 1946 (1946-06-16)

The play was one of the most regarded Australian radio plays of the 1940s.[2]

The Sydney Tribune said "It is to be hoped that this play will be heard again soon."[3]

The play was produced again in 1952 by the ABC.[4][5] One listener of this production felt the script was "brutally massacred from beginning to end. With the exception of a few minor characters... the performances were obviously amateurish and distinctly bad, lacking in all conviction. The production was also amateurish and distinctly bad."[6]

Premise

A doctor's wife, Gay, longs to escape the small mining town of Brampton. Her husband helps out during a mining disaster.[7]

References
  1. "City Noises Aid Writer", ABC weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (Vol. 8 No. 22 (15 June 1946)), 1939, nla.obj-1334132832, retrieved 12 October 2023 – via Trove
  2. Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards an Australian Drama. p. 147.
  3. "FINE RADIO PLAY ON MINING TOWN". Tribune. No. 224. New South Wales, Australia. 21 June 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Plays and Players". The Sun. No. 13320. New South Wales, Australia. 17 October 1952. p. 10 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "RADIO PLAYS A.B.C.", ABC weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (Vol. 14 No. 19 (10 May 1952)), 1939, nla.obj-1663432221, retrieved 12 October 2023 – via Trove
  6. "Play Production", ABC weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (Vol. 14 No. 24 (14 June 1952)), 1939, nla.obj-1664720389, retrieved 12 October 2023 – via Trove
  7. "Radio Plays – Small Town", ABC weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (Vol. 8 No. 22 (15 June 1946)), 1939, nla.obj-1334132893, retrieved 12 October 2023 – via Trove
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