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Safe Horizon (radio play)

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Safe Horizon
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins (8:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
Hosted byABC
Written byJon Cleary
Directed byCharles Wheeler
Original release1 March 1945

Safe Horizon is a 1945 radio play by Jon Cleary.

It won equal first prize in an ABC writing competition.[1] The play helped launch Cleary's career as a professional writer.[2]

The production was repeated later in the year. Cleary adapted the play into a short story which was published in a 1946 collection of Cleary's stories, These Small Glories.[3]

Premise

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A group of Australian soldiers try to escape Greece during World War Two, including a sergeant.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Divided Award In ABC Competition". The Mercury. Vol. CLXI, no. 23, 140. Tasmania, Australia. 31 January 1945. p. 7. Retrieved 2 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Thursday", ABC Weekly, 7 (8), Sydney, 24 February 1945, retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Trove
  3. ^ "Today's Book Review". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 11 July 1946. p. 2 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 2 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Prize-winner's play on A.B.C.", ABC Weekly, 7 (8), Sydney, 24 February 1945, retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Trove
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