form y separately published work icon A Hard God single work   radio play  
Adaptation of A Hard God : A Play Peter Joseph Kenna , 1970 single work drama
Note: The author of the adaptation has not been traced (although Kenna was writing for the BBC at this time).
Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 A Hard God
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'Set in 1946 in a suburb of Sydney the play explores the themes of dislocation and loss through the parallel experiences of two generations of an Irish immigrant family.'

Source: Radio Times, 20 November 1975, p.52.

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Affiliation Notes

  • This work has been affiliated with the Irishness in Australian Literature dataset because it contains Irish characters, settings, tropes or themes.

Production Details

  • Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 26 November 1975, from 10pm.

    Producer: John Scotney.

    Cast members included Madge Ryan (Aggie), Kevin Flood (Dan), Milo O'Shea (Paddy), David Timson (Joe Cassidy), Nigel Lambert (Jack Shannon), Alan Barry (Martin Cassidy), Gwenda Wilson (Sophie Cassidy), and Madi Hedd (Monica Cassidy).

    (Production details via Radio Times, 20 November 1975, p.52).

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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) ,       1976 .
      Series: form y separately published work icon The New Australian Drama United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1975-1976 7952756 1975 series - publisher radio play

      A series of Australian plays adapted as radio plays for BBC's Radio 3 between November 1975 and January 1976.

      The series was introduced by Katharine Brisbane in a piece broadcast on 23 November 1975, and the first play in the series, Peter Kenna's A Hard God, was broadcast on 26 November 1975.

      The plays are listed below in broadcast order.

             Number in series: 1
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  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1946
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