Last Trip is a 1956 Australian radio play by William Jenner. It aired as part of a special week of Australian plays on the ABC scheduled by Leslie Rees. Jenner was a former sailor who had previously written Deserter for the ABC.
The play was performed by Sydney and Brisbane casts. The ABC considered it one of its major radio plays of the year.
The Age said "condensation was rather tight".
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Premise
"There is Tug, an easy-going Casanova, rather selfish and self-centred, and Bally, his mate, more serious and sincere, very much in love with his new wife and waiting for the day when he can afford to retire from the sea and become a domesticated householder. Bally takes Tug home to meet Gwen, his wife. They show no signs of recognition, but Gwen seems to take a dislike to Tug In actual fact, and unknown to Bally, she and Tug once knew each other very well indeed. It is a situation in which a slight stroke of ill-luck could bring about tragedy."
Cast of Sydney production
Guy Doleman as Tug
Reg Lye as Bally
Ron Whelan as Nugget
Georgie Sterling as Gwen
Walter Sullivan as Mate Agent
Jerrold Wells as Bosun
George Simpson Lvttle as Captain Collector >
Don Crosby as Driver, Officer
Rupert Chance as Helmsman Porter
Albert Garcia as Seaman
Richard Ashley
Frances Worthington as Woman
Cast of Brisbane production
John Nash as Tug
Arthur Greenfield as Bally
Toby Harris as Nugget
Yolanthe Slater as Gwen
John Miller as Mate
John Bowen as Bosun
John Barrie as Driver Officer
Jan Keran as Helmsman Seaman
Harry Cotterrell as Porter
Hector Lawrence as Collector and Seaman
Christine Low as Woman
Arthur Hall as Stewart