The Man with the Donkey

The Man with the Donkey is a 1938 Australian radio drama by Harry Paull about John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his donkey during World War One. It aired on the ABC on Anzac Day in 1938.^[3]

The Man with the Donkey

Genre	play drama
Running time	30 mins[1] (9:00 pm – 9:30 pm)
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
Home station	2BL
Syndicates	ABC
Written by	Harry Paull
Directed by	Lawrence H Cecil
Original release	25 April 1938[2]

Wireless Weekly 22 April 1938

The play was produced again on the ABC on Anzac Day in 1945^[4] and 1951.^[5]

Premise

According to the press release the play "re-creates the circumstances of the landing, and pays a clear tribute to “the man with the donkey” the man who was sometimes called “Scotty” and sometimes “Murphy,” though actually he was born in Durham, England."^[6]