The First Gentleman is a 1945 Australian radio play by Betty Roland about Benjamin Boyd.[1][2] It was one of Roland's most notable works.[3]

The original cast included Hal Lashwood and Patricia Kennedy.[4] The production was well received and the ABC produced it again in 1952[5] and 1959.[6]

Premise

According to ABC Weekly it was "a lively chronicle play of early N.S.W., the story of Ben Boyd, mercurial, energetic and handsome, and of all that happened to his great schemes. She [Roland] has also taken the liberty of inventing a love story to leaven the rigid facts of history."[6]

References

  1. ↑ "BROADCASTING". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 30, 812. Victoria, Australia. 31 May 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 21 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "RADIO HIGHLIGHTS". The Newcastle Sun. No. 8557. New South Wales, Australia. 31 May 1945. p. 12. Retrieved 21 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards An Australian Drama. p. 115, 167.
  4. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "This week's A.B.C. PLAYS on the National programmes", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 7 No. 21 (26 May 1945)), nla.obj-1326851346, retrieved 21 December 2023 – via Trove
  5. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "SATURDAY, February 16", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 14 No. 6 (9 February 1952)), nla.obj-1662133320, retrieved 21 December 2023 – via Trove
  6. 1 2 Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "Sunday Matinee", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 21 No. 24 (17 June 1959)), nla.obj-1553631834, retrieved 21 December 2023 – via Trove
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