Stockade (play)
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Genreverse drama
Running time60 mins
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
| Genre | verse drama |
|---|---|
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Syndicates | ABC |
| Written by | Richard Lane |
| Original release | 1942 |
Stockade is a 1942 radio play by Richard Lane who regarded it as one of his most significant works.[1] It is a verse drama about the Eureka Rebellion. It tells the story though Bridget Shannahan who was on Bakery during the Stockade period. She was a real person, grandmother to Lane's then-wife.[2][3]
It aired in 1942. Wireless Weekly called it "an artistic success".[4] Other views were also positive.[5]
The play was produced again in 1943,[6] 1947[7][8] and in 1950.[9]
Leslie Rees called it "a good free-verse treatment of a difficult subject, from a particular point of view."[10]