The Living Rock
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins (4:10 pm – 5:10 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
SyndicatesABC
Written byCoral Lansbury
Original releaseApril 13, 1952 (1952-04-13)

The Living Rock is a 1952 Australian radio play by Coral Lansbury. It was a modern-day Passion Play but "modern in style" according to Lansbury.[1]

It was composed especially for Easter.[2] The play was one of the most highly regarded Australian radio plays of the 1950s.[3]

Premise

In a small French village under German occupation, a Nazi lieutenant is in love with a Frenchwoman, Dominique. He decides to destroy an iron cross set in a rock in the hill of the village, revered by the devout villagers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Passion Play By Sydney Girl". The Sunday Herald (Sydney). No. 168. New South Wales, Australia. 13 April 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "5 AD And A.B.C. At Oakbank". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 94, no. 29, 173. South Australia. 12 April 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards an Australian Drama. p. 147.
  4. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "RADIO PLAYS A.B.C.", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 14 No. 15 (12 April 1952)), nla.obj-1662260468, retrieved 12 October 2023 – via Trove
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