Nocturne (radio play)

Nocturne is a 1939 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay.[2]

Nocturne
Genreradio drama
Running time60 mins (8:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
Written byEdmund Barclay
Directed byFrank Willis[1]
Original release2 March 1939

It was called "a play of King's Cross, or of acorresponding section of Melbourne, or other Australian city, and it is a play of people enjoying the night life of the place, and who imagine they are having "a devil of a time" — frightfully smart and delightfully wicked."[3]

The original production was produced by Frank Willis.[4]

Premise

The play about three couples in a Kings Cross cafe: Babs, a country girl, and a rich old man trying to seduce her; Eva, a married woman, and Kevin, who is in love with her; a country boy and a woman.

Cast
  • Rupert Chance
  • Neva Carr Glynn
  • Maiva Drummond as Babs

Reception

Wireless Weekly called it a "salty little play" where Barclay has given the characters "some very bright things to say, and they say them just as they should be said."[5]

References
  1. "BROADCASTING". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 564. New South Wales, Australia. 1 March 1939. p. 8. Retrieved 8 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ""Bohemia" in City Life". Macleay Argus. No. 8682. New South Wales, Australia. 24 February 1939. p. 9. Retrieved 31 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Radio Programmes". Nambucca and Bellinger News. Vol. 34, no. 1709. New South Wales, Australia. 24 February 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 31 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. Australasian Radio Relay League. (March 3, 1939), "Nocturne", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 33 (9), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-712975270, retrieved 31 August 2023 – via Trove
  5. Australasian Radio Relay League. (March 15, 1939), "Jonathan talks", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, retrieved 8 February 2024 – via Trove
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