His Excellency Governor Shirtsleeves

His Excellency Governor Shirtsleeves is a 1948 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay. It was about Captain Davey, Governor of Van Diemen's Land and was set in the early 1800s.[2]

His Excellency Governor Shirtsleeves
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins (9:30 pm – 10:30 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
SyndicatesABC
Written byEdmund Barclay
Directed byJohn Cairns
Recording studioMelbourne
Original releaseJanuary 9, 1948 (1948-01-09)[1]

Lloyd Berrell was among the actors in the cast.[3]

The Sunday Mail said it "just missed" and called it "a bit wooden".[4]

The play was repeated later in March 1948 and in 1949.[5]

Cast of 1948 production
  • Lloyd Berrell as Lance Seymour
  • Sheila Sewell as Elsa Bryan
  • Frank Jarbo as Bryan
  • Joe Brennan as Phineas Medcalf
  • Wilfrid Thomas as Governor Capt. Davey
  • Rupert Chance as Slater
  • Ben Lewin as Huffy
  • Charles MacCallum a Major Demister
  • Hilda Scurr as Mrs. Demister
  • Richard Mathews as Livermore

References
  1. "Week's Wireless Programmes". Weekly Times. No. 4097. Victoria, Australia. 31 December 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 30 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "5AD's "Scotland Yard"; St. Paul's From A.B.C." The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 90, no. 27880. South Australia. 14 February 1948. p. 7. Retrieved 4 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Friday=, March 19 A.B.C. Programmes", ABC Weekly, 10 (11), Sydney, 13 March 1948, retrieved 4 October 2023 – via Trove
  4. "TIN WHISTLE LACKS VIRTUE OF RADIO". Sunday Mail. No. 926. Queensland, Australia. 18 January 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 4 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "On The Air". The Herald. No. 22, 648. Victoria, Australia. 23 December 1949. p. 12. Retrieved 4 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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