The Opportunist

The Opportunist is a 1940 Australian radio play by Gwen Meredith.

The play featured in a festival of Australian radio plays on the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1940. It won the Listeners Award for the best play in this festival.

The success of the play helped launch Meredith's career as a radio dramatist.

The play was produced again in 1946.

Premise
The play 'begins in the office of a Queensland bank. An interview is in progress, between the young manager and a good looking, socially-inclined clerk, who has a confession to make about his use of the bank's money. The play quickly moves on from surprise to surprise."