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Adaptation of Time Limit 'Patrick Winn' , 1948 single work short story
Note: As Arthur P. Padley.
Issue Details: First known date: 1950... 1950 Time Limit
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'It is the story of a man who is told by his doctor that he has but six months to live. The task of breaking this news is particularly difficult for the physician as he is also a family friend and a rather special friend of the doomed man's wife. The doctor and the wife, however, decide not to continue their friendship over the next few months—the doctor works frantically to find some cure and the wife devotes herself to looking after her husband. The play finishes with quite a surprising twist.'

Source: 'Commercial Radio Plays for Next Week', ABC Weekly, 21 October 1950, p. 27.

Production Details

  • Broadcast by 2UE in Sydney on 24 October 1950 and Melbourne on 2 November 1950.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: 2UE , 1950 .
      Extent: 30min.p.
      Series: form y separately published work icon Actor's Choice Australia : 2UE , 1950- 19335225 1950 series - publisher radio play

      Initiated by 2UE in August 1950, Actor's Choice was a series of radio plays by local writers, each chosen as a starring vehicle by a leading Sydney radio actor, and produced in 2UE's Sydney studios. One play was broadcast each week from the week of 21 August 1950.

      The series invited scripts from listeners as well as soliciting scripts from well-known local writers. Authors were paid £15 per script, and for the 1950-1951 production year, the studio also ran a competition for the four best plays, with prizes of £100, £50, £25, and £10. The four winning plays were rebroadcast as the final four plays of the year.

      Actor's Choice ran to a second series, which may have been less popular than the first: it appears to have received less coverage in industry magazines (such as ABC Weekly) and newspapers, and information is scarcer. Details on series two on AustLit are currently incomplete.

      Sources include 'New Programmes Mark Start of Major Radio War', Sun, 22 August 1950, p.29.

             Number in series: 1.10
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