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Lure of the Inland Sea
Genre	drama play
Running time	60 mins
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
Written by	Dymphna Cusack
Original release	1945

Lure of the Island Sea is a 1945 Australian radio play by Dymphna Cusack about Charles Sturt.^[1]^[2] It was one of Cusack's main radio plays and was recorded in Melbourne.^[3]

The play focused on Sturt's expedition to discover the inland sea.^[4] Cusack had written a piece about the expedition in 1944.^[5]

It is not to be confused with another radio play about Sturt, The Heroic Journey.

Cast

Walter Pym as Charles Sturt
Douglas Reid
Reginald Goldsworthy
John D'arcy

References

^ "This Week's Radio Features". The Advertiser. Vol. 87, no. 27046. Adelaide. 9 June 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Sunday", ABC Weekly, 9 June 1945, retrieved 18 February 2024 – via Trove
^ Phil, Peter (2016). Drama in Silent Rooms. Eureka. p. 212.
^ "This week's A.B.C. PLAYS on the National programmes", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 9 June 1945, retrieved 19 February 2024 – via Trove
^ "Centenary of a Search: Sturt's Last Journeys". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33,271. 12 August 1944. p. 9. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Lure of the Island Sea at Ausstage

[1] "This Week's Radio Features". The Advertiser. Vol. 87, no. 27046. Adelaide. 9 June 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "Sunday", ABC Weekly, 9 June 1945, retrieved 18 February 2024 – via Trove

[3] Phil, Peter (2016). Drama in Silent Rooms. Eureka. p. 212.

[4] "This week's A.B.C. PLAYS on the National programmes", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 9 June 1945, retrieved 19 February 2024 – via Trove

[5] "Centenary of a Search: Sturt's Last Journeys". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33,271. 12 August 1944. p. 9. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

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