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form y separately published work icon Portrait of a Gentleman : Thomas Griffiths Wainewright 1794-1847 single work   radio play   - One act
Issue Details: First known date: 1940... 1940 Portrait of a Gentleman : Thomas Griffiths Wainewright 1794-1847
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Based on the life of the poet and painter Wainewright transported to Australia for forgery in 1837.

Adaptations

y separately published work icon Portrait of a Gentleman George Farwell , 1946 (Manuscript version)9518868 9518861 1946 single work drama historical fiction

An expanded script of Farwell's 1940 radio play of the same name.

Production Details

  • First broadcast on 14 July 1940.

    Broadcast as Portrait of a Gentleman on 2FC, 3AR, and 4QC on Saturday, 2 September 1950, from 8pm.

    Cast includes Douglas Kelly (Wainwright).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      Australia,
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      :       Australian Broadcasting Commission ,       1940 .
      Extent: 60min.p.
      Series: form y separately published work icon ABC Competition Plays Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1940 8879521 1940 series - publisher radio play

      The umbrella term under which all plays that took part in the ABC Play Competition for 1940 were broadcast. Plays were clearly marked as part of this series, and were numbered for broadcast, enabling listeners to vote on them. All radio plays submitted to the ABC between 1 January and 30 April 1940 were eligible, and listeners awarded marks to each play after they were produced and broadcast. The top three plays were eligible for cash bonuses, but the ABC paid the usual commission rates for all plays that it produced as part of the series. Seventeen plays were produced, although some sources suggest as many as 333 additional plays were received.

      Source:

      'A.B.C. Play Competition', Courier-Mail, 5 February 1940, p.14.

             Number in series: 9
  • Appears in:
    form y separately published work icon Australian Radio Plays Leslie Rees (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1946 Z498921 1946 anthology radio play Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1946 pg. 153-188
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      Extent: 24 leavesp.
      Description: Typescript.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Stamped 'A.B.C. Productions Dept., Melbourne' and 'From ABC Archives microfilm'; mss. note on t.p. of original; mss. comment on photocopy; signature of L. Rees on original.

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Location: Hanger Collection of Australian Playscripts
      Local Id: H0531
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Works about this Work

Broadcasting and Australian Literature John Thompson , 1966 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literary Australia 1966; (p. 89-116)
The Living Drama F. W. W. Rhodes , 1946 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 7 no. 4 1946; (p. 233-235)
— Review of Mother and Son : A Play, in Three Acts Louis Esson , 1923 single work drama ; Portrait of a Gentleman : Thomas Griffiths Wainewright 1794-1847 George Farwell , 1940 single work radio play ; The Watch on the Headland M. Barnard Eldershaw , 1940 single work radio play ; Spoiled Darlings Edmund Barclay , 1940 single work radio play ; The Remittance Man Richard Lane , 1939 single work radio play ; Great Inheritance Gwen Meredith , 1945 single work radio play ; The Path of the Eagle Catherine Duncan , 1946 single work radio play ; The Bride of Gospel Place : A Play, in Four Acts (Affectionately Inscribed to William Moore) Louis Esson , 1946 single work drama ; The Southern Cross : A Chronicle Play in Four Acts (to Katharine Susannah Prichard) Louis Esson , 1946 single work drama ; The Southern Cross and Other Plays Louis Esson , 1946 selected work drama ; Conglomerate Alexander Turner , 1938 single work radio play ; Santa Claus of Christmas Creek Ernestine Hill , 1946 single work radio play
Untitled Leslie Rees , 1940 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Quarterly , December vol. 12 no. 4 1940; (p. 119-120)
— Review of Peacocks in Paradise George Farwell , 1940 single work drama ; Portrait of a Gentleman : Thomas Griffiths Wainewright 1794-1847 George Farwell , 1940 single work radio play
The Living Drama F. W. W. Rhodes , 1946 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 7 no. 4 1946; (p. 233-235)
— Review of Mother and Son : A Play, in Three Acts Louis Esson , 1923 single work drama ; Portrait of a Gentleman : Thomas Griffiths Wainewright 1794-1847 George Farwell , 1940 single work radio play ; The Watch on the Headland M. Barnard Eldershaw , 1940 single work radio play ; Spoiled Darlings Edmund Barclay , 1940 single work radio play ; The Remittance Man Richard Lane , 1939 single work radio play ; Great Inheritance Gwen Meredith , 1945 single work radio play ; The Path of the Eagle Catherine Duncan , 1946 single work radio play ; The Bride of Gospel Place : A Play, in Four Acts (Affectionately Inscribed to William Moore) Louis Esson , 1946 single work drama ; The Southern Cross : A Chronicle Play in Four Acts (to Katharine Susannah Prichard) Louis Esson , 1946 single work drama ; The Southern Cross and Other Plays Louis Esson , 1946 selected work drama ; Conglomerate Alexander Turner , 1938 single work radio play ; Santa Claus of Christmas Creek Ernestine Hill , 1946 single work radio play
Untitled Leslie Rees , 1940 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Quarterly , December vol. 12 no. 4 1940; (p. 119-120)
— Review of Peacocks in Paradise George Farwell , 1940 single work drama ; Portrait of a Gentleman : Thomas Griffiths Wainewright 1794-1847 George Farwell , 1940 single work radio play
Broadcasting and Australian Literature John Thompson , 1966 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literary Australia 1966; (p. 89-116)
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Subjects:
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
Settings:
  • 1800-1899
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