Spinney Under the Rain

Spinney Under the Rain is a 1939 Australian radio play by Trevor Heath.
It was very popular and was performed a number of times, including on BBC radio in 1949.
There were productions in 1940, 1941, 1947, 1954 and 1955.
Wireless Weekly said the play "reduced me to a quivering mass of nervous imaginings."
The 1947 production starred Peter Finch.

Premise

"The central character of a strange play is a youngish professor who has been doing research on the Arcadian myths while living in a converted farmhouse. Certain eery happenings electrify the household—a dog has its throat torn out, a flute is heard playing in the rain, a man dies in the spinney of shock, a girl is bemused by something she has seen. What is the explanation of all this?"