AustLit logo

AustLit

form y separately published work icon Captain Swift single work   radio play  
Adaptation of Captain Swift : A Comedy Drama in Four Acts C. Haddon Chambers , 1888 single work drama
Issue Details: First known date: 1950... 1950 Captain Swift
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Michael Wilding, an Australian in London, is invited to the exclusive home of the Seabrooks. There his stories of the Australian outback interest some of the reserved English family, while others are suspicious of his background.

'There is good reason for this suspicion. Due to a whole tissue of coincidences—which it would be unfair to disclose —it soon appears that Michael Wilding may be no other than Captain Swift, a young Robin Hood-type bushranger who has recently disappeared from Australia. But by this time Michael is deeply involved with the Seabrook family.'

Source: 'The Week's Plays Over the ABC', ABC Weekly, 15 April 1950, p.26.

Production Details

  • Broadcast on 2FC, 3AR, and 4QC on Saturday 22 April 1950, from 8pm.

    Producer: Robert Montgomery.

    Cast includes John Cazabon (Michael Wilding).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Last amended 14 Jul 2020 09:18:31
X