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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