The_Ridge_and_the_River_(radio_drama)

<i>The Ridge and the River</i> (radio drama)

The Ridge and the River (radio drama)

1953 radio play by Edmund Barclay

The Ridge and the River is a 1953 Australian radio play based on the novel The Ridge and the River.

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It was adapted for radio by Edmund Barclay. The play was originally broadcast in February then was recorded again in June with a slightly different cast.[1]

The ABC recorded the play again in Sydney in February 1956, directed by Raymond Menmuir,[2] and in Brisbane in September 1958.[3]

Premise

An Australian commando patrol in the northern islands during the war is led by Corporal Shearwood. He is upset by the arrival of a young lieutenant who knows nothing of local island conditions.

Cast

February 1953 production

  • Brian Wright as Narrator[4][5]
  • Nigel Lovell as Corporal Shearwood
  • Rodney Taylor as Corporal Malise
  • Reginald Gbldsworthy as Private Wallace
  • John Tate as Major Lovatt
  • Bruce Stewart at Lieutmeant Wilder
  • Walter Sullivan as Private Manetta
  • Robert Levis as Private Sweet
  • John Ewart as Private White
  • Isse Wenban as Private Evans
  • Sidney Chabers as Beetle the Cook
  • Lloyd Berrell as Womai

June 1953 production

1956 production

  • Don Sanderson as Narrator
  • Toby Harris as Corporal Shearwood
  • Lew Luton as Lieutenant Wilder
  • John Nash as Corporal Malise
  • Geoffrey Baker as Major Lovatt
  • Rex Hodell as Private Wallace
  • Arthur Greenfield as Private Manetta
  • Arthur Hall as Private Sweet
  • Earle Cross as Private White
  • John Bowen as Private Evans
  • Alfred Raynor as Beetle, the Cook
  • Bernard Barry as Womai
  • John Miller as Mummawa

1958 production

  • Clive Harburg as Narrator
  • Donald McTaggart as Corporal Shearwood
  • Kerry Francis as Lieutenant Wilder
  • Brian Tait as Major Lovatt
  • John Miller as Corporal Malise
  • Rae Humphries as Private Wallace
  • Hugh Curnow as Pr.vate Sweet
  • Dick McCann as Private White
  • Toby Harris as Private Evans
  • Douglas Stark as Beetle, the Cook
  • Bernard Barry as Womai
  • Harold Cox as Mummawa

References

  1. [1]
    "Plays and Players". The Sun. No. 13, 522. New South Wales, Australia. 12 June 1953. p. 14 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 29 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. [2]
    Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "RADIO PLAYS for NEXT WEEK A.B.C.", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1427435503, retrieved 21 September 2023 – via Trove
  3. [3]
    Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "A.B.C. radio plays for the week", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1448387495, retrieved 21 September 2023 – via Trove
  4. [4]
    "Plays and Players". The Sun. No. 13, 415. New South Wales, Australia. 6 February 1953. p. 12 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 21 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. [5]
    "Radio plays for Next Week ABC", ABC Weekly, 15 (6), Sydney, 7 February 1953, retrieved 21 September 2023 – via Trove
  6. [6]
    Australian Broadcasting Commission. (13 June 1953), "RADIO PLAYS for NEXT WEEK A.B.C.", ABC Weekly, 15 (24), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1689409835, retrieved 21 September 2023 – via Trove
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