Avalanche (radio play)

Avalanche is a 1934 Australian radio drama by Max Afford. It was a significant work in Afford's early career.[2]

Avalance
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station5CL
Written byMax Afford
Recording studioAdelaide
Original releaseFebruary 8, 1934 (1934-02-08)[1]

The play involved complex sound effects for the time.[3]

The play was popular and was repeated in 1934[4][5] and produced again in 1935[6] and 1936.[7]

The play was performed by the BBC at a time when that was rare for Australian plays.[8]

Premise

A mountain guide and an English woman are marooned in the Tyrol region.

References
  1. "Fourth Tennis Test From 5CL-CK". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 3 February 1934. p. 9. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. Australasian Radio Relay League., "Young Playwrights", The wireless weekly: the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 27 No. 16 (April 17, 1936)), nla.obj-712009657, retrieved 21 October 2023 – via Trove
  3. "Head-On Train Collision in a Radio Thriller". News. Vol. XXIII, no. 3, 536. South Australia. 19 November 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Monday March 5", The wireless weekly: the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 23 No. 9 (March 2, 1934)), nla.obj-729774250, retrieved 21 October 2023 – via Trove
  5. "Newmarket Handicap From 5CL-CK". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 3 March 1934. p. 15. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Variety on the Air Tonight". News. Vol. XXIV, no. 3, 628. South Australia. 7 March 1935. p. 16. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Thursday June 11", The wireless weekly: the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 27 No. 23 (June 5, 1936)), nla.obj-712067563, retrieved 21 October 2023 – via Trove
  8. "The Talk of the Town". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 23, no. 1, 148. South Australia. 26 May 1934. p. 7. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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