Reunion (radio play)

Reunion
Genredrama
Running time60 mins
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Written byRex Rienits
Original release1938

Reunion is a 1938 Australian radio play by Rex Rienits.

It was based on a stage play which had been judged one of the four best plays in a literary competition celebrating 150 years of European settlement of Australia.[1]

The play debuted in 1938. Wireless Weekly called it "bright and snappy in its action, although the story was tripe."[2]

The play was very popular and was broadcast again in 1953.[3]

Premise

Aunt Victoria, head of a station-owning family, decides to hold a family reunion on her 75th birthday where she will read her will. Family members who attend include a parson, a politician, and a squatter.[4]

Characters

  • Katherine Connelly, secretary to Victoria Nankevill[5]
  • Maurice Nankevill, nephew of Victoria.
  • Victoria Nankeville, one of the pioneers and owner of Yoongali.
  • Reverend Robert Judson, nephew of Victoria.
  • Mrs Judson
  • Nick Hayward, a friend of Stephen's
  • Jessica Nankevill, daughter of
  • Archibdald Nankevill, nephew of Victoria.
  • Stephen Carraday, black sheep of the family

References

  1. ^ "Broadcasting Push Button Tuning". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 474. New South Wales, Australia. 16 November 1938. p. 8. Retrieved 4 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Sound or Noise – A Criticism of Plays and Players", The Wireless Weekly, 32 (23), Sydney: Wireless Press, December 2, 1938, retrieved 4 September 2023 – via Trove
  3. ^ "Radio Plays for Next Week A.B.C.", ABC Weekly, 15 (12), Sydney, 21 March 1953, retrieved 4 September 2023 – via Trove
  4. ^ "COMING EVENTS". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 95, no. 29, 489. South Australia. 18 April 1953. p. 11. Retrieved 4 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Thursday ... November 17", The Wireless Weekly, 32 (20), Sydney: Wireless Press, November 11, 1938, retrieved 4 September 2023 – via Trove