Storm Over Everest

Storm Over Everest
Genre	drama play
Running time	60 mins
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
Written by	Gordon Ireland
Original release	September 1939

Storm Over Everest is a 1939 Australian radio play by Gordon Ireland.^[1]^[2] It told of various attempts to climb Mount Everest.^[3]

Details

It was very popular and sold to South Africa and the BBC.^[4]^[5]

A reviewer from Wireless Weekly wrote: "The action was rather bitsy; necessarily so, covering, as it did, so many isolated attacks on the mountain. The commentators. Max Osbiston and Eric Masters, covered a great part of the story and told it very effectively. I thought the Voice of the Mountain had a little too much competition from the blizzard... it was an excellent play, capably produced by Lawrence Cecil. The intricate effects — blizzards, avalanches, human cries from the abysses, etc. — were realistically handled."^[6]

References

^ "Stars of the Air Creator of 800 Radio Shows". Wodonga And Towong Sentinel. No. 2957. Victoria, Australia. 20 October 1944. p. 1. Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Our Service Department", The Bulletin, 10 Apr 1940, nla.obj-592834587, retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Trove
^ Australasian Radio Relay League., "Playwrights of Australia world wide success", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal (December 21, 1940), nla.obj-720764972, retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Trove
^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (September 27, 1939), The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, nla.obj-724925731, retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Trove
^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (8 September 1945), "Creator of 800 Radio Sessions, Gordon Ireland has had plays broadcast in London, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, and New York.", ABC Weekly, nla.obj-1401664068, retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Trove
^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (January 27, 1939), "Tonathan talks About Art and Propaganda", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, nla.obj-712924810, retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Trove

[1] "Stars of the Air Creator of 800 Radio Shows". Wodonga And Towong Sentinel. No. 2957. Victoria, Australia. 20 October 1944. p. 1. Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "Our Service Department", The Bulletin, 10 Apr 1940, nla.obj-592834587, retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Trove

[3] Australasian Radio Relay League., "Playwrights of Australia world wide success", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal (December 21, 1940), nla.obj-720764972, retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Trove

[4] Australasian Radio Relay League. (September 27, 1939), The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, nla.obj-724925731, retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Trove

[5] Australian Broadcasting Commission. (8 September 1945), "Creator of 800 Radio Sessions, Gordon Ireland has had plays broadcast in London, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, and New York.", ABC Weekly, nla.obj-1401664068, retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Trove

[6] Australasian Radio Relay League. (January 27, 1939), "Tonathan talks About Art and Propaganda", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, nla.obj-712924810, retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Trove

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