Kay Keavney Explained
Kay Keavney (1921–1989) was an Australian writer.[1]
She was born in Sydney and completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney. She went to work at the ABC, the youngest person and the first woman to be hired as a scriptwriter by that organisation. She resigned from the ABC in 1945.[2]
In the late 1940s she wrote serials and plays for various networks and production companies and became one of the leading writers of Australian radio.[3]
She went to London to study writing TV drama at the BBC and wrote episodes of The Adventures of Long John Silver.[4] She won two Walkley Awards for her journalism.
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- Book: Lane, Richard. The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Volume 2. National Film and Sound Archive. 2000. 37–39.
- News: A B C RESIGNATIONS . . 30,704 . Melbourne. 24 January 1945 . 28 January 2017 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Women Who Write Soap Operas Are Known As QUEENS OF THE DRIP DRAMA . . LIII . 93 . New South Wales, Australia . 30 November 1953 . 28 January 2017 . 1 (Women's Magazine) . National Library of Australia.
- News: Radio writer says . . 13,884 . Sydney . 12 August 1954 . 28 January 2017 . 39 (LATE FINAL EXTRA) . National Library of Australia.
- Vagg . Stephen . 2023-05-06 . Forgotten Australian TV Series: Adventure Unlimited . 2023-07-23 . FilmInk.
