All is Made Manifest is a 1938 Australian radio play by Fitzmaurice Hill. It tells the story of a man's mental experiences under anasthetic.[1][2]
| Genre | drama play |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 mins (9:20 pm – 9:50 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Written by | Fitzmaurice Hill |
| Directed by | Charles Wheeler |
| Original release | December 11, 1938 |
The play was presented on a double bill with another Australian play Glass Bricks.[3] It was performed again in 1939.
The play was considered the most important Australian works of the year.[4] It was repeated in 1941.
The story was based on Fitzmaurice's own experiences.[5]
Wireless Weekly said "I am sure there were many people who felt a little kinder and compassionate for having listened to this play. There was little to criticise either in the play or the production... a clever idea and well worked out."[6]
Premise
edit"Robert Conway, visits his friend, who is a professor interested in the mechanics of the mind. Conway tells him that he is always trying to remember a dream of a vision he had while in hospital. The professor hypnotinses him in an endeavor to recall his dream again. The listener is taken in retrospect to the hospital, then hears Conway going under the anaesthetic. Conway actually dies, and the other world is described by a‘guide who meets Conway and “gives all the answers to all the questions,” to use words from the play. He comes back to this world and wakes up in the professor's study, to find the old man has passed peacefully away. Conway, of course, can never know what his vision was about, for the old professor is dead. The listener who has overheard is the only one who can explain Conway's dream."[6]
References
edit- ^ "Two Plays By Australians". Sunday Mail. No. 451. Queensland, Australia. 11 December 1938. p. 19. Retrieved 24 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "BROADCASTING". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 492. New South Wales, Australia. 7 December 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 24 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "RADIO POT-POURR", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, 9 December 1938, nla.obj-714500764, retrieved 25 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "A Radio Year Flashes". Sunday Mail. No. 454. Queensland, Australia. 1 January 1939. p. 7. Retrieved 24 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "PLAYWRIGHTS OF AUSTRALIA SUCCESS HERE, ABROAD", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, 12 October 1940, nla.obj-720734229, retrieved 24 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ a b "SOUND DR NDISE A Criticism of plays and Players", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, 23 December 1938, nla.obj-714514681, retrieved 24 February 2024 – via Trove
See also
edit- All Is Made Manifest at Ausstage
- 1938 in Australian literature
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