Tailormade

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Tailor-made
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
SyndicatesABC
Written byClive Barry
Recording studioSydney
Original release1 March 1953

Tailormade is a 1953 Australian radio play by Clive Barry.[1] A rare radio play from Barry, it was one of the most popular Australian radio plays of the early 1950s.[2]

The play was performed again in 1956.[3]

Premise[edit]

An Australian tourist on the Adriatic Coast gets involved with a racketeer.

Original cast[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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. ^ "Radio plays at ABC", ABC Weekly, 18 (16), Sydney, 21 April 1956, retrieved 10 October 2023 – via Trove