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The Clock Strikes Twelve (radio play)

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The Clock Strikes Twelve
Genredrama play
Running time28 mins (9:02 pm – 9:30 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station5CL[1]
StarringThe 5CL Radio Players
Written byMax Afford
Directed byMax Afford
Recording studioAdelaide
Original releaseDecember 29, 1930 (1930-12-29)[2]

The Clock Strikes Twelve is a 1930 Australian radio play by Max Afford.[3]

It was one of Afford's first radio plays and one of his few thrillers set in Australia. It confirmed his growing reputation in radio in Adelaide.[4]

Premise

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"The play is set in a lonely house on the storm-swept rocks near Willunga, and concerns the Christmas adventure of Doctor Michael Orme, his young wife, Barbara, and a younger singer in love with her. A few nights before Christmas, the trio is gathered in the drawing room. Suddently as they talk the clock strikeks twelve, the lights go out and terror stalks into the room. When the lights return, one of the paity is missing. Who is it and what happens?"[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Programes for all Stations", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 17 (1), 26 December 1930, nla.obj-652852851, retrieved 5 January 2024 – via Trove
  2. ^ "MONDAY, DECEMBER 29". Observer. Vol. LXXXVII, no. 4, 566. South Australia. 25 December 1930. p. 36. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Special Broadcasting Arrangements For The Holidays". The Register News-pictorial. Vol. XCV, no. 27, 876. South Australia. 18 December 1930. p. 11. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Philp, Peter (2016). Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Australian Radio Drama from 1920s to 1970s. pp. 84–85.
  5. ^ "NEW MYSTERY PLAY". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 19, no. 970. South Australia. 27 December 1930. p. 14. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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