form y separately published work icon The Two Emotions single work   radio play  
Note: The scriptwriter for this radio play has not been traced.
Issue Details: First known date: 1951... 1951 The Two Emotions
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'A theory about the two emotions love and hate, and how close they are interwoven in all crime. During one of his University lectures, a young man by the name of Blake questions this theory and debates it with the learned Dr. Elliot. It was not until 11 years later, when the student had become a practising doctor of psychiatry, that Dr. Elliot visited him and proved his theory. Dr. Elliot sets Dr. Blake against his fiancee, to prove love can turn to hate and cause crime.'

Source: 'For Next Week', ABC Weekly, 19 May 1951, p.13.

Production Details

  • Broadcast by 2UE on 22 May 1951, from 8:30pm.

    Cast: Kevin Brennan, Frank Waters, Dinah Shearing, and John Hansberry,

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: 2UE , 1951 .
      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: 1.39
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