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Issue Details: First known date: 1940... 1940 Little Black Hen
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'The story deals with a Queensland family living in a Brisbane suburb. The action extends over a generation and tells of a domestic crisis due to the return of the mother's childhood lover, now a writer, and one of the daughters, now a successful ballerina.'

Source:

'Radio Notes', Manilla Express, 19 July 1940, p.1.

Production Details

  • First broadcast on Sunday 21 July 1940, from 8pm.

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      :       Australian Broadcasting Commission ,       1940 .
      Extent: 60min.p.
      Series: form y separately published work icon ABC Competition Plays Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1940 8879521 1940 series - publisher radio play

      The umbrella term under which all plays that took part in the ABC Play Competition for 1940 were broadcast. Plays were clearly marked as part of this series, and were numbered for broadcast, enabling listeners to vote on them. All radio plays submitted to the ABC between 1 January and 30 April 1940 were eligible, and listeners awarded marks to each play after they were produced and broadcast. The top three plays were eligible for cash bonuses, but the ABC paid the usual commission rates for all plays that it produced as part of the series. Seventeen plays were produced, although some sources suggest as many as 333 additional plays were received.

      Source:

      'A.B.C. Play Competition', Courier-Mail, 5 February 1940, p.14.

             Number in series: 10
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