Tailormade

Tailormade
Genre	Radio drama
Running time	1 hour
Country of origin	Australia
Language	English
Syndicates	ABC
Written by	Clive Barry
Recording studio	Sydney
Original release	1 March 1953

Tailormade is a comedic radio play by Clive Barry, broadcast in Australia in 1953, and popular in its time.

Premise

Our racketeering narrator, Signor Sardonic—a self-confessed "blue-jawed postwar parasite"—meets Australian tourist Mr. Horse—seemingly "a fairly simple sort of cove"—who is driving a London taxi cab up the Adriatic coastline. Together they strike up a conversation with a blonde artist from Switzerland, Anna.

Horse returns as the protagonist of Barry's second and final piece for radio—Key Fee.

Original Cast

Lionel Stevens as Sardonic
Sidney Chambers as Horse
Dinah Shearing as Anna
Alastair Duncan as Ciccio
Rod Taylor as Vendor

References

↑ "Plays and Players". The Sun. No. 13, 433. New South Wales, Australia. 27 February 1953. p. 10 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 10 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards an Australian Drama. p. 188.
↑ "Vol. 15 No. 9 (28 February 1953)". Trove. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
↑ "Vol. 15 No. 31 (1 August 1953)". Trove. Retrieved 26 November 2024.

[1] "Plays and Players". The Sun. No. 13, 433. New South Wales, Australia. 27 February 1953. p. 10 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 10 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards an Australian Drama. p. 188.

[3] "Vol. 15 No. 9 (28 February 1953)". Trove. Retrieved 26 November 2024.

[4] "Vol. 15 No. 31 (1 August 1953)". Trove. Retrieved 26 November 2024.