Castle Hill (radio play)

Castle Hill is a 1947 Australian radio play by Madge Parkin about the Castle Hill Rising.

It aired on Lux Radio Theatre as part of a series of Australian written plays.[1][2]

Controversy

The play was criticised for its depiction of the priest Reverend James Harold.[3][4] The Advocate wrote "The Lux Radio Theatre has apologised for the play . . . but for one person who reads the apology, there will be a hundred who heard the play and who will have one more stick with which to beat the dirty Irish."[5]

References
  1. "Radio Roundup". The Sun. No. 11, 401. New South Wales, Australia. 8 August 1946. p. 6 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "RADIO ROUND AND ABOUT", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, 3 May 1947, retrieved 18 February 2024 – via Trove
  3. "PRIEST VILIFIED IN RADIO DRAMA". Catholic Weekly. Vol. VI, no. 271. New South Wales, Australia. 8 May 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. Harold Perkins, 'Harold, James (1744–1830)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harold-james-2156/text2755, published first in hardcopy 1966, accessed online 18 February 2024.
  5. "Lux Radio's Apology for Slur on Priest". Advocate. Vol. LXXX, no. 4789. Victoria, Australia. 14 May 1947. p. 26. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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