The Meeting of the Waters is a 1950 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay.
| Genre | drama play |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 mins (8:00 pm – 8:30 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | 2FC[1] |
| Syndicates | ABC |
| Starring | John Tate[2] |
| Written by | Edmund Barclay |
| Directed by | Frank Harvey |
| Recording studio | Sydney |
| Original release | January 26, 1950 |
It was especially commissioned from Barclay by the ABC for Australia Day 1950.[3]
Premise
editIt was about a "typical Australian family."[4] According to ABC Weekly "It introduces the listener to a typical Australian family celebrating the Anniversary Day holiday. There is Grandad, a gentle-voiced, imaginative old man who glories in Australia’s colourful past, but is still vitally interested in her future; there is Mum, who lost her husband in World War II; there is Glenny, her younger son, still very much the schoolboy; and Douglas, her elder son, a young man in his early twenties, who is overjoyed because he has just landed a job as a surveyor on the Snowy River Scheme. Daphne, Douglas’ pretty but spoiled girl friend, is at first petulant when she learns that Douglas is going so far away to work. Her father has already offered him a good job. But Grandad, with his tales of the havoc wrought in the past by drought and flood, makes her see that Douglas will be taking part in a scheme that will help people create a happier and more prosperous Australia in the future. Australia’s past, present, and future are skilfully linked in this appealing play by a well-known Australian author."[5]
References
edit- ^ "Neil Murray's radio roundup". The Sun. No. 12, 478. New South Wales, Australia. 24 January 1950. p. 26 (Late Final Extra). Retrieved 4 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Thursday, January 26", ABC Weekly, 12 (3), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 21 January 1950, nla.obj-1448078152, retrieved 4 October 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Radio Roundabout". The News. Vol. 54, no. 8, 262. South Australia. 28 January 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 4 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Australia Day Talks by Governor -General and Prime Minister". The Age. No. 29, 558. Victoria, Australia. 20 January 1950. p. 1 ("The Age" Radio Supplement). Retrieved 4 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Weeks Plays Over the A.B.C.", ABC Weekly, 12 (3), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 21 January 1950, nla.obj-1448077711, retrieved 4 October 2023 – via Trove
External links
edit- The Meeting of the Waters at Ausstage