Drift_(radio_play)

Drift (radio play)

Drift (radio play)

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Drift is a 1941 Australian radio play by Thomas Wainwright.[1]

Gilchrist was a sailor and based the play on his own experiences on a route to Nauru.[2] He wrote a number of short stories over the years.[3] His other radio plays included You'll Write to Irene[4] and The Pilgrimmage.

Leslie Rees called it, and Gilchrist's Aphrodite, among the best plays of the year.[5]

Premise

"Drift gives a graphic pictures of the "nerves' on board a ship drifting day after day on the equatorial current of the phosphate island of Nauru, and culminating in death and mutiny. Written by a man who has him-self sailed the seven seas and commanded his own ship, Drift has the authentic ring and flavor of life aboard a tramp steamer."[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Australia on the Air", ABC Weekly, 18 January 1941, retrieved 8 February 2024 – via Trove
  2. [2]
    "Plays of the Air", ABC Weekly, 18 January 1941, retrieved 8 February 2024 – via Trove
  3. [3]
    "Our Short Story". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. 4, no. 269. 27 December 1934. p. 12. Retrieved 8 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. [4]
    "Radio Plays for Next Week A. B. C.", ABC Weekly, 24 March 1956, retrieved 8 February 2024 – via Trove
  5. [5]
    "Plays of the Air Best of the Year", ABC Weekly, 20 December 1941, retrieved 8 February 2024 – via Trove
  6. [6]
    "Friday Jan. 24", The Wireless Weekly, January 18, 1941, retrieved 8 February 2024 – via Trove
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