The White Rabbit is a 1955 Australian radio serial by Morris West based on book The White Rabbit about F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas. It starred Bruce Stewart.[1]
| Genre | drama serial |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 mins (9:00 pm – 9:30 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | 2UE |
| Starring | Bruce Stewart |
| Written by | Morris West |
| Produced by | Gordon Glenwright |
| Original release | 1955 |
| No. of series | 1 |
West also did radio adaptations of war related books The Dam Busters, The Great Escape and Reach for the Sky.[2]
Premise
edit"The true story of Wing Commander Yeo - Thomas, G.C., M.C., and who in private life was a dress designer, and who, more than any other man, was responsible for forming the French Resistance Movement, suffering perhaps more than any man tn tne hands of the Nazis."[3]
Cast
edit- David Nettheim as Narrator
- Nigel Lovell as Colonel Pasé
- Lionel Stevens as Brossolette
- Betty Lucas as José
- Bruce Stewart / Ray Barrett as Yeo-Thomas
- Lynne Murphy as Barbara
- Max Osbiston as Hutchison
- Ken Fraser as Hubble
- Leonard Teale as Jerome
- Ward Leopold as Rudi
- Derrick Barnes as Frasé
- Harvey Adams as Ding Shuler
- David Eadie as Balachowsky
- Roger Climpson as Kogan
- Diana Perryman
- Ron Whelan
- Moray Powell
References
edit- ^ ABC Weekly, vol. 17, Sydney, 20 August 1955, retrieved 17 December 2023 – via Trove
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "'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.
- ^ "Advertising". The Daily News. Vol. LXXIII, no. 24, 511. Western Australia. 16 June 1955. p. 3 (FINAL). Retrieved 17 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.