AustLit logo

AustLit

form y separately published work icon Major Keen series - author   radio play   thriller  
Issue Details: First known date: 1951... 1951 Major Keen
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.

Includes

form y separately published work icon Dossier on Dumetrius Lindsay Hardy , Sydney : Grace Gibson Productions , 1951 Z1394639 1951 single work radio play thriller The first of five Major Keen radio serials, Dossier on Dumetrius is a spy story set in post-war London. The Dumetrius document is gathering dust in a silent room until it comes to the attention of MI5 and Major Gregory Keen.
form y separately published work icon Deadly Nightshade Lindsay Hardy , Sydney : Grace Gibson Productions , 1952 Z1394648 1952 single work radio play thriller Deadly Nightshade is the sequel to Dossier on Dumetrius. The story sees Major Keen travel to Sydney to look for Professor Bruno Kesseling. He subsequently becomes involved in a death struggle with a gang of vicious criminals.
form y separately published work icon 26 Hours Lindsay Hardy , Sydney : Grace Gibson Productions , 1952-1953 Z1394652 1952 single work radio play thriller The third of Hardy's Major Keen radio serial, this one sees Keen travels to post-war Berlin for MI5 to try and recover the stolen diaries of an American colonel.
form y separately published work icon Two Roads to Samara Lindsay Hardy , Sydney : Grace Gibson Productions , 1959 Z1394723 1959 single work radio play thriller The fourth Major Keen radio adventure. This time he is sent to Scotland to protect one of the world's richest men - and someone who is prepared to set the world ablaze in order to save his financial empire.
form y separately published work icon The Smell of Terror Lindsay Hardy , Sydney : Grace Gibson Productions , 1959 Z1394725 1959 single work radio play thriller The final story in the Major Gregory Keen radio series, this time the narrative is set in the Caribbean. Keen becomes involved in a plot to overthrow General Mendoza, the dictator of a small island republic.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1951
VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()
Last amended 9 Dec 2009 10:45:58
Subjects:
  • ca. 1940s
Settings:
  • c
    United Kingdom (UK),
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Europe,
  • c
    Australia,
    c
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X