"Galapagos"

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 33, 1 March 1929, Page 7

"Galapagos"

Radio Drama Proves Very Successful ON Thursday, February 14, the Auckland Dramatic Players, under the direction of Mr. J. F. Montague, presented "Galapagos" at i1YA. The radio production was remarkably successful. The Broadcasting Company’s official listener at Silverdale, Captain Bayley, ‘in the ycourse of a report to the com"pany, states: Incidentally the dramatic narration-with effects-of "Galapagos" was a truly magnificent triumph-nothing less-for the performers, and represented to me the keenest pleasure I have yet received over the air from anywhere! "Galapagos" is the true story of the fate which overtook the Norwegian barque Alexander and the tragic experiencés of the crew on the barren island of Galapagos. The radio production was complete with full effects such as sea chanties, ship’s bells, the roar of the surf and other incidental noises. In connection with this programme, it is interesting to be able to state that , it was specially inquired for by the Broadcasting Company and obtained in America by the company’s consultant over there, Mr. Edgar Felix. So successful was the broadcast from 1YA that the play will no doubt be produced at one or other of the company’s stations at a future date.