Storm Over Everest

Storm Over Everest
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Written byGordon Ireland
Original releaseSeptember 1939

Storm Over Everest is a 1939 Australian radio play by Gordon Ireland.[1][2] It told of various attempts to climb Mount Everest.[3]

Details

It was very popular and sold to South Africa and the BBC.[4][5]

A reviewer from Wireless Weekly wrote: "The action was rather bitsy; necessarily so, covering, as it did, so many isolated attacks on the mountain. The commentators. Max Osbiston and Eric Masters, covered a great part of the story and told it very effectively. I thought the Voice of the Mountain had a little too much competition from the blizzard... it was an excellent play, capably produced by Lawrence Cecil. The intricate effects — blizzards, avalanches, human cries from the abysses, etc. — were realistically handled."[6]

References

  1. ^ "Stars of the Air Creator of 800 Radio Shows". Wodonga And Towong Sentinel. No. 2957. Victoria, Australia. 20 October 1944. p. 1. Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Our Service Department", The Bulletin, 10 Apr 1940, nla.obj-592834587, retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Trove
  3. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League., "Playwrights of Australia world wide success", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal (December 21, 1940), nla.obj-720764972, retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Trove
  4. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (September 27, 1939), The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, nla.obj-724925731, retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Trove
  5. ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (8 September 1945), "Creator of 800 Radio Sessions, Gordon Ireland has had plays broadcast in London, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, and New York.", ABC Weekly, nla.obj-1401664068, retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Trove
  6. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (January 27, 1939), "Tonathan talks About Art and Propaganda", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, nla.obj-712924810, retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Trove