form y separately published work icon Tongue of Fire single work   radio play  
Issue Details: First known date: 1946... 1946 Tongue of Fire
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'Tongue of Fire is a fantasy dealing with the visit of a team of witches to earth. It describes their efforts to persuade a young housewife (whose husband they claim to have saved in his bomber), to buy them new broomsticks and witches' hats as a reward.'

Source: 'Her Luck Rode a Witch's Broomstick', Daily Telegraph, 6 October 1946, p.27.

Production Details

  • Broadcast on 2UE on 20 September 1946.

    Said by contemporary newspapers to have been read by American script-writer Norman Corwin and subsequently, on his recommendation, broadcast by Columbia (CBS) in the United States: dates not traced ('Corwin Liked Her Play', ABC Weekly, 19 October, 1946, p.17; '"Authors' Playhouse" Entries to be Judged', The Sun, 27 May 1947, p.6).

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: 12
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