The Gate of the Sea
Genreverse drama play
Running time60 mins (9:30 pm – 10:30 pm)
Written byCoral Lansbury
Directed byFrank Harvey[1]
Recording studioSydney
Original releaseMay 21, 1948 (1948-05-21)

The Gate of the Sea is a 1948 Australian radio play by Coral Lansbury.[2]

A verse drama, it was the first play from Lansbury who was just seventeen when she wrote it. The play helped launch her writing career.[3]

Brisbane's Sunday Mail said it had "a strong cast, and some startling reve lations anent virtue, and the 'charm' of some who boast a lack of it."[4]

The ABC performed the play again in 1953.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "FRIDAY, May 21 A.B.C. Programmes", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 10 No. 20 (15 May 1948)), nla.obj-1549916872, retrieved 19 October 2023 – via Trove
  2. ↑ "Actress Is Also A Playwright". Truth. No. 3067. New South Wales, Australia. 31 October 1948. p. 5. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "Who'll write an Australian play?", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 20 No. 44 (29 October 1958)), nla.obj-1449106544, retrieved 19 October 2023 – via Trove
  4. ↑ "Snappy new show moves fast on local air". Sunday Mail. No. 974. Queensland, Australia. 19 December 1948. p. 8. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "SATURDAY, April 11 A.B.C.", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 15 No. 14 (4 April 1953)), nla.obj-1687110259, retrieved 19 October 2023 – via Trove
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