The Idiot is a 1938 Australian radio drama. It was adapted by Edmund Barclay from the novel The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky.[2]
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| Genre | drama |
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| Running time | 75 mins (8:00 pm – 9:15 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Written by | Edmund Barclay based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| Original release | February 3, 1938[1] |
Barclay's adaptation has been called a "radio masterpiece".[3] It was one of a series of classical novel adaptations by Barclay for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC); Leslie Rees listed The Idiot among the best of these.[4]
The production was well received and the adaptation was recorded again in 1947.[5]
A copy of the script is at the Fryer Library at the University of Queensland.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Listen To "THE IDIOT"". The Queenslander. Queensland, Australia. 26 January 1938. p. 17. Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Thursday Feb. 3 National Stations", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 31 (4), Sydney: Wireless Press, January 28, 1938, retrieved 12 October 2023 – via Trove
- ^ Marion Consandine, 'Barclay, Edmund Piers (Teddy) (1898–1961)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barclay-edmund-piers-teddy-9425/text16569, published first in hardcopy 1993, accessed online 12 October 2023.
- ^ Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. p. 158.
- ^ "A.B.C. PLAY-LOVERS' GUIDE", ABC Weekly, 9 (47), Sydney, 22 November 1947, retrieved 12 October 2023 – via Trove
- ^ The Idiot at Fryer Library
External links
edit- The Idiot at Ausstage