p. 55-59 ) The Search for a Colonial Metropolis : Martin Boyd and the Myth of the Noble Settler Frank Davidson, Pat Lanfranc, Lucinda’s lover. He is a good-looking young army officer from an Irish family and is far more sensitive than Lucinda’s husband. When Hugo dies, Pat refuses to marry Lucinda, thus all but extinguishing her illusions. Paul Brayford, Hugo’s elder brother. Paul, eccentric and tedious as a young man, even more so when older, is generally undistinguished and somewhat crabbed in appearance. His interminable pronouncements on the superiority of the British aristocracy, on art, and on the downfall of Western civilization serve to highlight Lucinda’s moral and spiritual disintegration. Interviewed for the Australian Women's Weekly, producer Oscar Whitbread noted, 'Australia's society, especially Melbourne' aristocracy, has never really been properly depicted on television. [...] The ultra rich ARE different. Lucinda Brayford is an accurate portrayal of the 'beautiful people' as they existed 50 years ago, with all their elegance and impeccable manners' (Wed. 11 June 1980, p.138S). Writer: Cliff Green / Novel: Martin Boyd / Design: Alwyn Harbott, Bob Walters / Executive Producer: Oscar Whitbread / Producer and Director: John Gauci

Lusting for London : Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950 2011 ; (p. 133-163 ) The Silver Age of Fiction Peter Pierce, Lucinda proves herself to be a modern independent woman though and despite the trial thrown at her manages to overcome them. A straight forward story well told Lucinda Brayford and lead Wendy Hughes is first class, she ages throughout the production from 18 to 45 and there is also an early role for the brilliant Sam Neill.

The married couple live happily in England until Hugo begins making excuses for long absences from Lucinda. He takes to prolonged hunting excursions and business trips, which Lucinda later discovers to be pretexts for assignations with an old love. Lucinda requests a divorce, but is denied. Hugo fears what a divorce could do to his reputation and to the considerable allowance he gets from Lucinda’s family.

RESTORATION AUSTRALIA” on ABC TV: Castlecrag – Annette and Michael Pitman’s Quest to Preserve Walter Burley-Griffin’s Vision This is an absolute stunning story that has blown me away. It took me over a month to finish it because I didn't want it to end. Martin Boyd is such a beautiful and talented writer that I felt I was actually there, I felt like I had been consumed into the book and I fell so in love with these characters and felt the pain of their heartbreak and struggles. Wendy Hughes is without doubt one of Australia’s great beauties and has proven her ability as an actress in numerous films and long-running television series. She performs her level best as the beautiful and tragic Lucinda, but the truncation of the story means ultimately that the workings of Lucinda’s mind and heart remain amystery. Australian Classics : Fifty Great Writers and Their Celebrated Works 2007 ; (p. 118-122 ) The Outlook and Morals of an Ancient Greek Robert Darby, Lucinda Brayford, made in 1980 and based on the novel by Martin Boyd Brayford tells the story of Lucinda Vane who marries aide de camp to the Governor of Melbourne Hugo Brayford but has things turn sour on her when the couple move to England just after the end of world war one.

Long before the post-WWII migration, over one hundred Australian writers left their homeland to seek fame and fortune in London. Some made little mark despite their arduous efforts; some made a tolerable living; a few, like Martin Boyd, H.H. Richardson and Christina Stead, actually achieved permanent fame. Lusting for London analyses how these writers reacted to their new surroundings—in both their autobiographical writings and their creative work. With wit and rigor, Peter Morton studies the expatriate experience and reveals the ways in which the loss of these expatriates affected the evolving literary culture of Australia' (Publisher blurb). United Kingdom (UK): British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 2005 8158699 2005 series - publisher radio play historical fiction Abstract p. 4-13 ) On Native Grounds : Australian Writing from Meanjin Quarterly 1967 ; (p. 95-104 ) Lucinda Brayford : Martin Boyd (1893-1972) Jane Gleeson-White,