FRANKENSTEIN
[NOVEL; RADIO]
Mary Shelley…
THE FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER (3AR, MELBOURNE)
[Tuesday—12:15- PM]
March 22, 1932
[Wednesday—12:15- PM]
April 6, 1932
April 13, 1932
April 20, 1932
THE SUPERNATURAL IN FICTION (3AR, MELBOURNE)
[Thursday—
April 20, 1933 “‘Frankenstein’ and ‘The Phantom Ship’”
[MELBOURNE ARGUS: “…by T. R. Mackenzie, M.A….”]
(2GB, SYDNEY)
[Sunday—8:45-9:15 PM]
July 16, 1933 “Frankenstein”
[QUEENSLANDER: “…the well-known drama, relayed from 2GB,
Sydney…”]
(7LA, LAUNCESTON)
[Thursday—8:45-10:00 PM]
June 6, 1935 “Frankenstein”
[LAUNCESTON EXAMINER: “…a recorded play…”]
(2UW, SYDNEY)
[Friday—8:00-8:45 PM]
July 19, 1935 “Frankenstein”
STRAMGE AS IT SEEMS (NBC-RED)
[Friday—
December 18, 1936??
[FRESNO BEE: “…Strange As It Seems will dramatize the fact that
Frankenstein, the horror story, was written by a 19-year-old girl to amuse
a dinner party of four persons…”]
(4QG, BRISBANE)
[Thursday—7:00-7:20 PM]
March 11, 1937 “Frankenstein Monsters”
[TOWNSVILLE DAILY BULLETIN: “…Talk by Mr. D. A. Herbert…”]
[OG-NOTE: Earlier the same day Herbert, listed as “D.Sc.”, broadcast from 4QG a talk
about “Australian Ground Orchids,” (“arr. Horticultural Society of Queensland”), so
who knows what his “Frankenstein” chat was really about…]
THE MONDAY NIGHT SPECIAL (NBC)
[Monday—9:30-10:00 PM]
August 30, 1937 “The Story of ‘Frankenstein’”
[CENTRALIA DAILY CHRONICLE: “...The story behind the writing of the
blood curdling ‘Frankenstein’ will be dramatized by the National
Players… Percy Bysshe Shelley, writer of immortally beautiful poetry, was
actually the man responsible for the horror story, according to the
Player’s drama…”]
FRANKENSTEIN
[NOVEL; RADIO-SERIAL]
This Australian serial version of the Mary Shelley novel has long been misidentified as a 1932
production. But George Edwards was not even doing serials of classic literature in 1932.
ORIGINATION: 2UW, Sydney, New South Wales.
[OG-NOTE: Electrical transcriptions of this series were distributed by the George Edwards Company.]
DURATION: May 16-June 6, 1938.
PERSONNEL: George Edwards (producer), Maurice Francis (scriptwriter)?
CAST: George Edwards (Victor Frankenstein/The Monster), Nell Stirling (Elizabeth), et al.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: Episodes nos. 1-13 of the transcription series adapted from the original broadcasts.
[PROGRAM LOG]
FRANKENSTEIN (2UW, SYDNEY)
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May 16, 1938 [EP. 1]
June 6, 1938 [EP. 13]