The Unmapped Lands

The Unmapped Land is a 1943 Australian verse drama play for radio by Elisabeth Lambert. It was entered in a verse drama competition and did not win but was purchased and produced by the ABC.[2]

The Unmapped Lands
Genreverse drama
Running time45 mins (10:00 pm – 10:45 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
SyndicatesABC
Written byElisabeth Lambert
Directed byJohn Cairns[1]
Original releaseSeptember 30, 1943 (1943-09-30)

According to ABC Weekly the play "tells the story of three women who represent three points of view in the modern world, and the effect that a war has on them and on the people with whom they come in contact."[3]

It was Lambert's first play for radio. She followed it with Storm's Abatement.[4][5] This launced her writing career.[6]

References
  1. "Thursday, Sept. 30", ABC weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (Vol. 5 No. 39 (25 September 1943)), 1939, nla.obj-1315972211, retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Trove
  2. "Ten new verse plays", ABC weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (Vol. 5 No. 12 (20 March 1943)), 1939, nla.obj-1353953510, retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Trove
  3. "Coming on the air", ABC weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (Vol. 5 No. 39 (25 September 1943)), 1939, nla.obj-1315970055, retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Trove
  4. "Coming on the air", ABC weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (Vol. 6 No. 13 (25 March 1944)), 1939, nla.obj-1355936146, retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Trove
  5. ""Stars of the Air"". North-eastern Advertiser. Vol. XXXV, no. 50. Tasmania, Australia. 30 June 1944. p. 1. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Young Australian's Play Produced in London", ABC weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (Vol. 12 No. 49 (9 December 1950)), 1939, nla.obj-1526436236, retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Trove
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