The Sea Hawk (radio play)

Wireless Weekly 19 Jan 1942

The Sea Hawk is a 1938 Australian radio play by Vance Palmer. It was one of is most notable works.[1][2]

The play was based on a short story by Palmer that won the 1934 Melbourne Centenary Short Story competition.[3]

The play was successful and produced again in 1939, 1942,[4] and 1953.[5]

Premise

"It tells of old Gundersen and his fishing boat, The Sea-hawk. Everybody said: “She’ll never get out of the water till you pile her up on the coral.” But old Gundy knew better."[6]

References

  1. ^ "PLAYS OF THE AIR "THE DINGO" Vance Palmer's Tale of the Queensland Coast", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 13 April 1940, retrieved 19 February 2024 – via Trove
  2. ^ "TWO PLAYS OF ACTION". Macleay Argus. No. 6715. New South Wales, Australia. 10 June 1938. p. 8. Retrieved 19 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "SHORT STORY COMPETITION". The West Australian. Vol. 50, no. 15, 062. Western Australia. 29 September 1934. p. 18. Retrieved 19 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Broadcasting Features From the National Stations". Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. No. 1960. Queensland, Australia. 2 January 1942. p. 8. Retrieved 19 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "SUNDAY, December 6 A.B.G.", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 5 December 1953, retrieved 19 February 2024 – via Trove
  6. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (June 10, 1938), "THURSDAY, JUNE 16", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, retrieved 19 February 2024 – via Trove