Ru Pullan

Ru Pullan (1916–1993) was an Australian writer of radio, television, novels, short stories and theatre.[1] He was one of the leading radio writers in Australia in the 1940s and 1950s.[2][3] Writing as Luke Hardin, Cass Durand and Lew Rand, he published 50 novels in the western genre between 1962 and 1970. He also wrote romance novels using the pseudonyms Paul Easton and Wynne Barrie.[4]

Select credits
  • Matrimonial Experiment (1947) – radio play[5]
  • Strong is the Seed (1949) – film
  • Tjuringa (1950)
  • The Storyteller (1951) – collection of stories
  • The Strange house of Jeffrey Marlow (1951) – radio serial[6]
  • The Deceiver (1952) – radio serial[7]
  • The Renegade (1953) – radio serial[8]
  • The Imposter (1953) – radio serial[9]
  • Curly on the Rack (1958) – stage play (and 1960 radio play)
  • The Restless Ones (1960) – novel
  • Bird with a Medal (1961) – stage play[10]
  • Homicide – TV series
  • Shadow on the Wall (1968) – TV play

References
  1. "Talkabout". ABC Weekly. 21 May 1958. p. 47.
  2. "Script-writers Are Scarce". The Herald. No. 22, 589. Victoria, Australia. 15 October 1949. p. 16. Retrieved 14 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Rush for show she won't see". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 26, no. 5. Australia, Australia. 9 July 1958. p. 31. Retrieved 14 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Ru Pullan". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  5. "TODAY'S INFORMATION GUIDE". The Herald. No. 21, 741. Victoria, Australia. 24 January 1947. p. 13. Retrieved 14 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Mystery Drama As New KZ Morning Serial". The Age. No. 29, 880. Victoria, Australia. 2 February 1951. p. 1 (THE AGE RADIO SUPPLEMENT). Retrieved 14 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "THREE NEW SERIALS STARTING FROM UZ". The Age. No. 30201. Victoria, Australia. 14 February 1952. p. 15. Retrieved 14 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Soundtrack adaptation of Moulin Rouge film". The Sun. No. 13, 594. New South Wales, Australia. 4 September 1953. p. 12 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 14 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "2 UW NEWS SHEET". The Observer. Vol. 8, no. 87. New South Wales, Australia. 9 July 1953. p. 12. Retrieved 14 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. review of play at Variety
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