Ralph Rashleigh and the Bushrangers
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins[1] (8:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
SyndicatesABC
Created byJames Tucker
Written byEdmund Barclay
Original releaseOctober 17, 1953 (1953-10-17)

Ralph Rashleigh and the Bushrangers is a 1953 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay based on an 1840s novel by James Tucker.[2][3] [4]

It was a "story of Australia's convict days."[5]

The production starred John Edward and Bob Cubbage.[6]

The novel had already been adapted as a serial for ABC radio starting in November 1952.[7]

This serial was followed by another ABC radio adaptation of a Tucker work, Jemmy Green in Australia.

References

  1. ↑ "Radio Programs for Tonight". The Sun. No. 13, 631. New South Wales, Australia. 17 October 1953. p. 2 (Last Race Late Cricket). Retrieved 23 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Ralph Rashleigh and the Bushrangers at Austlit
  3. ↑ "Saturday, October 17 A.B.C.", v. : ill. ; 29cm., ABC weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 15 (41), 10 October 1953 [1939], nla.obj-1549812028, retrieved 23 September 2023 – via Trove
  4. ↑ Peter Scott, 'Tucker, James (1808–1888)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/tucker-james-2746/text3885, published first in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 10 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Bright Spots in Tonight's Radio". The News. Vol. 61, no. 9, 437. South Australia. 7 November 1953. p. 8. Retrieved 23 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Radio Plays for Next Week", ABC weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (Vol. 15 No. 41 (10 October 1953)), nla.obj-1549810079, retrieved 23 September 2023 – via Trove
  7. ↑ "Ralph Rashleigh as Morning Serial", ABC weekly, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (Vol. 14 No. 47 (22 November 1952)), nla.obj-1401439602, retrieved 23 September 2023 – via Trove
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