Cats Creep at Night explained

Cats Creep at Night is a 1930 Australia radio play by Max Afford.^[1]

It was Afford's first radio play, written while he was still a journalist, and it earned him one guinea.^[2] He later said it was "an hour of everything in the blood and thunder line — a haunted house, a thunderstorm, car smashes, a madman."^[3]

Afford directed it himself for Adelaide radio station 5CL.^[4] The play was very popular and was repeated by popular demand.^[5] Afford later said "although I blush now to think of it, it was repeated three times after the original performance."

Afford followed it with another similar play, Blackmail.^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: Broadcasting. . South Australia . 21 October 1930 . 28 December 2023 . 11 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: Playwright on Visit . . LXVI . 17,456 . New South Wales, Australia . 16 May 1953 . 28 December 2023 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: Radio Roundabout . . 40 . 2,030 . South Australia . 28 April 1951 . 28 December 2023 . 26 . National Library of Australia.
4. News: Features From 5CL . . XCV . 27,864 . South Australia . 4 December 1930 . 28 December 2023 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
5. News: Features From 5CL . . XCV . 27,858 . South Australia . 27 November 1930 . 28 December 2023 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
6. News: "Blackmail" From 5CL . . 19 . 977 . South Australia . 14 February 1931 . 28 December 2023 . 3 . National Library of Australia.