Job (radio play)
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 Wireless Weekly 20 Sept 1941 | |
| Genre | drama |
|---|---|
| Running time | 60 mins (8:15 pm – 9:15 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | 2FC |
| Written by | Edmund Barclay |
| Recording studio | Sydney |
| Original release | 25 June 1939[1] |
Job is a 1939 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay performed on the Australian Broadcasting Commission. It is an adaptation of the Book of Job.
It was one of a series of adaptations Barclay did on older works - others included Pilgrim's Progress, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Wild Ass's Skin.[2]
The production was much acclaimed; Leslie Rees felt Job was among Barclay's finest adaptations.[3] He had earlier called the play "an eloquent and powerful piece of work. No doubt it will frighten the Woolacotts off the National wavelengths, but the sort of listener who enjoyed The Fire on the Snow — and they are legion - will appreciate the pathos, dignity and great human triumph of this drama."[4]