form y separately published work icon If Only It Had Been a Boy single work   radio play  
Issue Details: First known date: 1940... 1940 If Only It Had Been a Boy
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'Can we foretell the sex of a child from the appearance and sex of its brothers or sisters? Mr. Peters says that we can; and this play is devoted to an exposition of the means of doing it, incorporated into an entertaining story. Parents or intending parents should give this play their attention–especially those parents who already have two girls (or two boys) and would like a further addition to the family if only they could be certain it would be a boy (or a girl). Mr. Peters claims to have tested his remarkable discovery in thousands of cases and in many lands.'

Source:

'If Only It Had Been a Boy', Kilmore Free Press, 1 August 1940, p.6.

Production Details

  • Broadcast on 2 August 1940.

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      :       Australian Broadcasting Commission ,       1940 .
      Extent: 50min.p.
      Series: form y separately published work icon ABC Competition Plays Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1940 8879521 1940 series - publisher radio play

      The umbrella term under which all plays that took part in the ABC Play Competition for 1940 were broadcast. Plays were clearly marked as part of this series, and were numbered for broadcast, enabling listeners to vote on them. All radio plays submitted to the ABC between 1 January and 30 April 1940 were eligible, and listeners awarded marks to each play after they were produced and broadcast. The top three plays were eligible for cash bonuses, but the ABC paid the usual commission rates for all plays that it produced as part of the series. Seventeen plays were produced, although some sources suggest as many as 333 additional plays were received.

      Source:

      'A.B.C. Play Competition', Courier-Mail, 5 February 1940, p.14.

             Number in series: 12
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