Mutiny on the Bounty (radio serial)
 Daily Examiner 3 March 1938 | |
| Genre | drama serial |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Starring | Harvey Adams |
| Written by | Anthony Scott Veitch |
| Directed by | Harvey Adams |
| Original release | 1938 – 1938 |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 52[1] |
Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1938 Australian radio serial about the Mutiny on the Bounty. It was written by Anthony Scott Veitch and directed by Harvey Adams, who also starred.[2][3]
According to one account "Probably never before in Australian radio drama has such a cast been assembled to make a drama, nor have such care and expense been lavished on a radio production."[4]
The show was a milestone in the career of Scott Veith and included a number of actors who became film stars including Peter Finch and Ron Randell.[5]
The show was repeated in 1941.[6]
Cast[edit]
- Harvey Adams as Captain Bligh[7]
- Leonard Bennett as Fletcher Christian
- Lew Warton as Burkitt
- Sidney Wheeler
- Victor Gouriet
- Lou Vernon as Mr. Samuel
- Peter Finch as James Morrison
- Gwen Munro as Talua, the native wife of Christian[8]
- Lola Kelly as Luana, a native girl
- Duncan MacDougall as the fiddler, Michael Byrne
- Ron Randell as Tinkler
- Reg Hawthorn as John Fryer
- Alex Davidson as the surgeon
- Bert Barton as Churchill
- George Hewlett,
- John Fernside
- James Raglan,
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY". The Examiner (Tasmania). Vol. XCVI, no. 278. 2 February 1938. p. 10 (LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY). Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Governor Bligh Goes on the Air". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 5, no. 36. Australia, Australia. 12 February 1938. p. 34. Retrieved 19 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (April 22, 1938), "THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY Gripping Serial From 2GB", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-714349031, retrieved 30 March 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Governor Bligh Goes on the Air". Tweed Daily. Vol. XXV, no. 45. New South Wales, Australia. 22 February 1938. p. 8. Retrieved 19 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "People Behind the Voices Author-Producer Began Working Life on Land", ABC Weekly, 10 (17), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 24 April 1948, retrieved 19 December 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Mutiny And Villains For Fridays", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 36 (7), Sydney: Wireless Press, February 15, 1941, retrieved 19 December 2023 – via Trove
- ^ ""THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY."". Queensland Times. Vol. LXXVIII, no. 16, 014. 19 March 1938. p. 6 (DAILY.). Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertising". Daily Examiner. Vol. 29, no. 9230. New South Wales, Australia. 3 March 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.