Castle Hill is a 1947 Australian radio play by Madge Parkin about the Castle Hill Rising.
It aired on Lux Radio Theatre as part of a series of Australian written plays.[1][2]
Controversy
editThe play was criticised for its depiction of the priest Reverend James Harold.[3][4] The Advocate wrote "The Lux Radio Theatre has apologised for the play . . . but for one person who reads the apology, there will be a hundred who heard the play and who will have one more stick with which to beat the dirty Irish."[5]
References
edit- ^ "Radio Roundup". The Sun. No. 11, 401. New South Wales, Australia. 8 August 1946. p. 6 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "RADIO ROUND AND ABOUT", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, 3 May 1947, retrieved 18 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "PRIEST VILIFIED IN RADIO DRAMA". Catholic Weekly. Vol. VI, no. 271. New South Wales, Australia. 8 May 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Harold Perkins, 'Harold, James (1744–1830)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harold-james-2156/text2755, published first in hardcopy 1966, accessed online 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Lux Radio's Apology for Slur on Priest". Advocate. Vol. LXXX, no. 4789. Victoria, Australia. 14 May 1947. p. 26. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.