Portrait of a Gentleman
Written byGeorge Farwell
Date premiered1948
Place premieredHobart
Original languageEnglish
SubjectThomas Griffiths Wainewright
Genrebiographical

Portrait of a Gentleman is a 1948 Australian play by George Farwell about Thomas Griffiths Wainewright.[1]

It was originally a 1940 radio play on the ABC starring Peter Finch.[2] It won first prize in an ABC radio play competition.[3]

A stage play version was announced in 1941[4] and was highly commended in a 1945 playwriting competition.[5]

The radio play aired again in 1946,[6] 1951[7] and 1956.[8]

The play was published in a 1946 anthology of Australian radio plays.[9]

Leslie Rees called it "a convincing and stylish hour-long radio drama, in which a bizarre character was strongly projected but kept believably human. "[10]

Premise

Thomas Wainwright goes to live with his uncle in London. He winds up in Van Diemens Land.[11]

References

  1. "RADIO". South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus. Vol. L, no. 68. New South Wales, Australia. 28 August 1950. p. 3 (South Coast Times feature section). Retrieved 19 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "A.B.C. PLAY PRIZES AWARDED". The Herald. No. 19, 776. Victoria, Australia. 1 October 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 19 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "RADIO PLAY CONTEST". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 32, 061. New South Wales, Australia. 1 October 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "PLAYS FOR SYDNEY". The Age. No. 26, 972. Victoria, Australia. 27 September 1941. p. 16. Retrieved 19 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Music and Drama". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33, 451. New South Wales, Australia. 10 March 1945. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  6. "RADIO REVIEW". The Herald. No. 21, 523. Victoria, Australia. 14 May 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 19 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  7. "P and A Parade Future Under Consideration". The Age. No. 29, 868. Victoria, Australia. 19 January 1951. p. 1 (THE AGE RADIO SUPPLEMENT). Retrieved 19 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  8. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "RADIO PLAYS For NEXT WEEK A. B. C. COMMERCIAL", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 18 No. 35 (1 September 1956)), nla.obj-1317691623, retrieved 27 August 2023 via Trove
  9. "Some Radio Plays.", 105 volumes : illustrations (chiefly coloured), portraits (chiefly coloured) ; 30-40 cm., The bulletin., John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 67 (3483), 13 Nov 1946 [1880], ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-551016592, retrieved 19 August 2023 via Trove
  10. Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. p. 170.
  11. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (20 January 1951) [1939], "Radio Plays for Next Week A.B.C.", v. : ill. ; 29cm., ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, 13 (3), nla.obj-1436671302, retrieved 19 August 2023 via Trove
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