As Strong as the Weakest

As Strong as the Weakest is a 1945 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay.[2]

As Strong as the Weakest
Genreradio drama
Running time60 mins (8:00 pm 9:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
SyndicatesABC
Written byEdmund Barclay
Directed byFrank Harvey
Original release20 March 1945[1]

It was to promote the Third Victory Loan and was broadcast througbout Australia in primetime.[3] Barclay was the leading radio writer in Australia at the time.[4]

A copy of the play script is at the Fryer Library.[5]

Premise

"Because one man forgot to tap with a hammer, a ship was wrecked at the moment of her launching. Confident of success, a boxer did not train for a fight."[6]


References

  1. "Broadcasting". The Mercury. Vol. CLXI, no. 23, 180. Tasmania, Australia. 20 March 1945. p. 14. Retrieved 21 September 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "No title", ABC weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (Vol. 7 No. 11 (17 March 1945)), nla.obj-1336702735, retrieved 21 September 2023 via Trove
  3. "Radio Programmes: On the Air". The Herald. No. 21, 166. Victoria, Australia. 20 March 1945. p. 10. Retrieved 21 September 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Marion Consandine, 'Barclay, Edmund Piers (Teddy) (1898–1961)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barclay-edmund-piers-teddy-9425/text16569, published first in hardcopy 1993, accessed online 21 September 2023.
  5. As Strong as the Weakest at Fryer Library
  6. "Loan feature", ABC weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (Vol. 7 No. 11 (17 March 1945)), nla.obj-1336702454, retrieved 21 September 2023 via Trove
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