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The House of a Thousand Whispers
Wireless Weekly 24 July 1936
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins (9:00 pm – 10:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
Hosted byABC
Written by Edmund Barclay
Original release24 July 1936

The House of a Thousand Whispers is a 1936 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay. [1] [2]

The play was very popular and repeated later in the year [2] as well as in 1939, 1941, [3] 1946 [4] and 1950. [5]

Peter Finch starred in the 1939 production. [6]

Premise

A married woman and her lover elope and take refuge in an old house on the Yorkshire moors. The woman disappears and the lover goes looking for her.

References

  1. ^ "Playwrights of Australia - Writers Historical Plays", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (40), Sydney: Wireless Press, October 5, 1940, nla.obj-720727356, retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Trove
  2. ^ a b "Friday October 2", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 28 (14), Sydney: Wireless Press, October 2, 1936, nla.obj-674909497, retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Trove
  3. ^ "MARIE BREMNER IN "COUNTRY GIRL"". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 31 May 1941. p. 10. Retrieved 2 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "NATIONAL RADIO". Cairns Post. No. 13, 935. Queensland, Australia. 31 October 1946. p. 6. Retrieved 2 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Sunday, April 30", ABC Weekly, 12 (17), Sydney: ABC, 29 April 1950, nla.obj-1692542551, retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Trove
  6. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (September 27, 1939), "Subtle Mystery Story", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 34 (27), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-726318756, retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Trove

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The House of a Thousand Whispers
Wireless Weekly 24 July 1936
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins (9:00 pm – 10:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
Hosted byABC
Written by Edmund Barclay
Original release24 July 1936

The House of a Thousand Whispers is a 1936 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay. [1] [2]

The play was very popular and repeated later in the year [2] as well as in 1939, 1941, [3] 1946 [4] and 1950. [5]

Peter Finch starred in the 1939 production. [6]

Premise

A married woman and her lover elope and take refuge in an old house on the Yorkshire moors. The woman disappears and the lover goes looking for her.

References

  1. ^ "Playwrights of Australia - Writers Historical Plays", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (40), Sydney: Wireless Press, October 5, 1940, nla.obj-720727356, retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Trove
  2. ^ a b "Friday October 2", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 28 (14), Sydney: Wireless Press, October 2, 1936, nla.obj-674909497, retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Trove
  3. ^ "MARIE BREMNER IN "COUNTRY GIRL"". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 31 May 1941. p. 10. Retrieved 2 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "NATIONAL RADIO". Cairns Post. No. 13, 935. Queensland, Australia. 31 October 1946. p. 6. Retrieved 2 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Sunday, April 30", ABC Weekly, 12 (17), Sydney: ABC, 29 April 1950, nla.obj-1692542551, retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Trove
  6. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (September 27, 1939), "Subtle Mystery Story", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 34 (27), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-726318756, retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Trove

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