The Golden Cockerel is a 1951 Australian radio play by Catherine Shepherd about Alexander Pushkin.[1][2] It was one of a series of plays from Shepherd on writers.
| Genre | drama play |
|---|---|
| Running time | 60 mins (7:30 pm – 8:30 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | 2BL |
| Hosted by | ABC |
| Written by | Catherine Shepherd |
| Directed by | John Cairns |
| Original release | 26 November 1951 |
The play was produced again in 1952, twice.[3][4]
Reviewing the 1952 production, The Age said " it became tedious so that attention wandered long before its end. Nor did the prolonged and thoroughly artificial death scene at the end improve matters. Here was a story but the people in it never really came to life and the most important thing in any drama is that its characters shall live."[5]
Premise
edit"Well-born, Pushkin is shown spend-ing a wild, brilliant youth. The play reveals his developing social conscience, how he sees, himself as a golden cockerel who warns the world of peril and crows for liberty. He is exiled, then he marries the empty-headed Natalia. It is through his love of her and his jealous suspicions that, instead of remaining a golden cockerel, he falls prey to vulgar passions and descends to the behaviour of a game-cock. "[6]
References
edit- ^ "BRIGHT SPOTS IN TONIGHT'S RADIO". The News. Vol. 57, no. 8, 830. South Australia. 26 November 1951. p. 12. Retrieved 21 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Week in Wireless". The Age. No. 30, 138. Victoria, Australia. 1 December 1951. p. 10. Retrieved 21 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Amateur Hour Coming; Festival On A.B.C." The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 94, no. 29, 162. South Australia. 29 March 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 21 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "RADIO PLAYS A.B.C.", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 22 March 1952, retrieved 21 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "THE WEEK IN WIRELESS". The Age. No. 30245. Victoria, Australia. 5 April 1952. p. 14. Retrieved 21 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "RADIO PLAYS for NEXT WEEK A.B.C.", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 24 November 1951, nla.obj-1551876424, retrieved 21 February 2024 – via Trove