Krubi of the Illawarra
Genreverse play
Running time60 mins (9:30 pm – 10:30 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
SyndicatesABC
Written byCoral Lansbury
Original releaseJune 10, 1949 (1949-06-10)[1]

Krubi of Illawarra is an Australian radio verse play by Coral Lansbury. It was her first notable play and was written when she was nineteen.[2] The play won the Henry Lawson Award for Poetry.[3]

Lansbury played the title role in the original 1949 production.[4] It was one of the most highly regarded Australian radio plays of the 1940s.[5] The play was produced again in 1951.[6]

Premise

Krubi, a young Aboriginal woman, defies the strictures of her group by enquiring into knowledge normally reserved for men.

References

  1. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (4 June 1949), "FRIDAY, June 10 A.B.C. Programmes", v. : ill. ; 29cm., ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, 11 (23), nla.obj-1352635726, retrieved 11 October 2023 – via Trove
  2. ↑ Melanie Nolan, 'Lansbury, Coral Magnolia (1929–1991)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lansbury-coral-magnolia-17182/text30213, published online 2015, accessed online 11 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Coral Lansbury". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 4 June 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 11 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "POETESS, 19, TO STAR IN OWN RADIO PLAY". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XIV, no. 62. New South Wales, Australia. 2 June 1949. p. 9. Retrieved 11 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards an Australian Drama. p. 147.
  6. ↑ "RADIO". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 32, 826. Victoria, Australia. 17 November 1951. p. 16. Retrieved 11 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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