Safe Horizon (radio play) explained

Safe Horizon
Format:drama play
Runtime:60 mins
Start Time:8pm
End Time:9pm
Country:Australia
Language:English
Home Station:2FC
Presenter:ABC
Director:Charles Wheeler
First Aired:1 March 1945

Safe Horizon is a 1945 radio play by Jon Cleary.

It won equal first prize in an ABC writing competition.[1] The play helped launch Cleary's career as a professional writer.

The production was repeated later in the year. Cleary adapted the play into a short story which was published in a 1946 collection of Cleary's stories, These Small Glories.[2]

Premise

A group of Australian soldiers try to escape Greece during World War Two, including a sergeant.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Divided Award In ABC Competition . . CLXI . 23,140 . Tasmania, Australia . 31 January 1945 . 2 October 2023 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: Today's Book Review . . Queensland, Australia . 11 July 1946 . 2 October 2023 . 2 (SECOND EDITION) . National Library of Australia.