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form y separately published work icon Quiet Night single work   radio play  
Adaptation of Quiet Night Dorothy Blewett , 1941 single work drama
Issue Details: First known date: 1952... 1952 Quiet Night
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Notes

  • At least some of the cast members of the BBC version, including Thelma Scott, were expatriate Australians.
  • The BBC production was broadcast on ABC radio on 26 July 1952 (see 'Sydney's Talking About', Sydney Morning Herald, 17 July 1952, p.7).

Production Details

  • Broadcast on the BBC Home Service, Saturday-Night Theatre' on 19 July 1952, from 9:15pm.

    Producer: Ayton Whitaker.

    Cast: Jean Anderson (Sister Murphy), Andree Evans (Probationer), Thelma Scott (Sister Rankin), Bettina Dickson (Nurse Sinclair), Betty Lucas (Nurse Sparrow), Gwenda Wilson (Patsy), Margaret Ward (Nurse Smith), Veronica Laird (Nurse Williams), Allan Cuthbertson (Russell Keane), Allan McClelland (Doctor Macready), Betty Baskcomb (Leila Clayton), Peter Bathurst (Doctor Clayton), and Jessica Page (Matron).

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