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Buccaneer Bay (radio play)

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Buccaneer Bay
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins (8:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Written byAlexander Turner
Directed byCharles Wheeler
Original release9 January 1944[1]

Buccaneer Bay is a 1944 Australian radio play by Alexander Turner. It was one of Turner's best known plays.[2]

The play was performed again later in 1944 and then in 1959.

According to ABC Weekly it told the "story of the sinister happenings off the Australian coast in 1942, during the height of the Japanese threat to this country. Spies. Fascist agents, amateur detectives, smoke signals and bathing parties all have a part in the story."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (8 January 1944), "Coming on the air", ABC Weekly, nla.obj-1355156397, retrieved 27 January 2024 – via Trove
  2. ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1 July 1959), "Alexander Turner", ABC Weekly, nla.obj-1404251728, retrieved 27 January 2024 – via Trove
  3. ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (27 May 1959), "Two Australian Plays", ABC Weekly, nla.obj-1538664288, retrieved 27 January 2024 – via Trove