The Shadow of Sam Poo

The Shadow of Sam Poo
Genre	drama play
Running time	30 mins (9:03 pm – 9:33 pm)
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
Home station	2BL
Syndicates	ABC
Written by	James J. Donnelly
Original release	March 3, 1930

The Shadow of Sam Poo is a 1930 Australian radio play about bushranger Sam Poo by James J. Donnelly.^[2] It was the first in a series of plays about bushrangers.^[3] The play was a very rare dramatisation of a Chinese Australia for the time. It was also one of the first Australian radio dramas, which gathered fame quickly

The play aired in March 1930 on the ABC and went for 30 minutes.^[4]

Premise

"Many old-time Australians who are well versed in the lore of the Australian bushranging days will remember the murder of Mounted Constable Ward, of Coonabarabran Station and the short-lived rampage of Sam Poo, the only Chinese bushranger. The drama which has been built around this unique incident is embellished With a prelude set in China, and is particularly appealing in the delacacy and death of Constable Ward is presented. It is the first of four short plays which will deal with many incidents in this interesting stage of Australia's development."^[5]

Cast

Bryson Taylor
James Donnelly
Wilfrid Thomas
Sam Jones

References

^ "2BL, SYDNEY (353 Metres)". The Brisbane Courier. No. 22, 495. Queensland, Australia. 4 March 1930. p. 22. Retrieved 7 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ""THE LAND OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD"", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 15 (10 (28 February 1930)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-675170643, retrieved 4 March 2024 – via Trove
^ "FEATURES FOR THE COMING WEEK". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 28, 752. New South Wales, Australia. 28 February 1930. p. 6. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Local Programmes, Wednesday, March 5", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 15 (10 (28 February 1930)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-675172047, retrieved 4 March 2024 – via Trove
^ "2BL SYDNEY". National Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 5 March 1930. p. 6. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

[1] "2BL, SYDNEY (353 Metres)". The Brisbane Courier. No. 22, 495. Queensland, Australia. 4 March 1930. p. 22. Retrieved 7 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] ""THE LAND OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD"", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 15 (10 (28 February 1930)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-675170643, retrieved 4 March 2024 – via Trove

[3] "FEATURES FOR THE COMING WEEK". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 28, 752. New South Wales, Australia. 28 February 1930. p. 6. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "Local Programmes, Wednesday, March 5", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 15 (10 (28 February 1930)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-675172047, retrieved 4 March 2024 – via Trove

[5] "2BL SYDNEY". National Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 5 March 1930. p. 6. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

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