The Great Escape is a 1954 Australian radio serial by Morris West based on the novel by Paul Brickhill produced by Gordon Grimsdale.
| Genre | drama serial |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Written by | Morris West |
| Produced by | Gordon Glenwright |
| Narrated by | Paul Brickhill[1] |
| Original release | 1954 |
| No. of series | 1 |
Grimsdale and West also did radio adaptations of Brickhill's books The Dam Busters and Reach for the Sky.[2][3] The three were all recorded in Sydney, where West had moved following the end of his first marriage.[4]
The Sydney Daily Telegraph said " it develops a pace and a tenseness that are rarely heard in a radio production. Most of the credit for this is due to the adapter, Mr. Morris West. . The actors— as generally happens when Australian actors are given the opportunity of a good script— are impeccablyin character."[5]
The Brisbane Telegraph called it "a really grand contribution to local radio. No pseudo heroics or passions- upon which so many of commercial r«.dio thrill spinners depend — just a drama so simply told and enacted as to make the throat achg with pity at the courage and the foolishness of men."[6]
The Adelaide Mail called it "an excellent follow-up for The Dambusters."[7]
Cast
edit- Guy Doleman as Roger Bushell
- David Eadie
- Bruce Stewart
- Charles Tingwell
- William Orr
- Harp McGuire
- Rod Taylor
- John Ewart
References
edit- ^ ""Great Escape" From 5 AD Tomorrow". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 97, no. 29, 871. South Australia. 10 July 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 14 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "'Dam Busters' From 5 AD tomorrow". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 96, no. 29, 794. South Australia. 10 April 1954. p. 4. Retrieved 13 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Radar Story From 5AD". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 97, no. 29, 916. South Australia. 1 September 1954. p. 19. Retrieved 13 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Philp, Peter (2016). Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Radio Drama in Australia from 1920s to 1970s. Eureka. p. 402-403.
- ^ "AROUND THE DIAL". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XIX, no. 225. New South Wales, Australia. 9 December 1954. p. 11. Retrieved 14 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ""Escape" fine radio serial". Brisbane Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 27 November 1954. p. 6 (LAST RACE). Retrieved 14 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "IT'S A STREAMLINED ELLERY QUEEN". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 44, no. 2, 198. South Australia. 24 July 1954. p. 59. Retrieved 14 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.