Stockade is a 1942 radio play by Richard Lane who regarded it as one of his most significant works. It is a verse drama about the Eureka Rebellion. It tells the story though Bridget Shannahan who was on Bakery during the Stockade period. She was a real person, grandmother to Lane's then-wife.[1][2]
| Genre | verse drama |
|---|---|
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Syndicates | ABC |
| Written by | Richard Lane |
| Original release | 1942 |
It aired in 1942. Wireless Weekly called it "an artistic success".[3] Other views were also positive.[4]
The play was produced again in 1943,[5] 1947[6][7] and in 1950.[8]
Leslie Rees called it "a good free-verse treatment of a difficult subject, from a particular point of view."[9]
References edit
- ^ "IT HAPPENED THIS WEEK". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. III, no. 37. New South Wales, Australia. 26 July 1942. p. 8. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The "A.B.C. Weekly" and the "Listener-in"". Advocate. Vol. LXXV, no. 4641. Victoria, Australia. 30 July 1942. p. 9. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Miners' Fight", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 37 (30), Sydney: Wireless Press, August 1, 1942, retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Coming on the Air", ABC Weekly, 4 (30), Sydney, 25 July 1942, retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Lane's Eureka", ABC Weekly, 5 (48), Sydney, 27 November 1943, retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "A.B.C. Ploy-lovers' Guide", ABC Weekly, 9 (40), Sydney, 4 October 1947, retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Trove
- ^ ""EUREKA STOCKADE" IN SERMON FORM". Smith's Weekly. Vol. XXIX, no. 34. New South Wales, Australia. 18 October 1947. p. 20. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ABC Weekly, vol. 12, Sydney, 2 December 1950, retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Trove
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards an Australian Drama. p. 102.