Tradesman's Entrance Explained

Tradesman's Entrance
Format:serial drama
Runtime:15 mins[1]
Start Time:7.45pm
End Time:8 pm
Country:Australia
Language:English
Presenter:George Edwards
Creator:Sumner Locke Elliott

Tradesman's Entrance is a 1941 Australian radio serial created by Sumner Locke Elliott for the George Edwards Company. It played three times a week.[2]

Edwards said "It is entirely different fom anything I have ever done before, and should make an instant appeal by its delightful freshness and originality.”

One critic called it "a very interesting serial".

Premise

According to one account "it is a simple story about the servants in a big home in prewar London—the butler, the cook the footman, the housemaid and all the others who pa-ss through the door marked "Tradesmen's Entrance"."[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Broadcasting Programmes . . LXXXIV . 4,778 . South Australia . 17 July 1941 . 18 November 2023 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: Local and General . . 22 . 137 . Victoria, Australia . 24 March 1942 . 18 November 2023 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Colorful New Radio Comedy To Be Released . . 21 . 224 . Victoria, Australia . 4 July 1941 . 18 November 2023 . 3 . National Library of Australia.