Wireless Weekly 8 Oct 1937

The Fantastic Case of the Four Specialists is a 1937 Australian radio play by Max Afford.[1] The play was one of Afford's best known.[2]

It was the first Australian play to be translated into Polish.[3]

Wireless Weekly thought the play "promised well, but finished by being dreary... The idea was a good one. The producer and the players did the best they could, but the play did not click. It was too long, and the speeches were too long."[4]

The play was produced again in 1938[5] and 1940.[6]

Premise

A wealthy reviewer of detective books is found dead in his library. His niece and her fiance are accused of murder. Four famous detectives of fiction - Sherlock Holmes, Philo Vance, Hercule Poirot and Father Brown - step out of their books to discover the real criminal.

References

  1. ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League., "TUESDAY [OCT. 12]", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred Per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 30 No. 15 (October 8, 1937)), nla.obj-718836630, retrieved 26 October 2023 – via Trove
  2. ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League., "PLAYWRIGHTS OF AUSTRALIA. LEADING RADIO DRAMATIST", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred Per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 35 No. 39 (September 28, 1940)), nla.obj-720714449, retrieved 26 October 2023 – via Trove
  3. ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League., "mr and mrs. max aftord", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred Per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 32 No. 7 (August 12, 1938)), nla.obj-714563749, retrieved 26 October 2023 – via Trove
  4. ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League., "SOUD DNDISE A Criticism of Plays and Players BY THE RADIO SCORPION", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred Per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 32 No. 16 (14 October 1938)), nla.obj-713121562, retrieved 26 October 2023 – via Trove
  5. ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League., "WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred Per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 31 No. 14 (April 8, 1938)), nla.obj-714393776, retrieved 26 October 2023 – via Trove
  6. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "TUESDAY—April 2", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 2 No. 13 (30 March 1940)), nla.obj-1326804987, retrieved 26 October 2023 – via Trove
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