The Girl with the Tattered Glove

The Girl with the Tattered Glove is a 1938 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay. It was one of Barclay's most highly regarded works.[1]

The Girl with the Tattered Glove
Genredrama
Running time60 mins
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Written byEdmund Barclay
Original release1938

The play was inspired by the painting of the same name.[2][3]

The play was so popular it was repeated in 1938[4] and several times afterwards. In 1940 an article said it had been produced more than any other Australian radio play.[5]

The ABC produced it for Drama Week in 1941[6] where it was juged a favourite by a Listener Poll.

The play was performed again in 1948[7] and 1951, as one of a series of Australian plays for Australia's Jubilee.[8]

The play was described as "a tragedy of little things, in which the author has tried to demonstrate the old truth, that real, human drama is not dependent upon catastrophe or great adventure, but that it is inherent in everyday life, and in everyday people." It was about an artist and a girl.[9]

References
  1. Australasian Radio Relay League., "THE GIRL WITH THE TATTERED GLOVE", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 36 No. 18 (May 3, 1941)), nla.obj-714882013, retrieved 31 August 2023 – via Trove
  2. "A BARCLAY PLAY". Macleay Argus. No. 6703. New South Wales, Australia. 26 April 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 31 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. Australasian Radio Relay League., "Play Inspired By Painting", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 34 No. 36 (November 25, 1939)), nla.obj-726519348, retrieved 31 August 2023 – via Trove
  4. "A.B.C. RADIO PLAYS FOR AUGUST". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 30 July 1938. p. 17 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 31 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Australasian Radio Relay League., "PLAYW RIGHTS OF AUSTRALIA WRITES HISTORICAL PLAYS", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 35 No. 40 (October 5, 1940)), nla.obj-720727356, retrieved 31 August 2023 – via Trove
  6. "A.B.C. DRAMA WEEK". Shepparton Advertiser. No. 232. Victoria, Australia. 2 May 1941. p. 8. Retrieved 31 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "The Week in Wireless". The Age. No. 28926. Victoria, Australia. 10 January 1948. p. 7. Retrieved 31 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "Radio Plays for Next Week A.B. C. Jubilee Productions of Radio Plays Both Old and New", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 12 No. 52 (30 December 1950)), nla.obj-1536604651, retrieved 31 August 2023 – via Trove
  9. Australasian Radio Relay League., "THURSDAY, MAY 5", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 31 No. 17 (April 29, 1938)), nla.obj-714358268, retrieved 31 August 2023 – via Trove
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