A Citizen of the World is a 1940 Australian radio play by Catherine Shepherd about Oliver Goldsmith.
[5] He elaborated, "shows a man of real genius and integrity being led towards the different prison of Hackdom, the spiderweb gradually closing in to destroy him.
And his quiet resolution, despite natural human fears, to go forth into loneliness and hunger, but to remain free.
[7] "The play gives a touchingly attractive portrait of the younger Oliver Goldsmith, the man of 30, friend of the poor, an unsuccessful school usher, author of a few essays and verses, seeing himself approaching a critical literary crossroads.
One road leads to a life of successful hack journalism, the other to semi-starvation and real writing achievement.