Cirrus@Austlit

Described as a 'psychological thriller', the radio play was 'centred around two middle-aged spinsters. The idea came from a report of the notorious trial in 1892 of Lizzie Borden, though the plot carries no resemblance to that case.'

Source:

'Australian Pens Lux Play', Examiner [Launceston], 9 August 1947, p.1.

'The plot concerns a young Hollywood actress, Kit Sheldon, who, on returning to New York from Hollywood, learns that her husband has been displaying more than unusual interest In an attractive archaeologist, turns her attention to a young man who comes to fix the kitchen sink.'

Source:

'New 5 AD Programmes', Advertiser, 31 July 1948, p.4.

'It is a tense and dramatic story of a young man’s relations with his family.

'The central character, Frank Harpur, the crippled younger son of a small-town chemist, is tremendously fond of his elder brother, Al, who has looked after him since he was a boy: When Al marries May Jorggans, a stranger in town, Frank naturally investigates, as best he can, her past life. He does not believe her good enough for Al, and his discoveries seem to prove his belief.

'When Al goes away, Frank finds May seeing a great deal of an old acquaintance of hers, Dr. Kessler. Believing that she is betraying his brother, Frank kills her with poison from the dispensary, and then finds out too late that his opinion of May was all wrong. The play then takes a dramatic turn to a brilliant and unexpected climax.'

Source: 'Commercial Radio Plays for Next Week', ABC Weekly, 10 June 1950, p.27.

'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.