Drift is a 1941 Australian radio play by Thomas Wainwright.[1]
Gilchrist was a sailor and based the play on his own experiences on a route to Nauru.[2] He wrote a number of short stories over the years.[3] His other radio plays included You'll Write to Irene[4] and The Pilgrimmage.
Leslie Rees called it, and Gilchrist's Aphrodite, among the best plays of the year.[5]
Premise edit
"Drift gives a graphic pictures of the "nerves' on board a ship drifting day after day on the equatorial current of the phosphate island of Nauru, and culminating in death and mutiny. Written by a man who has him-self sailed the seven seas and commanded his own ship, Drift has the authentic ring and flavor of life aboard a tramp steamer."[6]
References edit
- ^ "Australia on the Air", ABC Weekly, 18 January 1941, retrieved 8 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Plays of the Air", ABC Weekly, 18 January 1941, retrieved 8 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Our Short Story". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. 4, no. 269. 27 December 1934. p. 12. Retrieved 8 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Radio Plays for Next Week A. B. C.", ABC Weekly, 24 March 1956, retrieved 8 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Plays of the Air Best of the Year", ABC Weekly, 20 December 1941, retrieved 8 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Friday Jan. 24", The Wireless Weekly, January 18, 1941, retrieved 8 February 2024 – via Trove