Avalance
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

A mountain guide and an English woman are marooned in the Tyrol region.

References

  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., "Young Playwrights", The wireless weekly: the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 27 No. 16 (April 17, 1936)), nla.obj-712009657, retrieved 21 October 2023 via Trove
  3. "Head-On Train Collision in a Radio Thriller". 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, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 23 No. 9 (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". 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, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 27 No. 23 (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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