The Climate of Courage (radio play)

Radio show

The Climate of CourageGenre| radio play

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Running time| 60 mins (8:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
Country of origin| Australia
Language(s)| English
Home station| 2UW
Created by| Jon Cleary (original novel)
Written by| Richard Lane
Executive producer(s)| Harry Dearth
Original release| September 12, 1956 (1956-09-12)[1]

The Climate of Courage is a 1956 Australian radio play adapted from the novel The Climate of Courage by Jon Cleary.[2] It aired as part of Harry Dearth's Playhouse.[3]

It was broadcast again in 1962.[4]

## Premise

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Diring World War Two an AIF platoon is cut off from its battalion following a fight with the Japanese. They have to trek through the jungle to the coast.

## Cast

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* John Bushelle as Lieutenant Vern Radcliffe
* John Meillon as Sergeant Jack Savanna
* Brian James as Sergeant Greg Morley

## References

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1. ^ "Radio". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 12 September 1956. p. 10. Retrieved 10 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
2. ^ "Radio Plays for Next Week – A. B. C. Commercial", ABC Weekly, 18 (36), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 8 September 1956, nla.obj-1317684817, retrieved 10 September 2023 – via Trove
3. ^ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 12 September 1956. p. 22. Retrieved 10 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
4. ^ "2CA On The Air! 2CA". The Canberra Times. Vol. 36, no. 10, 289. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 July 1962. p. 21. Retrieved 28 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

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Works by Jon Cleary

Novels|

| 1940s|

* These Small Glories (1946) (short stories)
* You Can't See 'Round Corners (1947)
* The Long Shadow (1949)

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1950s|

* Just Let Me Be (1950)
* The Sundowners (1952)
* The Climate of Courage (1954)
* Justin Bayard (1955)
* The Green Helmet (1957)
* Back of Sunset (1959)
* Strike Me Lucky (1959)

1960s|

* North from Thursday (1960)
* The Country of Marriage (1962)
* Forests of the Night (1963)
* A Flight of Chariots (1963)
* The Fall of an Eagle (1965)
* The High Commissioner (1966)
* The Pulse of Danger (1966)
* The Long Pursuit (1967)
* Season of Doubt (1968)
* Remember Jack Hoxie (1969)

1970s|

* Helga's Web (1970)
* Mask of the Andes (1971)
* Man's Estate (1972)
* Ransom (1973)
* Peter's Pence (1974)
* The Safe House (1975)
* A Sound of Lightning (1976)
* High Road to China (1977)
* Vortex (1978)
* The Beaufort Sisters (1979)

1980s|

* A Very Private War (1980)
* The Faraway Drums (1981)
* The Golden Sabre (1981)
* Spearfield's Daughter (1982)
* The Phoenix Tree (1984)
* The City of Fading Light (1985)
* Dragons at the Party (1987)
* Now and Then, Amen (1988)
* Babylon South (1989)

1990s|

* You, the Jury (1990) (reprint of 1950 Just Let Me Be)
* Murder Song (1990)
* Pride's Harvest (1991)
* Dark Summer (1992)
* Bleak Spring (1993)
* Autumn Maze (1994)
* Winter Chill (1995)
* Endpeace (1996)
* A Different Turf (1997)
* Five Ring Circus (1998)
* Dilemma (1999)

2000s|

* Bear Pit (2000)
* Yesterday's Shadow (2001)
* The Easy Sin (2002)
* Degrees of Connection (2003)
* Miss Ambar Regrets (2004)
* Morning's Gone (2006)
* Four-Cornered Circle (2007)

Films|

* Dust in the Sun (1958)
* The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
* The Sundowners (1960)
* The Green Helmet (1961)
* Damon and Pythias (1962)
* The Diamond Smugglers (1964)
* Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner) (1968)
* You Can't See 'round Corners (1969)
* Sidecar Racers (1975)
* Scobie Malone (1975)
* High Road to China (1983)

TV|

* Knife in the Family (1957)
* Bus Stop (1961) (2 eps)
* You Can't See 'Round Corners (1967)
* Spearfield's Daughter (1986)

Radio|

* Safe Horizon (1945)
* The Sundowners (1953)
* The Climate of Courage (1956)

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