The Fantastic Case of The Four Specialists
The Fantastic Case of the Four Specialists is a 1937 Australian radio play by Max Afford.[1] The play was one of Afford's best known.[2]
It was the first Australian play to be translated into Polish.[3] The plahy also sold to Canada.[4]
Wireless Weekly thought the play "promised well, but finished by being dreary... The idea was a good one. The producer and the players did the best they could, but the play did not click. It was too long, and the speeches were too long."[5]
The play was produced again in 1938[6] and 1940.[7]
Premise[edit]
A wealthy reviewer of detective books is found dead in his library. His niece and her fiance are accused of murder. Four famous detectives of fiction - Sherlock Holmes, Philo Vance, Hercule Poirot and Father Brown - step out of their books to discover the real criminal.
References[edit]
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (October 8, 1937), "TUESDAY [OCT. 12]", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 30 (15), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-718836630, retrieved 26 October 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Playwrights of Australia", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (39), Sydney: Wireless Press, September 28, 1940, nla.obj-720714449, retrieved 26 October 2023 – via Trove
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (August 12, 1938), "mr and mrs. max aftord", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 32 (7), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-714563749, retrieved 26 October 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Australian radio plays". The Canberra Times. 14 August 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "A Criticism of Plays and Players", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 32 (16), Sydney: Wireless Press, 14 October 1938, retrieved 26 October 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Wednesday April 13", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 31 (14), Sydney: Wireless Press, April 8, 1938, nla.obj-714393776, retrieved 26 October 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Tuesday—April 2", ABC Weekly, 2 (13), Sydney: ABC, 30 March 1940, nla.obj-1326804987, retrieved 26 October 2023 – via Trove
External links[edit]
- Fantastic Case of the Four Specialists at Ausstage