Chris Gardner was the pen name for Marjorie Gardner, an English-Australian writer of television, radio and theatre.[1]

She was born in England and emigrated to Australia in the 1950s, settling at Woody Point, Queensland. Gardner started writing when briefly bed-ridden due to a slipped disc then became more serious about it when she joined a Brisbane radio group in 1956.[2]

Her radio plays were produced by the ABC. She also wrote for stage and television.[3] Her stage play The Pub at Pelican Creek was commended in the 1958 General Motors play competition.[4] Her television play Dark Under the Sun featured one of the first interracial romances on Australian television.[5]

Select credits

  • The Masterpiece (1957) - short story[6]
  • A Gift for George (1957) - short story[7]
  • The Pub at Pelican Creek (1958) - stage play[8][9]
  • Conflict (1958) - short story[10]
  • Dark Under the Sun (1960) - television play, also adapted for radio
  • The House of Mancello (1962) - television play, also adapted for radio[11]
  • A Private Island (1964) - television play, also adapted for radio in 1965[12][13]
  • A passage in the life of Mr Watkins Tottle - radio play
  • Who's Perfect? - radio play
  • Kate's Journal - radio play

References

  1. ↑ Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. p. 381.
  2. ↑ "Q'land housewife writes TV drama". TV Times Qld. 4 February 1960. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "Untitled". The Age. 12 April 1962. p. 15.
  4. ↑ Tennant, Kylie (19 December 1958). "Talent without experience in play contest". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 2.
  5. ↑ "Excellent drama lacked viewers". The Age. 1 April 1960. p. 31.
  6. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "All the RADIO Programmes", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 19 No. 43 (23 October 1957)), nla.obj-1334242783, retrieved 11 September 2023 – via Trove
  7. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "TUESDAY JUNE 18", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 19 No. 24 (15 June 1957)), nla.obj-1556373722, retrieved 11 September 2023 – via Trove
  8. ↑ 'Place in Australian Plays' Eunice Hanger The Australian Quarterly Vol. 34, No. 2 (Jun., 1962), pp. 67-73 (7 pages)
  9. ↑ "SUNDRY SHOWS age and Music", The bulletin., John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald (Vol. 81 No. 4213 (9 Nov 1960)), ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-1846566800, retrieved 11 September 2023 – via Trove
  10. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "TUESDAY JUNE 3", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 20 No. 22 (28 May 1958)), nla.obj-1436703260, retrieved 11 September 2023 – via Trove
  11. ↑ "In evening gown, she bottled peaches". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 29, no. [?]. Australia. 16 May 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 31 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "Drama on radio". The Age. 29 April 1965. p. 25.
  13. ↑ "ABC-TV finds the road to Asia". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 021. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 December 1964. p. 17. Retrieved 11 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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