Merry-Go-Round (play)

Merry-Go-Round is a 1936 Australian radio play by Max Afford. It won first prize in the ABC Radio Contest for best play.[1][2]

Merry-Go-Round
Genredrama play
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
SyndicatesABC
Written byMax Afford
Directed byLaurence H. Cecil
Original releaseMay 31, 1936 (1936-05-31)

It was based on Afford's time as a journalist, in particular reporting on a fete at the children's hospital.[3][4]

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "excellent radio drama".[5]

In 1937 Edmund Barclay said "The perfect radio play remains to be written; the nearest to it, in Australia, is Max Afford’s Merry-Go-Round."[6]

Premise

The action of the play covers a span of years from 1896 until the year 1935. According to Wireless Weekly the premise was "Life isn’t all a gay whirl on a merry-go-round. There will be children, God willing. They will bring their own responsibilities, and life brings other troubles; no one escapes; only some face them more cheerfully than others. " [7]

References
  1. "MAX AFFORD". Cootamundra Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 2 March 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 9 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "PERSONAL ITEMS", The Bulletin, John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 75 (3900), 10 Nov 1954, ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-535703264, retrieved 9 September 2023 – via Trove
  3. Australasian Radio Relay League. (April 17, 1936), "YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS", The Wireless Weekly : The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, 27 (16), nla.obj-712009657, retrieved 9 September 2023 – via Trove
  4. "PASSING BY". The News. Vol. XXVI, no. 3, 962. South Australia. 2 April 1936. p. 10. Retrieved 9 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ""MERRY-GO-ROUND."". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 705. New South Wales, Australia. 1 June 1936. p. 4. Retrieved 9 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "EDMUND BARCLAY: A.B.C. Playwright and Revue Writer; Ambition: "The Perfect Radio Play"", The Wireless Weekly : The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, 29 (3), January 15, 1937, nla.obj-712956569, retrieved 9 September 2023 – via Trove
  7. Australasian Radio Relay League. (October 9, 1936), "THURSDAY OCTOBER 15", The Wireless Weekly : The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, 28 (15), nla.obj-674921877, retrieved 9 September 2023 – via Trove
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