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Night of the Gods is a 1959 British radio play by Bruce Stewart set in the context of the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. The play was broadcast on the evening 31st January 1959 and the afternoon of the 2nd of February 1959.

The play was performed on Australian radio in 1961.

Premise

Case, an embittered Englishman, flees a robbery with a Maori. In the bush he changes clothes with a clergyman.

Cast

• Inia Te Wiata as Jacob, a Maori
• Allan McClelland as Case
• Beryl Calder as Mary Brian
• Harold Reese as Rogers, a bank clerk
• Philip Cunningham as Colonel Polderoy
• Anthony Viccars as The Rev Mr Burbridge
• Duncan McLntyre as McRae, a publican:
• Godfrey Kenton as Mr Bridan, her father
• David March as Captain Standish:
• Sheila Manahan as Caroline Standish, his wife
• Arthur Lawrence as Mr Parker
• Ronald Baddiley as Moroney, a constable

References

1. "Radio". Leicester Evening Mail. 31 January 1959. p. 2.
2. "In the Limelight". The Surrey Mirror and County Post. 30 January 1959. p. 12.
3. "Bruce Stewart Seeks Change From TV Scripts". Press. 10 October 1961. p. 13.
4. "BBC Home Service Programme Index 1959 January Sat 31:21:15 Saturday-Night Theatre presents Inia Te Wiata, Allan McClelland and Beryl Caldcr in ' NIGHT OF THE GODS '". BBC. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
5. "Inia Te Wiata Allan McClelland and Beryl Calder in ' NIGHT OF THE GODS'". BBC. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
6. "Chikiov's Strange Task". The Age. 18 May 1961. p. 26.

External links

• Night of the Gods at Genome

• Works by Bruce Stewart
• 1959 radio dramas
• British radio dramas
• BBC Radio dramas
• 1960s Australian radio dramas