Tailormade
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| Genre | Radio drama |
|---|---|
| Running time | 1 hour |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Syndicates | ABC |
| Written by | Clive Barry |
| Recording studio | Sydney |
| Original release | 1 March 1953 |
Tailormade is a comedic radio play by Clive Barry, broadcast in Australia in 1953,[1] and popular in its time.[2]
Premise
[edit | edit source]Our racketeering narrator, Signor Sardonic—a self-confessed "blue-jawed postwar parasite"—meets Australian tourist Mr. Horse—seemingly "a fairly simple sort of cove"—who is driving a London taxi cab up the Adriatic coastline.[3] Together they strike up a conversation with a blonde artist from Switzerland, Anna.
Horse returns as the protagonist of Barry's second and final piece for radio—Key Fee.[4]
Original Cast
[edit | edit source]- Lionel Stevens as Sardonic
- Sidney Chambers as Horse
- Dinah Shearing as Anna
- Alastair Duncan as Ciccio
- Rod Taylor as Vendor
References
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