| Sacrifice at Dawn | |
| Format: | drama play[1] |
| Runtime: | 30 mins |
| Start Time: | 8.30pm |
| End Time: | 9pm |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Home Station: | 5CL |
| Director: | Max Afford |
| Record Location: | Adelaide |
Sacrifice at Dawn is a 1934 Australian radio drama by Max Afford. It was a one act war drama broadcast to commemorate the anniversary of Armistice Day.[2]
The climax involved some of the most complex radio effects in Australia at the time.[3]
The play was well received and performed again in 1936.
In 1935 Afford wrote a similarly themed play War to End War.[4]
According to one account "the action takes place a short interval before dawn when an English officer and a German private find themselves in the same shell-hole. The knowledge that at dawn a barrage is coming over, a barrage that must sweep them from the earth, brings some interesting revelations and the play ends on a high note of sacrifice."[5]