Kathleen McArthur's Lunch Hour Theatre Scripts Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Artist. Author. Activist.
Take an audio journey through Kathleen McArthur’s life in this new podcast series. The legacy of Kathleen McArthur whose life blossomed on the Sunshine Coast has been captured in a new podcast series launched by Sunshine Coast Libraries.
Supported by the State Library of Queensland and the Queensland Government, Libraries have produced a podcast series of 22 episodes based on the Kathleen McArthur’s Lunch Hour Theatre Scripts Collection.
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Stories of women emigrating to Australia in the 19th Century. Letters home telling of the trials and tribulations in the harsh conditions of the Australian bush
Actors: Lilliemay Cheung, Patricia Coles, Karen Harper, Joy Marshall and Errol Morrison
Reference: No Place for a Nervous Lady by Lucy Frost. Penguin 1984
Songs:
Nobody knows the Trouble I’ve Seen | Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen lyrics © Bluewater Music Corp., Songtrust Ave, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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This is the story of the Lunch Hour theatre and where it all began
Actors: Lilliemay Cheung, Patricia Coles, Karen Harper, Joy Marshall and Errol Morrison
Songs:
Friendship by Judy Garland and Johnny Mercer (1940)
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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Kathleen McArthur finds it very amusing that the Opening of the Sewerage Works in Caloundra could attract such pomp and ceremony
Actors: Patricia Coles, Karen Harper, Martin Harding, Joy Marshall and Errol Morrison
Poetry: True Religion by Judith Wright | Copyright: The Estate of Judith Wright
Songs:
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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Kathleen McArthur established the Caloundra Branch of the Queensland Wildlife Preservation Society in 1963. Council’s constant tidying up of nature was an anathema to Kathleen and she was very vocal on the issue. She was a thorn in the side of all bureaucracy
Actors: Patricia Coles, Karen Harper, Martin Harding, Joy Marshall and Errol Morrison
Poetry: True Religion by Judith Wright | Copyright: The Estate of Judith Wright
Songs:
Jolly Good Company by The Riverboat Banjo Band
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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Kathleen McArthur with tongue in cheek said the road to prosperity is simple, we just have to stop being parochial
Actors: Patricia Coles, Karen Harper, Martin Harding, Joy Marshall and Errol Morrison
Love You Queensland: Sunshine Television Network Promo - 1992. * Producer/Director/Editor "Love You Queensland": Alun Humphreys (Network Promotions Director for Sunshine Television Network).
Songs:
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Bundaberg Rum by Ian McNamara and The Burgundian Consort
Producer: James Russell Music
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Kathleen McArthur was chosen as the Sunshine Coast Daily’s Citizen of the Century in 2002. Kathleen’s passionate commitment, meticulous research and articulate advocacy contributed significantly to the preservation of the environment
Actors: Patricia Coles, Martin Harding, Joy Marshall and Errol Morrison
Songs:
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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When Kathleen McArthur and Judith Wright stood on the top of Mount Tinbeerwah behind Noosa in 1953, they immediately saw the fascinating system of sand mass with related river and lakes would make a unique National Park
Actors: Patricia Coles, Martin Harding, Joy Marshall, Errol Morrison and James Russell
Reference: The Quiet Crisis by Stewart L Udall, 1963
Songs:
The Song of Cooloola performed by Karen Law and Murray Law – used with permission from WPSQ and written by Keith Bartholemew
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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Kathleen McArthur’s efforts were tireless. Writing letters to the newspapers warning of the dangers of CFCS and speaking about the precariousness of the Ozone layer and promoting the biological importance of the world’s seas and rainforests
Actors: Patricia Coles, Martin Harding, Joy Marshall, Errol Morrison, and James Russell
Poetry: The Bishop by Douglas Stewart | Curtis Brown (Aust) Pty Ltd
Songs:
Coral Coast |music and lyrics by Karen Law, performed by Karen Law and Murray Law
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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Kathleen McArthur’s greatest impact was as part of a growing collective dedicated to awakening Australia to the impact of environmental vandalism.
Actors: Patricia Coles, Martin Harding, Joy Marshall and Errol Morrison
Poetry: For Today by Judith Wright | Copyright: The Estate of Judith Wright
Songs:
Sleeping Like Koalas | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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Our program is about wild food in Australia so we will begin the menu by introducing you to wattle fritters!
Actors: Patricia Coles, Martin Harding, Joy Marshall, Errol Morrison and James Russell
Songs:
The Wattle is a Lady | words Amy Mack, music by Frank Hutchens, performed by Patricia Coles
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
References:
Wild Food in Australia | Cribb
Australian Natural History | the Australian Museum
Tom Petrie’s Reminiscences
Producer: James Russell Music
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Kathleen McArthur fought for the protection of Pumicestone Passage and described it as a living waterway
Actors: Patricia Coles, Martin Harding, Karen Harper, Joy Marshall, Errol Morrison, Charlie Osborne and James Russell
Songs:
The Little Fish | The Penguin Australian Song Book compiled by J S Manifold, performed by Patricia Coles
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
References:
Archer, Alexander: Queensland Heritge Vol 2, No 8, 1973
Australian Coastal Zone Management: Report from the House of Representatives; Standing committee on Environment and Conservation. March 1980. Australian Government Publishing Service
Australian Fisheries: Vol 40, No 1; Vol 41, No 3
Carroll, Lewis: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Puffin
Carson, Rachel: The Edge of the Sea – Staples Press 1955
Coleman, Neville: A Field Guide to Australian Marine Life – Rigby 1977
Co-ordinator General’s Department: Coastal Management Report 1975
CSIRO Division of Fisheries & Oceanography: Estuarine Project Progress Report 1974-76
Hansard Report: House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment and Conservation Coastal Management Inquiry
Hutchings, P A & Wilkinson, D L: Guidelines and Principles for Estuarine Management – the Water Research Foundation of Australia 1980
Lovelock, J E: Gaia – Oxford University Press 1979
Marshall, Tom C: Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. A & R 1964
Matthiessen, George C: Tidemarshes – Massachusetts Audubon Society
Roughley, T C Fish and fisheries of Australia – A & R 1951
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The Old Woman of the Sea is disturbed about what is happening to strange and beautiful ocean. She has a strong maternal protectiveness towards it
Actors: Patricia Coles, Martin Harding, Karen Harper, Joy Marshall, Errol Morrison and James Russell
Songs:
Song of the Fishes (American folk song) performed by Patricia Coles
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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Stories of the unusual Ichneumon Fly and Herbert the lovable seahorse
Actors: Patricia Cole, Joy Marshall and Errol Morrison
Poetry: Extinct Birds and Wonga Vine by Judith Wright | Copyright: The Estate of Judith Wright
Reference: Orchids of the West by Rica Erickson
Songs: Wonga Vine | lyrics by Judith Wright, music Ashley Lynch, performed by Patricia Coles
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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Kathleen McArthur describes the devastating effects of drought and fire and the resilience and importance of the wildflower in the land’s recovery
Actors: Patricia Coles, Martin Harding, Joy Marshall, Errol Morrison and Sam Osborne
Poetry: Sun Orchids by Douglas Stewart | Curtis Brown (Aust) Pty Ltd
Dark Gift, Eroded Hills and The Maker by Judith Wright | Copyright: Estate of Judith Wright
Songs:
This Land is Your Land this Land is My Land | music by Woody Guthrie, 1940, words by Karen Harper, performed by Patricia Coles
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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Kathleen McArthur’s devoted work in wildflower painting forms an excellent introduction to the study of wildflowers
Actors: Patricia Coles, Martin Harding, Joy Marshall, Errol Morrison and Charlie Osborne
Poetry: Flowering Bloodwoods by Douglas Stewart | Copyright – Curtis Brown (Aust) Pty Ltd. Sandy Swamp, The Flame Tree and Incarnation by Judith Wright
Copyright: The Estate of Judith Wright
Songs:
This Land is Your Land this Land is My Land | music by Woody Guthrie, 1940, words by Karen Harper, performed by Patricia Coles
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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Actors: Patricia Coles, Rachael Croft, Martin Harding, Karen Harper, Joy Marshall, Errol Morrison and James Russell
Poetry: Nameless Flower and Wildflower Plain by Judith Wright
Copyright: The Estate of Judith Wright
Songs:
The Wattle is a Lady | lyrics Amy Mack, music by Frank Hutchens, performed by Patricia Coles
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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The Battle of Caloundra was the title given to life in Caloundra during the war. It was a more friendly social affair with no fighting
Actors: Rachael Croft, Martin Harding, Karen Harper, Joy Marshall and Errol Morrison
Songs:
Bless ‘Em All | lyrics by Fred Godfrey, 1917, performed by George Formby Jnr, 1940
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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Kathleen turned away from the conventional life of the society matron after a well-publicised marriage to military man Malcolm McArthur. Kathleen initiated divorce proceedings on discovering his unfaithful ways. She returned to Caloundra a single mother of three children
Actors: Martin Harding, Karen Harper, Joy Marshall, Errol Morrison and James Russell
Poetry: Christmas Bells by Douglas Stewart | Copyright – Curtis Brown (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reference: The Quiet Crisis - Stewart L Udall, 1963
Songs:
Ways of the Wildflower | lyrics by Shaw Nielsen, music by Ashley Lynch
Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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Follow Kathleen through her trials and tribulations as she navigated her way through adolescence. Her search for a job had many pitfalls but finally she found her happy place.
Actors: Patricia Coles, Martin Harding, Karen Harper, Joy Marshall and Errol Morrison
Songs:
- Early Morning instrumental by Ashley Lynch, 2021
- Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
Kathleen McArthur had an early life of considerable privilege. This is a story of her adolescence in Brisbane in the 1930s as an emerging social butterfly.
Actors: Patricia Coles, Martin Harding, Karen Harper, Joy Marshall and Errol Morrison
Songs:
- I Could have Danced all Night instrumental by Shelly Manne, Andrew Previn and Leroy Vinnegar 1956
- Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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A continuation of Kathleen McArthur’s childhood memories.
Actors: Patricia Coles, Martin Harding, Errol Morrison, Charlie Osborne, Johanna Osborne and Sam Osborne
Songs: Wildflower Woman - music and lyrics by Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music
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Kathleen McArthur wrote her book Bread and Dripping Days based on memories from her childhood in the 1920s. It was published in 1977. This lunch hour theatre script podcast episode is based on this book.
Actors: Patricia Coles, Martin Harding, Joy Marshall, Errol Morrison, Charlie Osborne, Johanna Osborne, Sam Osborne.
Songs:
- Boiled Beef and Carrots – Harry Champion
- Oh My, My, It's Almost Courtin’ Time – Earl Burtnett and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra
- Wildflower Women – Karen Law
Producer: James Russell Music.
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