AustLit logo

AustLit

form y separately published work icon Caste single work   radio play  
Adaptation of Caste Thomas William Robertson , 1867 single work drama
Issue Details: First known date: 1938... 1938 Caste
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

An adaptation of T.W. Robertson's play about a young French aristocrat who marries a penniless dancer and is then seemingly killed in battle, leaving behind his widow, his son, and a mother who disapproves of his marriage.

Production Details

  • 1938

    First broadcast (nationally) on 12 October 1938, between 9:30 and 10:40pm.

    Producer: John Cairns.

    1939

    Broadcast on Sunday 13 August 1939, between 7:30 and 8:45pm, as part of a series of radio plays called 'From Shakespeare to Shaw'. The adaptation was seemingly the same one (and was certainly by Afford), but the production was new.

    Producer: Lawrence H. Cecil.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Last amended 22 Jul 2015 16:15:23
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X