Shanghai (radio serial)

Shanghai is a 1936 radio serial by Edmund Barclay.[2] It ran for 26 weeks.[3]

Shanghai
Genredrama serial
Running time30 mins (8:00 pm – 8:30 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
Written byEdmund Barclay
Directed byLawrence H Cecil[1]
Original release6 July 1936 –
September 28, 1936 (1936-09-28)
No. of series1
No. of episodes13

It was reportedly based on the experiences of Barlcay's father in India and followed on the success of Barclay's earlier serial, Khyber.[4]

The serial was very popular and Barclay later adapted it into a novel, published by Angus and Robertson in 1937.[5][6][7] The Bulletin described it as "Love and adventure in the Far East. Shaio Pao, the Lily, a Chinese princess, is the figure of mystery. Jerry, a second mate, and Ursula, a medical missioner, are the couple who glimpse each other at the beginning and are tied together at the end. The writer knows his job. "[8]

Select episodes edit

  • Episode 1 (6 July 1936) - Typhoon[9]
  • Episode 2 (13 July 1936) - On the Beach
  • Episode 3 (20 July 1936) - Soochow Creek
  • Episode 4 (27 July 1936) - River Pirates
  • Episode 5 (3 Aug 1936) - THe Bitter Pill
  • Episode 6 (10 Aug 1936)[10]
  • Episode 7 (17 Aug 1936) - North vs South
  • Episode 8 (24 Aug 1936) - Give and Take
  • Episode 9 (31 Aug 1936) - A Chinese Puzzle
  • Episode 10 (7 Sept 1936) - Ursula or the Lily[11]
  • Episode 11 (14 Sept 1936) - The Dragon
  • Episode 12 (21 Sept 1936) - Victory in Sight
  • Episode 13 (28 Sept 1936) - Homeward Bound (lasst episode)[12]

References edit

  1. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (July 3, 1936), "Monday July 6", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 28 (1), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-718247578, retrieved 2 September 2023 – via Trove
  2. ^ "Listening in on Radio". The Labor Daily. No. 3914. New South Wales, Australia. 22 June 1936. p. 8. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "On The Air". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. I, no. 91. New South Wales, Australia. 6 July 1936. p. 6. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Marion Consandine, 'Barclay, Edmund Piers (Teddy) (1898–1961)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barclay-edmund-piers-teddy-9425/text16569, published first in hardcopy 1993, accessed online 2 September 2023.
  5. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (May 20, 1938), "A.B.C. Playwright Edmund Barclay at Home", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 31 (20), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-714416621, retrieved 2 September 2023 – via Trove
  6. ^ "Thriller". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 7 August 1937. p. 14 (Late Week End Final All the News). Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Oriental Mystery". Sunday Mail. No. 379. Queensland, Australia. 25 July 1937. p. 35. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Reviewed Briefly.", The Bulletin, John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., 58 (2997), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 21 Jul 1937, ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-571420018, retrieved 8 October 2023 – via Trove
  9. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (July 3, 1936), "MONDAY JULY 6", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 28 (1), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-718247578, retrieved 8 October 2023 – via Trove
  10. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (August 7, 1936), "MONDAY AUGUST 10", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 28 (6), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-718330538, retrieved 8 October 2023 – via Trove
  11. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (September 4, 1936), "MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 28 (10), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-718312154, retrieved 4 October 2023 – via Trove
  12. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (September 25, 1936), "MONDAY SEPTEMBER 28", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 28 (13), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-718360257, retrieved 8 October 2023 – via Trove