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'The story dealt with a plausible gent who won a charity competition for "The nicest man in town," the while he ill-treated his wife and family and connoodled with an innocent lady some way out of town, who finally shoots herself. Whereupon, her brother righteously indignant at what has happened to his sister, shoots the nicest man in town and everybody lives happily ever after.'

Source: 'New Session Plugs the Playwright', Advocate, 24 July 1946, p.18.

'John O’Malley and John Cazabon play the roles of two reporters in Unexpected Story. They aid the flight of a runaway princess from the man she doesn't want to marry. Lou Vernon as chief of police tries to recapture her.'

Source: 'Calls for Silence', ABC Weekly, 20 July 1946, p.17.

'This powerfully written story tells how Denis Corbett seeks refuge from the river mist and meets the beautiful Gypsy and her hunted father. Corbett feels an uncanny reluctance to leave his strange companions. When Gypsy plays the violin he sees the wildness die in her father's eyes and wonders ... An eerie play with tragic climax.'

Source: 'Radio Plays', ABC Weekly, 31 August 1946, p.32.

'The fun starts when the irreproach able Parker’s irresponsible son Anthony decides that to win the Lady Penelope he must become a footman.'

Source: 'Radio Plays', ABC Weekly, 7 September 1946, p.32.

'Tongue of Fire is a fantasy dealing with the visit of a team of witches to earth. It describes their efforts to persuade a young housewife (whose husband they claim to have saved in his bomber), to buy them new broomsticks and witches' hats as a reward.'

Source: 'Her Luck Rode a Witch's Broomstick', Daily Telegraph, 6 October 1946, p.27.

A woman intends to commit suicide with a view to her husband being prosecuted for her murder.

Source: 'Radio Roundabout', News, 26 October 1946, p.4.

'SAM CRANE was a gangling ape of a man—nobody knew where he’d come from, or who he really was. The one motivating force of his existence was his devotion to Ma Brodie, who hao befriended him when he had no friend.'

Source: 'Radio Plays', ABC Weekly, 28 September 1946, p.32.

'The Big Town is a fast-moving story of a truck driver turned boxer. Eddie Nash wants success quickly and he gets it for a time—but he finds that happiness is sometimes not a part of success. Without Margie, his girl—and she was left behind in his rush to get to the top—the plans he had dreamed about don’t count for much.'

Source: 'Radio Plays', ABC Weekly, 12 October 1946, p.32.

A criminal threatens to destroy the entire police force.

Source: 'Radio Log', Herald, 15 November 1946, p.11.

'Tells of misfortunes that befall a young married couple living in a flat at King’s Cross.'

Source: 'Radio Plays', ABC Weekly, 16 November 1946, p.32.

'Story of hospital life, of two young doctors willing to give their lives for something bigger than themselves.'

Source: 'Radio Plays', ABC Weekly, 7 December 1946, p.32.

Described as 'the story of a schoolteacher who had never quite grown up. Frank Roberts, headmaster at the school, found it particularly difficult to ignore Viola's charm.'

Source: 'Radio Plays', ABC Weekly, 14 December 1946, p.32.

A 'murder mystery in which a disused mine and a legend about a miner's lamp showing a ghostly flame make an uncanny tale'.

Source: 'Radio Log', Herald, 3 January 1947, p.11.

'It is about a dancing team, Lily Parker and Eddie du Core, and the tragedy that caught up with Lily Parker.'

Source: 'Radio Plays', ABC Weekly, 4 January 1947, p.32.

Described as a light crime caper.

Described as 'a police court drama involving Malayans and Europeans'.

Source: 'Radio Log', Herald, 14 February 1947, p.11.

Little is known of the plot of this radio play.

The play 'deals with the decision made by Joe and Ellen to leave the city and make their home in the country'.

Source: 'Authors' Playhouse', ABC Weekly, 22 February 1947, p.22.

Described as an 'anti-noise play'.

Source: 'Pick of the Programmes', ABC Weekly, 1 March 1947, p.6.

Described as 'a gangster play with a difference'.

Source: 'Pick of the Programmes', ABC Weekly, 29 March 1947, p.14.

The play 'tells an amusing tale of two meek and unsophisticated girls of the Nineties who rebel against paternal discipline and plunge into the fast life of Gay Paree'.

Source: 'Aussie Author Scores', Sun, 18 April 1947, p.8.

Little is known of the plot of this radio play.

'"One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies in debt to those who are kind."' Behind these words lives the name of Nurse Edith Louisa Cavell, gallant British war nurse of World War I, who gave her life for her country. It was her statue near Trafalgar Square, London, bearing her famous words, "Patriotism is not enough," that inspired Percival Cochrane, who served with the RAAF in England during the war, to write a play dedicated to this heroic woman.'

Source: 'The Eternal Flame', Sun, 30 May 1947, p.12.

The 'poignant love story of a musician and a French girl student.'

Source: 'What a Melody', Sun, 6 June 1947, p.11.

Little is known of the plot of this radio drama.

Little is known of the plot of this radio play.

Little is known of the plot of this radio play.

Little is known of the plot of this radio play.