Girl of the Ballet is a 1942 Australian radio serial by Sumner Locke Elliott for the George Edwards Company. It was the story of "an insignificant milliner who became the rage of Europe and America. Scandal nearly wrecked her career, she had a tragic marriage, and ended her days clinging desperately to the tarnished trappings of her vanished glory.[1]
The series was popular and was repeated in 1943,[2] 1946[3] and 1949.[4]
Cast
edit- Nell Stirling
- George Edwards as Anton Orsov and Nikko Surevski.
- Maxwell Osbiston
- Marion Johns
- Eric Scott
- Ailsa Grahame
- Lorna Bingham
- Beulah Mayhew
Lily Parker
editElliott later wrote a 1947 serial about ballet for Edwards called Lily Parker.[5]
It was about "a dancing team, Lily Parker and Eddie du Core, and the tragedy that caught up with Lily Parker, a ballet dancing couple".[6]
References
edit- ^ "DANCER HAD TRAGIC LIFE", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, August 8, 1942, retrieved 20 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "ANNOUNCING "GIRL OF THE BALLET"". The Mercury. Vol. CLVII, no. 22, 590. Tasmania, Australia. 27 April 1943. p. 7. Retrieved 20 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "N.S.W. PROGRAMMES", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 15 June 1946, nla.obj-1334131344, retrieved 20 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "RADIOPINION". Sunday Mail. No. 1006. Queensland, Australia. 31 July 1949. p. 7. Retrieved 20 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "5KA". News. Vol. 48, no. 7, 337. South Australia. 7 February 1947. p. 7. Retrieved 20 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "RADIO PLAYS", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 4 January 1947, retrieved 20 February 2024 – via Trove
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