Drift (radio play)
Drift is a 1941 Australian radio play by Thomas Wainwright.{{Citation
| title=Australia on the Air
|magazine=ABC Weekly
| date=18 January 1941
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1309865275
| access-date=8 February 2024
| via=Trove
}}
Gilchrist was a sailor and based the play on his own experiences on a route to Nauru.{{Citation
| title=Plays of the Air
|magazine=ABC Weekly
| date=18 January 1941
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1309866548
| access-date=8 February 2024
| via=Trove
}} He wrote a number of short stories over the years.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246998971 |title=Our Short Story |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |volume=4 |issue=269 |date=27 December 1934 |access-date=8 February 2024 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}} His other radio plays included You'll Write to Irene{{Citation
| title=Radio Plays for Next Week A. B. C.
|magazine=ABC Weekly
| date=24 March 1956
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1427919464
| access-date=8 February 2024
| via=Trove
}} and The Pilgrimmage.
Leslie Rees called it, and Gilchrist's Aphrodite, among the best plays of the year.{{Citation
| title=Plays of the Air Best of the Year
|magazine=ABC Weekly
| date=20 December 1941
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1323474773
| access-date=8 February 2024
| via=Trove
}}
Premise
"Drift gives a graphic pictures of the "nerves' on board a ship drifting day after day on the equatorial current of the phosphate island of Nauru, and culminating in death and mutiny. Written by a man who has him-self sailed the seven seas and commanded his own ship, Drift has the authentic ring and flavor of life aboard a tramp steamer."{{Citation
| title=Friday Jan. 24
|magazine=The Wireless Weekly
| date=January 18, 1941
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-713156703
| access-date=8 February 2024
| via=Trove
}}