Clem and Carla are adamant that they will never bring a child into a world ravaged by war—a world where cancer tragically takes people’s lives. They see senseless death all around them. After travelling very far to see Sir Earnest in his Consulting Room, they are dismayed to discover that they do not have an appointment. However, in this mysterious, fantastical place, they will find themselves in the company of a young man and an elderly spinster who will change their lives forever.
A fantasy drama, described in contemporary newspapers as 'Locale midway between life and death; characters, the unborn, the living, and the dead; moral — boosting the birthrate.'
Source:
'Radiopinion: You Can Say What You Like', Sunday Mail, 13 June 1948, p.6.
Characters
CARLA
CLEM
NURSE
MISS EDWARDS
SIR EARNEST
DOCTOR
DAVID
'Alice Morton, wife of a wealthy Sydney bookmaker, took time off from her "full rich life" of card parties, committees, fashion parades and race meetings to send a food parcel to England. Her conscience salved, she immediately forgot the action. But it was recalled twelve months later when Valerie Hickman, a young woman from London called on Mrs. Morton to thank her for the gift.
'Bill Morton, young and impetuous, was immediately attracted to Valerie. She became introduced to the Morton set–wealthy, irresponsible, selfish. Valerie also met Greg Broderick, a disabled war hero, in whom she confided her fear that the moral decay of the Australian people had placed this country in grave danger.'
Source:
'Lazy in the Sun', South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus, 10 December 1951, p.3 [supplementary feature section].
Characters
ANNOUNCER
ALICE MORTON
ARTHUR MORTON
GRACE Alice's sister
ANNA the housekeeper
VALERIE HICKMAN
BILL
GREG
CONSTANCE
HAL
This play is based on the life of Colonel William Light, the first surveyor-General of South Australia. When the action takes place, Light has arrived in South Australia to find that his surveying equipment and staff are not up to the huge task before him. Tempers rise in the colony when immigrants arrive to find that the land they purchased has not yet been surveyed. Light’s antagonist, John Hindmarsh, is determined to compromise Light’s career. Amongst the jealousy and anger, Light finds comfort in a young woman named Linda Manners. Awake My Love depicts the struggle of an honest, admirable man against the unrelenting torments of rivals, heartbreak, illness, and misfortune.
Characters
COLONEL WILLIAM LIGHT
GOVERNOR HINDMARSH
MRS. ORCHARD
MR. ORCHARD
AMELIA ORCHARD
MRS. MANNERS
MR. MANNERS
LINDA MANNERS
TRAVERS FINNISS
DIXON - MANNER'S HOUSEKEEPER
MARIA - LIGHT'S HOUSEKEEPER
STEVENSON
GILLES
HERBERT
ALGERNON
Monica Sefton has worked out the perfect murder, and once she finishes her crime play she is certain to be famous. But she doesn't count on her manuscript mysteriously disappearing, or on the sudden appearance of a stray black cat. These omens mark the beginning of events Monica never imagined—a real murder case where she is the key suspect.
Characters
BILL SEFTON A journalist
MONICA his wife (also a writer)
MRS. IDAMAE LAMPREY their landlady
DR. GILBERT NORTON a neighbour
SYLVIA MEADE (hat and gloves)
ANDREW MEADE (thin, untidy man in his mid-thirties, fellow journalist to BILL)
DETECTIVE DENNIS MARSH
CONSTABLE POGSON
CHIEF INSPECTOR WILLIAM BURKE (fifties, formal)
CORPSE (non-acting)
CAT (soft toy)
'The action takes place in a studio audition-room [...] The story concerns Larry Carlson, Australian soldier, and Clay Tuttle, an American serviceman, who meet in Finschhafen, New Guinea. When both are invalided out of the Army, they meet again in Sydney, and it is then that their plans of acquiring a radio station are realised. The success of this venture depends entirely on interesting two wealthy sponsors. An audition is duly arranged, and Mr. McGuinnis is present, while Mr. Mandelberg listens-in at home. But Mr McGuinnis rather complicates things by falling out of his chair, dead. It is then that things begin to happen.'
Source: 'Thriller by Local Dramatist', Australian Women's Weekly, 5 August 1944, p.15.
Characters
CLARENCE PARSONS a radio actor
MURIEL PARSONS his wife
ARNOLD VICKERY studio supervisor
FERN SUTTON
CLAY TUTTLE
LARRY CARLSON general manager
CHARLES MCGINNIS a visitor
MRS. JANET VAN LEYDEN
JOSEPH MANDELBERG a businessman
