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The Mercury, 20 July 1938, p.3
Catherine Shepherd Catherine Shepherd i(A23049 works by)
Born: Established: 28 Oct 1902
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Zimbabwe,
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Southern Africa, Africa, ; Died: Ceased: 18 Feb 1976 Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1922-1925
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1 1 y separately published work icon Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women Catherine Shepherd , Mary E. Wilkinson , Betty Roland , Kerry Kilner (editor), Sue Tweg (editor), Paddington : Currency Press National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University , 1995 Z257882 1995 selected work drama
1 The Blazer Catherine Shepherd , 1969 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Women's Weekly , 24 December 1969; (p. 66-67)
1 Young Ladies' Academy Catherine Shepherd , 1965 single work drama
— Appears in: Drama in Action : For Secondary Schools 1965;
1 Ted Goes Fishing Catherine Shepherd , 1965 single work drama
— Appears in: Drama in Action : For Secondary Schools 1965;
1 y separately published work icon Tasmanian Adventure Catherine Shepherd , London : J. M. Dent , 1964 Z836667 1964 single work children's fiction children's Experiences of a pioneering family who settle in Van Diemen's Land in 1825. (Marcie Muir Australian Children's Books: a Bibliography: Volume One 1774-1972 (1992): 373)
1 Eliza Furlonge Catherine Shepherd , 1962 single work drama
1 form y separately published work icon The Sun in Exile Catherine Shepherd , 1955-1959 (Manuscript version)x401793 Z1410675 1955-1959 single work radio play
1 form y separately published work icon Peer Gynt Catherine Shepherd , Australia : ABC Radio National , 1953 12882142 1953 single work radio play

The first Australian radio production of Peer Gynt, adapted by Catherine Shepherd.
1 form y separately published work icon David Copperfield Catherine Shepherd , Australia : ABC Radio National , 1953-1954 12882066 1953 series - publisher radio play

An adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel.
1 y separately published work icon The Pied Piper Catherine Shepherd , 1953 12881946 1953 single work drama
1 form y separately published work icon The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Catherine Shepherd , Australia : ABC Radio National , 1953 12881740 1953 single work radio play

An adaptation of Anne Bronte's final novel.
1 form y separately published work icon Pride and Prejudice Catherine Shepherd , Australia : ABC Radio National , 1953 12880715 1953 single work radio play

An adaptation of Jane Austen's novel.
1 form y separately published work icon The Keys of Heaven Catherine Shepherd , Australia : ABC Radio National , 1952 12880585 1952 single work radio play

Little is known of the plot of this radio play, but it is likely one of Shepherd's religious works.
1 form y separately published work icon The Franklins of Hobart Town Catherine Shepherd , Australia : ABC Radio National , 1952 12853205 1952 single work radio play

Adapted and abridged by Shepherd from her own play, Jane, My Love.
2 2 y separately published work icon Jane, My Love Catherine Shepherd , 1951 (Manuscript version)x401795 Z1410835 1951 single work drama
— Appears in: Tremendous Worlds : Australian Women's Drama 1890-1960 1999; (p. 273-358)

The main theme of the play is the clash between Jane Franklin, a woman of outstanding character and advanced ideas, and the Colonial Secretary, John Montague, leader of the autocratic officials.

Deals with the clashes between Sir John Franklin and the remnants of the 'Arthur Faction', principally the Colonial Secretary and the Chief Police Magistrate. Franklin's position is made the worse by a well-meaning but thoughtless Private Secretary....The Colonial Secretary is upheld and Franklin is disgraced and recalled, but his influence, in the form of the work he has done and the work of his wife, 'Jane, My Love', for the Colony, compensate for his official humiliation. Lady Jane Franklin is the dominating character who by her charm, poise, intellect and vision of the future commands respect, attention and affection. (The Campbell Howard Annotated Index of Australian Plays 1920-1955 (1993) edited by Jack Bedson and Julian Croft (1993):341)
1 form y separately published work icon The Dark Lake Catherine Shepherd , Australia : ABC Radio National , 1951 12880502 1951 single work radio play

Metaphysical radio drama, in which the Fisherman, who also acts as the play's narrator, occupies the shores of a dark lake, where he meets three people: a harassed husband and business man, a young girl, and an idealist.
1 form y separately published work icon A Town Like Alice Catherine Shepherd , Australia : ABC Radio National , 1951 12880048 1951 series - publisher radio play

An adaptation of Nevil Shute's novel for ABC radio.
2 form y separately published work icon Golden Slumbers Catherine Shepherd , 1950-1960 (Manuscript version)x401794 Z1410681 1950-1960 single work radio play

Abstract forthcoming...
2 form y separately published work icon The Judas Sheep : A Play for Radio Catherine Shepherd , 1950-1959 (Manuscript version)x401791 Z1410652 1950-1959 single work radio play

'An old lady living in retirement was elated when her son and her brother-in-law invited her to spend a holiday at a tourist resort as their guests. She was a delightful old lady, one to whom people turned naturally and in whom they placed immediate and well-founded trust. She was not to know that her two hosts, racketeers both, saw her as a decoy, using her obvious goodness as a cover for a splendid fleecing season.

'Overhearing a telephone conversation between her son and a girl with whom he was obviously in love, although he was about to announce his engagement to a fellow-guest at the hotel, she realized that she had been invited to the hotel for a definite purpose, and she realized what that purpose was. She explained the position to the people whom she had met, and on whom her son and her brother-in-law had been battening, and then she went off, obviously with the intention of committing suicide. She was dissuaded by another guest who had previously warned her subtly of the activities of her relatives, and there was the hint of a happy ending as her son raced out to find her. Her brother-in-law was clearly beyond redemption.'

Source:

'Radio - Film', Advocate, 23 April 1953, p.19.
1 form y separately published work icon Darkness Over the Earth Catherine Shepherd , Australia : ABC Radio National , 1950 12859764 1950 single work radio play children's

Broadcast on Good Friday and taking its title from the Gospel of St Luke ('And it was almost the sixth hour: and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour', chapter XXIV, verse 44), this was likely an account of the crucifixion of Jesus. Based on radio guides, it was intended for a child audience.
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