The Last Foot

The Last Foot
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins (8:30 am – 9:30 am)
Country of originAustralia
LanguageEnglish
SyndicatesABC
StarringJohn Nugent Hayward
Written byF. B. Vickers
Directed byAlexander Turner
Recording studioPerth
Original releaseJanuary 14, 1951 (1951-01-14)

The Last Foot is an Australian radio play by F. B. Vickers. It was produced in Perth for the ABC's Jubilee Celebration.

According to Leslie Rees, the play was one of the most highly regarded Australian radio plays of the 1950s that came from Perth.

Premise

A young prospector and his Italian friend strike what looks like a promising lead but the prospector falls in love at the same time.

References

  1. ↑ "Week-End Highspots". The Herald. No. 22, 977. Victoria, Australia. 13 January 1951. p. 18. Retrieved 14 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Notes On Radio". The Sunday Herald (Sydney). No. 103. New South Wales, Australia. 14 January 1951. p. 10 (Features). Retrieved 14 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Radio Plays for Next Week A.B. C. Jubilee Productions of Radio Plays Both Old and New", ABC Weekly, 12 (52), Sydney, 30 December 1950, retrieved 14 October 2023 – via Trove
  4. ↑ Rees, Leslie (1953), Towards an Australian drama, Angus and Robertson, retrieved 15 October 2023. page 167
  5. ↑ "A.B.C. Radio Plays", ABC Weekly, 13 (2), Sydney, 13 January 1951, retrieved 14 October 2023 – via Trove