The Earthquake Shakes the Land
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| Genre | verse drama play |
|---|---|
| Running time | 90 mins (8:00 pm – 9:30 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Syndicates | ABC |
| Written by | Douglas Stewart |
| Directed by | Frank Cewlow |
| Original release | August 22, 1944 |
The Earthquake Shakes the Land is an Australian radio play in verse by Douglas Stewart. It concerns the Invasion of the Waikato in the New Zealand Wars.[1] It was a companion piece to Stewart's The Golden Lover.[2]
The play was well regarded. The ABC produced it again in 1948.[3]
The Bulletin reviewed it saying the play was "something too big for an hour and a half of radio. It is right that it should be played fast, but haste is different; and the impression is that this is being hastily done."[4]
Leslie Rees wrote "it had only a half-success when heard on the A.B.C. air."[5] Unlike Stewart's other verse plays performed on radio, The Fire in the Snow, Ned Kelly, Shipwrecked, Fisher's Ghost and The Golden Lover, it was not published in book form.[6]