Sabotage is a 1940 Australian radio play by is a radio play by Catherine Shepherd. It imagines what it might be like to turn into a fifth column in Australia.
| Genre | drama play |
|---|---|
| Running time | 60 mins (8:00 pm – 9:00 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Hosted by | ABC |
| Written by | Catherine Shepherd |
| Directed by | John Cairns |
| Original release | 4 December 1940 |
Leslie Rees called it a play that "predicates a tragedy which, having happened to others in Holland, Norway and elsewhere, might easily happen to persons in our own midst."[1]
The play was performed again in 1941.[2]
A copy of the play is at the Fryer Library.[3]
Wireless Weekly called it "perhaps the most penetrating piece of drama she [Catherine Shepherd] has given radio to date" and "shows with valuable clarity the insidious appeal of Nazi concepts to the man who is tired of democracy’s cumbersome working."[4]
Premise
editRichard Gale, a struggling intellectual, becomes attracted to Nazism during the Depression. He agrees to work for the Nazi Party.
References
edit- ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (30 November 1940), "Plays of the air— A Quisling in our Midst", ABC Weekly, nla.obj-1309271111, retrieved 28 January 2024 – via Trove
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (January 25, 1941), "Advertising", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, nla.obj-713188542, retrieved 28 January 2024 – via Trove
- ^ Play listing at Fryer Library
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (December 14, 1940), "Jonathan Listens to Plays "Sabotage" Is Drama With Message", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, nla.obj-720978158, retrieved 28 January 2024 – via Trove
External links
edit- Sabotage at AustLit
- Complete text of play at AustLit