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Shout at the Thunder is a 1942 Australia play by Gwen Meredith. It had a rural setting of the kind Meredith would so successfully exploit on radio.

The Sydney Morning Herald called it a "poorly conceived play". The Daily Mirror said star Gwen Plumn was "outstanding".

The Wireless Weekly said "Gwen Meredith has won a certain amount of success in the writing of trivial comedy. The poor quality of this, her first serious play, indicates she should return to her former medium. The play does not merit critical examination."

Premise

A father discovers his daughter's sweetheart is her brother.

References

1. "Music and Drama". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 32, 467. New South Wales, Australia. 17 January 1942. p. 10. Retrieved 12 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
2. ""Shout at the Thunder"". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 32, 468. New South Wales, Australia. 19 January 1942. p. 7. Retrieved 12 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "Australian Play Has Considerable Merit". Daily Mirror. Vol. 1, no. 216. New South Wales, Australia. 19 January 1942. p. 6 (Late Final Extra). Retrieved 12 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
4. Australasian Radio Relay League. (January 24, 1942), "The Little Theatres", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 37 (4), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-725902255, retrieved 12 September 2023 – via Trove

External links

• Shout at the Thunder at Ausstage

• 1940s Australian plays
• 1942 plays
• Plays set in Australia
• Works by Gwen Meredith