Consulting Room
Consulting Room is a 1948 Australian radio play by Max Afford. It was very popular, was published in book form (unlike most plays from this period) and was performed overseas.
| Genre | drama |
|---|---|
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | ABC |
| Written by | Max Afford |
| Original release | 1948 |
It was produced again in 1950,[1] 1951[2] and 1957.[3]
There was also a stage play version.
Premise
A young married couple, Clem and Carla Lascelles, visit a medical specialist, Sir Ernest Brown. Carla is terminally ill. They meet a woman, Miss Edwards, whose fiancée was killed in World War One and who sacrificed herself saving a little boy in front of a train, and realise they might be dead themselves. Clem and Carla remember they were to kill themselves in a mutual suicide pact by drowning. However Miss Edwards is allowed to return to life. Carla is to die but Clem can return. Miss Edwards gives up her place to Clara so she can have a baby in the last twelve months of her life. Edwards is reunited with her fiancée in death.
References
- "Women's letters", The bulletin., John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald (Vol. 71 No. 3647 (4 Jan 1950)), 1880, ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-540165088, retrieved 26 August 2023 – via Trove
- Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1445152807, retrieved 26 August 2023 – via Trove
- Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "RADIO PLAYS for NEXT WEEK A.B.C.", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 19 No. 10 (9 March 1957)), nla.obj-1553709368, retrieved 26 August 2023 – via Trove
External links
- Complete text at Project Gutenberg
- Consulting Room at Ausstage