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form y separately published work icon The Eternal Flame single work   radio play  
Issue Details: First known date: 1947... 1947 The Eternal Flame
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'"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.

Production Details

  • Broadcast on 2UE on 30 May 1947.

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    • Sydney, New South Wales,: 2UE , 1947 .
      Series: form y separately published work icon Authors' Playhouse Sydney : 2UE , 1946-1947 19572136 1946 series - author radio play

      In June 1946, 2UE announced it was seeking 25-minute original radio plays for broadcast as part of a series called Authors' Playhouse. The series began broadcasting in July 1946, and was broadcast on 2UE, 3DB, 4BK, and 5AD.

      Sources:

      'Search for Authors', ABC Weekly, 8 June 1946, p.38.

             Number in series: 46
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