Mutiny on the Bounty (radio serial)

Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1938 Australian radio serial about the Mutiny on the Bounty. It was written by Anthony Scott Veitch and directed by Harvey Adams, who also starred.[2][3]

Mutiny on the Bounty
Daily Examiner 3 March 1938
Genredrama serial
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
StarringHarvey Adams
Written byAnthony Scott Veitch
Directed byHarvey Adams
Original release1938 –
1938
No. of series1
No. of episodes52[1]
Wireless Weekly 11 Feb 1938

According to one account "Probably never before in Australian radio drama has such a cast been assembled to make a drama, nor have such care and expense been lavished on a radio production."[4]

The show was a milestone in the career of Scott Veith and included a number of actors who became film stars including Peter Finch and Ron Randell.[5]

The show was repeated in 1941.[6]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY". The Examiner (Tasmania). Vol. XCVI, no. 278. 2 February 1938. p. 10 (LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY). Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Governor Bligh Goes on the Air". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 5, no. 36. Australia, Australia. 12 February 1938. p. 34. Retrieved 19 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (April 22, 1938), "THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY Gripping Serial From 2GB", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-714349031, retrieved 30 March 2024 – via Trove
  4. ^ "Governor Bligh Goes on the Air". Tweed Daily. Vol. XXV, no. 45. New South Wales, Australia. 22 February 1938. p. 8. Retrieved 19 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "People Behind the Voices Author-Producer Began Working Life on Land", ABC Weekly, 10 (17), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 24 April 1948, retrieved 19 December 2023 – via Trove
  6. ^ "Mutiny And Villains For Fridays", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 36 (7), Sydney: Wireless Press, February 15, 1941, retrieved 19 December 2023 – via Trove
  7. ^ ""THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY."". Queensland Times. Vol. LXXVIII, no. 16, 014. 19 March 1938. p. 6 (DAILY.). Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Advertising". Daily Examiner. Vol. 29, no. 9230. New South Wales, Australia. 3 March 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.