The House of a Thousand Whispers
Wireless Weekly 24 July 1936
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins (9:00 pm – 10:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
Hosted byABC
Written byEdmund Barclay
Original release24 July 1936

The House of a Thousand Whispers is a 1936 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay.[1][2]

The play was very popular and repeated later in the year[2] as well as in 1939, 1941,[3] 1946[4] and 1950.[5]

Peter Finch starred in the 1939 production.[6]

Premise

A married woman and her lover elope and take refuge in an old house on the Yorkshire moors. The woman disappears and the lover goes looking for her.

References

  1. ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League., "PLAYW RIGHTS OF AUSTRALIA WRITES HISTORICAL PLAYS", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred Per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 35 No. 40 (October 5, 1940)), nla.obj-720727356, retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Trove
  2. 1 2 Australasian Radio Relay League., "FRIDAY OCTOBER 2", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred Per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 28 No. 14 (October 2, 1936)), nla.obj-674909497, retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Trove
  3. ↑ "MARIE BREMNER IN "COUNTRY GIRL"". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 31 May 1941. p. 10. Retrieved 2 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "NATIONAL RADIO". Cairns Post. No. 13, 935. Queensland, Australia. 31 October 1946. p. 6. Retrieved 2 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "SUNDAY, April 30", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 12 No. 17 (29 April 1950)), nla.obj-1692542551, retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Trove
  6. ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League., "Subtle Mystery Story", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred Per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 34 No. 27 (September 27, 1939)), nla.obj-726318756, retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Trove
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