As Strong as the Weakest explained
| As Strong as the Weakest |
| Format: | radio drama |
| Runtime: | 60 mins |
| Start Time: | 8pm |
| End Time: | 9pm |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Home Station: | 2FC |
| Syndicates: | ABC |
| Director: | Frank Harvey |
| First Aired: | 20 March 1945[1] |
As Strong as the Weakest is a 1945 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay.
It was to promote the Third Victory Loan and was broadcast througbout Australia in primetime.[2] Barclay was the leading radio writer in Australia at the time.[3]
A copy of the play script is at the Fryer Library.[4]
Premise
"Because one man forgot to tap with a hammer, a ship was wrecked at the moment of her launching. Confident of success, a boxer did not train for a fight."
External links
Notes and References
- News: Broadcasting . . CLXI . 23,180 . Tasmania, Australia . 20 March 1945 . 21 September 2023 . 14 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Radio Programmes: On the Air . . 21,166 . Victoria, Australia . 20 March 1945 . 21 September 2023 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
- Marion Consandine, 'Barclay, Edmund Piers (Teddy) (1898–1961)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barclay-edmund-piers-teddy-9425/text16569, published first in hardcopy 1993, accessed online 21 September 2023.
- https://manuscripts.library.uq.edu.au/index.php/h0100 As Strong as the Weakest
