Tradesman's Entrance

Tradesman's Entrance
Genreserial drama
Running time15 mins[1] (7:45 pm – 8:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Hosted byGeorge Edwards
Created bySumner Locke Elliott
Original releaseJuly 7, 1941 (1941-07-07)

Tradesman's Entrance is a 1941 Australian radio serial created by Sumner Locke Elliott for the George Edwards Company.[2] It played three times a week.[3]

Edwards said "It is entirely different fom anything I have ever done before, and should make an instant appeal by its delightful freshness and originality.” [4]

One critic called it "a very interesting serial".[5]

Premise

According to one account "it is a simple story about the servants in a big home in prewar London—the butler, the cook the footman, the housemaid and all the others who pa-ss through the door marked "Tradesmen's Entrance"."[6]

References

  1. ^ "Broadcasting Programmes". Chronicle. Vol. LXXXIV, no. 4, 778. South Australia. 17 July 1941. p. 2. Retrieved 18 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Odd Bits And Pieces", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 37 (11), Sydney: Wireless Press, March 14, 1942, nla.obj-725934527, retrieved 18 November 2023 – via Trove
  3. ^ "Local and General". Sunraysia Daily. Vol. 22, no. 137. Victoria, Australia. 24 March 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 18 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "GOOD FUN IN EDWARDS PRODUCTION", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, July 5, 1941, nla.obj-721538270, retrieved 20 February 2024 – via Trove
  5. ^ "Our Readers Write – Or Wrong", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 36 (46), Sydney: Wireless Press, November 15, 1941, nla.obj-722445439, retrieved 18 November 2023 – via Trove
  6. ^ "Colorful New Radio Comedy To Be Released". Sunraysia Daily. Vol. 21, no. 224. Victoria, Australia. 4 July 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 18 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.