Front Page Lead
| Genre | drama |
|---|---|
| Running time | 8:30 pm–10:00 pm |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Home station | BBC |
| Written by | Rex Rienits |
| Original release | October 1953 |
Front Page Lead is a 1953 British radio play by Rex Rienits.[1][2]
The play was performed for Australian radio in April and September 1954.[3][4]
Premise
[edit]The friend of a newspaper editor is murdered.[5]
According to the ABC, "Robert Frayne is making up the front page of the Echo one night when his maid, Celia, rings up to say she has just come to the flat and found there the dead body of Frayne’s friend Anthony Wainewright. Who would wish to murder WainewrigHt? How did he get into the Fraynes’ flat? For apparently while Robert Frayne was busy at the office, his wife. Laura, was visiting her invalid aunt and the maid was out with her boy-friend Frayne calls in the paper’s crime reporter Johnny Waring to help the police. As evidence is unravelled, it seems to point to suspicion of Laura." [6]
Reception
[edit]"The author's invention gave out very early on" wrote the Liverpool Post.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Radio". Evening Standard. 14 October 1953. p. 6.
- ^ "Light programmes". Radio Times. 16 October 1953. p. 17.
- ^ "Plays and Players". The Sun. No. 13784. New South Wales, Australia. 15 April 1954. p. 13 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 5 July 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (25 September 1954), "RADIO PLAYS for NEXT WEEK A.B.C.", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1695394362, retrieved 5 July 2025 – via Trove
- ^ "FRONT PAGE LEAD". South Coast Times And Wollongong Argus. Vol. LIV, no. 29. New South Wales, Australia. 12 April 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 5 July 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (10 April 1954), "RADIO PLAYS for NEXT WEEK A.B.C.", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1673028440, retrieved 5 July 2025 – via Trove
- ^ "Listening post". Liverpool Daily Post. 19 October 1953. p. 4.