form y separately published work icon Itching Palms single work   radio play  
Note: The scriptwriter for this work has not been traced.
Issue Details: First known date: 1950... 1950 Itching Palms
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'When 80-year-old millionaire Jeb Robinjay falls ill, niece Flora and nephew Fred are very concerned because he has willed his entire fortune to a Home for Dogs. Jeb draws up a new will favouring them, but before he signs it receives a visit from an old fishing mate, Nick Winter. Old Nick, who enjoys the simple things in life, persuades Jeb that he is not ready to die yet, and that in fact he's quite well enough to do a spot of fishing. So, in Nick's old jalopy, they go to his broken-down shanty by the river, where, after several whiskies, Nick puts a very merry Jeb to bed. Flora and Fred are only interested in Jeb's money, and fear that he will die before the new will is signed. They hurry after him in their car, little realising the disaster which awaits them on the dark road by the river.'

Source: 'For Next Week', ABC Weekly, 25 November 1950, p.27.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: 2UE , 1950 .
      Extent: 30min.p.
      Series: form y separately published work icon Actor's Choice Australia : 2UE , 1950- 19335225 1950 series - publisher radio play

      Initiated by 2UE in August 1950, Actor's Choice was a series of radio plays by local writers, each chosen as a starring vehicle by a leading Sydney radio actor, and produced in 2UE's Sydney studios. One play was broadcast each week from the week of 21 August 1950.

      The series invited scripts from listeners as well as soliciting scripts from well-known local writers. Authors were paid £15 per script, and for the 1950-1951 production year, the studio also ran a competition for the four best plays, with prizes of £100, £50, £25, and £10. The four winning plays were rebroadcast as the final four plays of the year.

      Actor's Choice ran to a second series, which may have been less popular than the first: it appears to have received less coverage in industry magazines (such as ABC Weekly) and newspapers, and information is scarcer. Details on series two on AustLit are currently incomplete.

      Sources include 'New Programmes Mark Start of Major Radio War', Sun, 22 August 1950, p.29.

      Number in series: 1.15
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