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Twilight of a Hero was a 1962 Australian radio play by Patricia Hooker. It was her first radio play.

The play was the ABC's entry into the Italia Prize and was performed on the BBC. The BBC production was heard in the US and Canada.

The Age said it was "difficult stuff to tackle but it worked out quite well".

The play was produced again in 1963, 1966, 1970 and 1974.

Leslie Rees said in this and other Hooker plays, Concord of Sweet Sounds and Season in Hell, "the main preoccupation of the author was a vision of the torment of life—the study of pride, possessive love, ambition, jealousy, intense personal worship, acting between two or more emotion-torn human beings of special accomplishment, with keen analysis of the motives involved."

Premise

The love King David had for his son Absolom.

References

1. Smart, Bill (31 May 2013). "The Invisible Writer: Looking for Billy Smart". CST Online.
2. "Sydney Writer's". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, no. 10, 722. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 December 1963. p. 45. Retrieved 5 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
3. Ariel (21 November 1962). "Bright side of concerts". The Age. p. 24.
4. "radio". The Canberra Times. Vol. 48, no. 13, 642. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 January 1974. p. 11. Retrieved 5 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
5. Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. Angus & Robertson. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-207-15354-9.

External links

• Twilight of a Hero at AustLit

• 1960s Australian radio dramas
• Plays by Patricia Hooker
• 1970s Australian radio dramas