The Wax Museum
Other namesThe Waxworks Mystery
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station5CL
Written byMax Afford
Recording studioAdelaide
Original release23 January 1933

The Wax Museum is a 1933 Australian radio play by Max Afford.

The play debuted in Adelaide in 1933 under the title The Waxworks Mystery[1] and was so well received it was broadcast under a new title throughout Australia on 20 March 1933.[2] This was the first time that happened for an Australian written play.[3][4]

The play was repeated in 1934.[5]

Premise

Two people are caught overnight in a waxworks museum.

References

  1. "Musical Comedy and Opera". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 21 January 1933. p. 13. Retrieved 9 September 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "The talk of the Town". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 21, no. 1, 085. South Australia. 11 March 1933. p. 2 (Magazine Section). Retrieved 9 September 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "GENERAL News". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 28 March 1933. p. 10. Retrieved 9 September 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Australasian Radio Relay League. (April 17, 1936), "Young Playwrights", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, 27 (16), nla.obj-712009657, retrieved 9 September 2023 via Trove
  5. "THRILLER OVER AIR TONIGHT". News. Vol. XXII, no. 3, 392. South Australia. 4 June 1934. p. 2. Retrieved 9 September 2023 via National Library of Australia.
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