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The Bolero Murder

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The Bolero Murder
Genreplay drama
Running time55 mins[1] (8:05 pm – 9:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Written byEdmund Barclay
Joy Hollyer
Original releaseAugust 25, 1945 (1945-08-25)

The Bolero Murder is a 1945 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay and Joy Hollyer.[2] It was one of a number of plays the two collarboated on together.[3]

The play was well regarded and was produced again in 1949.[4]

Premise

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A conductor is murdered during the playing of Ravel's Bolero.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Radio Highlights". The Newcastle Sun. No. 8632. New South Wales, Australia. 28 August 1945. p. 10. Retrieved 25 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Programme Highlights – What's oft This Week", ABC Weekly, 7 (34), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 25 August 1945, nla.obj-1401648512, retrieved 25 September 2023 – via Trove
  3. ^ Marion Consandine, 'Barclay, Edmund Piers (Teddy) (1898–1961)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barclay-edmund-piers-teddy-9425/text16569, published first in hardcopy 1993, accessed online 25 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Tonight's Radio". The News. Vol. 52, no. 7, 993. South Australia. 18 March 1949. p. 15. Retrieved 25 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Tuesday", ABC Weekly, 7 (34), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 25 August 1945, nla.obj-1401649124, retrieved 25 September 2023 – via Trove
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