Twilight of a Hero

Twilight of a Hero
Genre	drama play
Running time	75 mins (8:00 pm – 9:15 pm)
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
Home station	3LO
Syndicates	ABC
Written by	Patricia Hooker
Original release	13 November 1962

Twilight of a Hero was a 1962 Australian radio play by Patricia Hooker. It was her first radio play.^[1]

The play was the ABC's entry into the Italia Prize and was performed on the BBC. The BBC production was heard in the US and Canada.^[2]

The Age said it was "difficult stuff to tackle but it worked out quite well".^[3]

The play was produced again in 1963, 1966, 1970 and 1974.^[4]

Leslie Rees said in this and other Hooker plays, Concord of Sweet Sounds and Season in Hell, "the main preoccupation of the author was a vision of the torment of life—the study of pride, possessive love, ambition, jealousy, intense personal worship, acting between two or more emotion-torn human beings of special accomplishment, with keen analysis of the motives involved."^[5]

Premise

The play was centered around the love King David had for his son Absolom.

References

^ Smart, Bill (31 May 2013). "The Invisible Writer: Looking for Billy Smart". CST Online.
^ "Sydney Writer's". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, no. 10, 722. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 December 1963. p. 45. Retrieved 5 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Ariel (21 November 1962). "Bright side of concerts". The Age. p. 24.
^ "radio". The Canberra Times. Vol. 48, no. 13, 642. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 January 1974. p. 11. Retrieved 5 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. Angus & Robertson. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-207-15354-9.

External links

Twilight of a Hero at AustLit

[1] Smart, Bill (31 May 2013). "The Invisible Writer: Looking for Billy Smart". CST Online.

[2] "Sydney Writer's". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, no. 10, 722. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 December 1963. p. 45. Retrieved 5 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] Ariel (21 November 1962). "Bright side of concerts". The Age. p. 24.

[4] "radio". The Canberra Times. Vol. 48, no. 13, 642. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 January 1974. p. 11. Retrieved 5 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. Angus & Robertson. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-207-15354-9.

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