| The Real Betrayal | |
| Format: | verse drama |
| Runtime: | 60 mins |
| Start Time: | 10pm |
| End Time: | 11pm |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Syndicates: | ABC |
| Director: | Charles Wheeler |
| First Aired: | 25 March 1943 |
The Real Betrayal is a 1943 Australian radio play by New Zealand author Isobel Andrews. It was directed by Charles Wheeler.
The work was commended in an ABC competition for verse dramas.[1]
It was broadcast by the ABC as part of a series of ten verse dramas on radio. The others included The Golden Lover, We're Going Through, It Has Happened Before, Mined Gold, Succubus, The Unmapped Lands, Brief Apocalypse, Fear and Richard Bracken-Farmer.
According to Leslie Rees, "It spiritedly depicts an underground rebellion in a European country against the brutal Nazi masters and puts forward that iron doctrine of our iron times, that in certain circumstances love of life may itself be a betrayal of life, namely, when it is preferred above duty to a deeper cause. Such plays are part of the saga of contemporary history; when written with true imagination and sincerity they are not depressing but rather a tonic to the nerves and mind. They provide the bracing strength that comes from facing up to a drastic issue."