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Issue Details: First known date: 1950... 1950 Edge of Ice : A Drama for Radio
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Edge of Ice tells of a group of men who, togetjer with the captain's wife and little son, are the only survivors from a shipwreck. The party drift in an open boat on the Southern Ocean and, when at their last gasp reach a barren island, where they live on seal meat.'

Source: ABC Weekly, 25 August 1951, p.12.

Production Details

  • Broadcast on 2FC-NA and 4QG on Saturday 1 September 1951, from 8pm.

    Producer: Frank Harvey.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1950 .
      Extent: 27 l.p.
      (Manuscript) assertion

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Location: The Hanger Collection of Australian Playscripts
      Local Id: H1721
      1950 .
      Extent: 30 l.p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Pseudonym 'Torch' crossed out on title page.

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Location: The Hanger Collection of Australian Playscripts
      Local Id: H1721A
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