The Man with the Donkey is a 1938 Australian radio drama by Harry Paull about
John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his donkey during
World War One. It aired on the ABC on Anzac Day in 1938.[3]
The play was produced again on the ABC on Anzac Day in 1945[4] and 1951.[5]
Premise
According to the press release the play "re-creates the circumstances of the landing, and pays a clear tribute to “the man with the donkey” the man who was sometimes called “Scotty” and sometimes “Murphy,” though actually he was born in Durham, England."[6]
References
^"Anzac Day Broadcasts", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 31 (16), Sydney: Wireless Press, April 22, 1938, retrieved 6 November 2023 – via Trove
^"Monday April 25", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 31 (16), Sydney: Wireless Press, April 22, 1938, retrieved 6 November 2023 – via Trove
^"Radio plays for April", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 31 (13), Sydney: Wireless Press, April 1, 1938, retrieved 6 November 2023 – via Trove
^"Wednesday, April 25", ABC Weekly, 13 (16), Sydney, 21 April 1951, retrieved 6 November 2023 – via Trove
^"ANZAC BROADCAST". Shepparton Advertiser. Vol. 3, no. 383. Victoria, Australia. 22 April 1938. p. 20. Retrieved 6 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.