form y separately published work icon The Nicest Man in Town single work   radio play  
Issue Details: First known date: 1946... 1946 The Nicest Man in Town
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'The story dealt with a plausible gent who won a charity competition for "The nicest man in town," the while he ill-treated his wife and family and connoodled with an innocent lady some way out of town, who finally shoots herself. Whereupon, her brother righteously indignant at what has happened to his sister, shoots the nicest man in town and everybody lives happily ever after.'

Source: 'New Session Plugs the Playwright', Advocate, 24 July 1946, p.18.

Production Details

  • Broadcast on 2UE on Friday 19 July 1946.

    Cast included Madge Thomas (also the script-writer).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: 2UE , 1946 .
      Series: form y separately published work icon Authors' Playhouse Sydney : 2UE , 1946-1947 19572136 1946 series - author radio play

      In June 1946, 2UE announced it was seeking 25-minute original radio plays for broadcast as part of a series called Authors' Playhouse. The series began broadcasting in July 1946, and was broadcast on 2UE, 3DB, 4BK, and 5AD.

      Sources:

      'Search for Authors', ABC Weekly, 8 June 1946, p.38.

      Number in series: 3
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