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Avalanche (radio play)

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Avalanche
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station5CL
Written byMax Afford
Recording studioAdelaide
Original releaseFebruary 8, 1934 (1934-02-08)[1]

Avalanche is a 1934 Australian radio drama by Max Afford. It was a significant work in Afford's early career.[2]

The play involved complex sound effects for the time.[3]

The play was popular and was repeated in 1934[4][5] and produced again in 1935[6] and 1936.[7]

The play was performed by the BBC at a time when that was rare for Australian plays.[8]

Premise

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A mountain guide, Hanns Trenker, and an English woman, Harriet Pringle, are marooned in the Tyrol region of the Swiss Alps.

References

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  1. ^ "Fourth Tennis Test From 5CL-CK". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 3 February 1934. p. 9. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (April 17, 1936), "Young Playwrights", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 27 (16), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-712009657, retrieved 21 October 2023 – via Trove
  3. ^ "Head-On Train Collision in a Radio Thriller". The News. Vol. XXIII, no. 3, 536. South Australia. 19 November 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Monday March 5", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 23 (9), Sydney: Wireless Press, March 2, 1934, nla.obj-729774250, retrieved 21 October 2023 – via Trove
  5. ^ "Newmarket Handicap From 5CL-CK". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 3 March 1934. p. 15. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Variety on the Air Tonight". The News. Vol. XXIV, no. 3, 628. South Australia. 7 March 1935. p. 16. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Thursday June 11", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 27 (23), Sydney: Wireless Press, June 5, 1936, nla.obj-712067563, retrieved 21 October 2023 – via Trove
  8. ^ "The Talk of the Town". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 23, no. 1, 148. South Australia. 26 May 1934. p. 7. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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