The Idiot (radio drama) explained
| The Idiot |
| Format: | drama |
| Runtime: | 75 mins |
| Start Time: | 8pm |
| End Time: | 9.15pm |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| First Aired: | [1] |
The Idiot is a 1938 Australian radio drama. It was adapted by Edmund Barclay from the novel The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Barclay's adaptation has been called a "radio masterpiece".[2] It was one of a series of classical novel adaptations by Barclay for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC); Leslie Rees listed The Idiot among the best of these.[3]
The production was well received and the adaptation was recorded again in 1947.
A copy of the script is at the Fryer Library at the University of Queensland.[4]
External links
Notes and References
- News: Listen To "THE IDIOT" . . Queensland, Australia . 26 January 1938 . 12 October 2023 . 17 . 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 12 October 2023.
- Book: Rees, Leslie. Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. 1987 . 158.
- https://manuscripts.library.uq.edu.au/index.php/h0104 The Idiot
