Three Mile Cross (radio play)
| Genre | drama play |
|---|---|
| Running time | 45 mins (8:00 pm – 8:45 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Hosted by | ABC |
| Written by | Catherine Shepherd |
| Directed by | John Cairns[1] |
| Original release | 14 January 1940 |
Three Mile Cross is a 1940 Australian radio play by Catherine Shepherd about Mary Mitford.[2][3][4]
The ABC bought it in 1939.[5] It was produced again in 1941 and 1948.[6]
According to Leslie Rees the play "presented the writer divided in loyalty between claims of family and work — frustrated through the need for maintaining her father and yet making a success by using the simple material around her, as in Our Village."[7]
Premise
[edit]According to Wireless Weekly the play "chiefly tells of the firm and unfaltering devotion of Mary to her father in spite of his having 'busted' £20,000 won by her in a lottery, and several times brought his family to ruin, so that Mary had to keep the house going by working incessantly at her books, only breaking off to read her father the sporting newspapers."[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "SUNDAY .... JAN. 14", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, January 13, 1940, nla.obj-717896972, retrieved 26 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "RADIO". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Vol. 66, no. 6. New South Wales, Australia. 13 January 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 22 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Catherine Shepherd Play On Air Tomorrow". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 28, no. 1, 442. South Australia. 13 January 1940. p. 2 (THE MAIL Magazine). Retrieved 22 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TALKS TO BE REPEATED FROM 5AN=CL". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 13 January 1940. p. 8. Retrieved 22 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Plays for the New Year", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 30 December 1939, nla.obj-1353625841, retrieved 22 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "NEW SOUTH WALES RADIO PROGRAMMES SUNDAY, August 1 A.B.C. Details", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 31 July 1948, nla.obj-1431208486, retrieved 26 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Plays of the Air— Last Competition Plays", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 17 August 1940, retrieved 22 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "SUNDAY .... JAN. 14", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, January 13, 1940, nla.obj-717896972, retrieved 22 February 2024 – via Trove