Silver from Satan
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| format = drama play
| runtime = 60 mins
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| country = Australia
| language = English
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| syndicates = ABC
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| writer = Max Afford
| director = Lawrence H. Cecil{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30778254 |title=Policy Talks Over 5CL=CK |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |location=South Australia |date=18 September 1937 |accessdate=30 October 2023 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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| record_location = Adelaide
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| first_aired = {{Start date|1937|09|24}}
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Silver from Satan is a 1937 Australian radio play by Max Afford.
It was originally recorded in Adelaide.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36375887 |title=Praise For Adelaide Amateur Players |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |location=South Australia |date=5 October 1937 |accessdate=30 October 2023 |page=25 |via=National Library of Australia}}
The play was popular and was performed again in 1938{{Citation
| author1=Australasian Radio Relay League.
| title=Index
| journal=The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal
| year=
| volume = 31 | issue =1 | date = January 7, 1938
| location=Sydney
| publisher=Wireless Press
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-706067532
| id=nla.obj-706067532
| access-date=30 October 2023
| via=Trove
}} and 1940.{{Citation
| author1=Australasian Radio Relay League.
| title=Saturday .. Dec. 28
| journal=The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal
| year=
| volume = 35 | issue =51 | date = December 21, 1940
| location=Sydney
| publisher=Wireless Press
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-720767316
| id=nla.obj-720767316
| access-date=30 October 2023
| via=Trove
}}
Premise
According to Wireless Weekly
Laid in a provance in Italy, this drama revolves about the troubled period of 1748, when the tyrannical Duke Allessandro oppressed his people and fomented the country into a state of open rebellion. Secret societies sprang up, plotting the overthrow of the tyrant, and one of these, the Brotherhood of the Holy- Cross was led by the gentle and wise Salamo, a rich Italian landholder. On Salamo’s land worked Guido Fornari, a young farmer. To this lad came the unexpected windfall of a number of coins, found buried in Salamo’s field. The author has traced the influence of this money on the young farmer's character, and the Climax of the play, inevitable in its tragedy, is highly dramatic.{{Citation| author1=Australasian Radio Relay League.
| title=Friday {Sept. 24]
| journal=The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal
| year=
| volume = 30 | issue =13 | date = September 24, 1937
| location=Sydney
| publisher=Wireless Press
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-717886970
| id=nla.obj-717886970
| access-date=30 October 2023
| via=Trove
}} {{PD-notice}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/work/1243 Silver from Satan] at Ausstage
Category:Radio plays by Max Afford
Category:1937 Australian radio dramas