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Radio show
Tailormade
GenreRadio drama
Running time1 hour
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
SyndicatesABC
Written byClive Barry
Recording studioSydney
Original release1 March 1953

Tailormade is a comedic radio play by Clive Barry, broadcast in Australia in 1953, and popular in its time.

Premise

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. 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.

Original Cast

  • Lionel Stevens as Sardonic
  • Sidney Chambers as Horse
  • Dinah Shearing as Anna
  • Alastair Duncan as Ciccio
  • Rod Taylor as Vendor

References

  1. "Plays and Players". The Sun. No. 13, 433. New South Wales, Australia. 27 February 1953. p. 10 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 10 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards an Australian Drama. p. 188.
  3. "Vol. 15 No. 9 (28 February 1953)". Trove. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  4. "Vol. 15 No. 31 (1 August 1953)". Trove. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
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