form y separately published work icon The Earth Remains single work   radio play  
Adaptation of The Earth Remains Bill Gates , 1949 single work drama
Note: Probably adapted by Bill Gates, but not confirmed.
Issue Details: First known date: 1950... 1950 The Earth Remains
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'It is a story set in the outback of N.S.W. on one of the many small stations which are dotted over the country.

'The life of the Clare family could be the life of many Australian farming families. In spite of the great dangers which they face, in the form of droughts, bushfires, and floods, they are content to remain on the land, putting back as much as they take out of it.

'Koombahla, the Clares’ home, is a happy and contented one until the eldest son brings home a young English wife. She is a city girl, and untrained for the hardships which await her in the country, and, although she is prepared to learn, she meets with severe opposition from her husband’s sister, a woman who has become very embittered about life.'

Source: 'Commercial Radio Plays for Next Week', ABC Weekly, 5 August 1950, p.27.

Production Details

  • Broadcast on 2UW, 3DB, 4BK, and 5AD on Sunday 6 August 1950, from 8pm.

    Producer: Harry Dearth.

    Cast: Queenie Ashton, John Ewart, Charles Tingwell, and Ethel Lang.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: 2UW , 1950 .
      Series: form y separately published work icon Lux Radio Theatre Australia : 2GB 2UW Radio 2UE Sydney Ltd , 1939-1956 7997676 1939 series - publisher radio play

      Produced by Harry Dearth, this was an Australian version of the American radio anthology series Lux Radio Theatre. According to the National Film and Sound Archives' holdings record, 'Mostly the plays were adaptations of contemporary Broadway or West End plays and American or British films but occasionally were Australian written.'

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