The Empty Shrine

The Empty Shrine
Wireless Weekly 10 May 1939
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins (8:15 pm – 9:15 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
SyndicatesABC
Written byCatherine Shepherd
Directed byLawrence Cecil
Original releaseMay 14, 1939 (1939-05-14)

The Empty Shrine is a 1939 Australian radio play by Catherine Shepherd. It was one of her psychological dramas.[1][2]

The play was one of Shepherd's key works from this period.[3]

Premise

"It is the story of a young man who is encouraged by his petting and adoring mother to believe that he has the makings in him of a brilliant writer. He breaks off an engagement with one girl, Jan, who is too real for him; and even his wife, Coral, eventually sees that they have both been worshipping at an Empty Shrine."[4]

References

  1. ^ "National Broadcast Features". Huon And Derwent Times. Vol. 29, no. 2640. Tasmania, Australia. 11 May 1939. p. 7. Retrieved 24 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Life And Love Among Artists", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, May 10, 1939, retrieved 24 February 2024 – via Trove
  3. ^ "Playwrights of Australia – Flair for Character Study", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, July 27, 1940, retrieved 24 February 2024 – via Trove
  4. ^ "Sunday.... May 14", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, May 10, 1939, retrieved 24 February 2024 – via Trove


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