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Auto Stop
''Auto Stop'' is a 1965 British television play. The play aired on American television in 1968. Plot A young man tries to impress a woman across Europe. Cast * Delphi Lawrence as Federika *David Hemmings as Henry *Kevin Stoney as Marcello *Janice Dinnen Janice Dinnen (10 December 1945 – 26 January 1974) was an Australian actor of stage, film, and theatre. She was a child actor and model, given a role in the Cinerama film ''South Seas Adventure''. Her parents had emigrated from England in 1940. ... as Moya *Hal Hamilton as Jed Reception According to one critic " The frequent use of slang may have added to the contemporary feel of the play at the time, and the sexual frankness of the script is often surprising, most notably when Henry attends a party hosted by a gay film producer in Rome." References {{reflist External linksAuto Stopat IMDBAuto Stopat BFI 1965 television plays Works by Alan Seymour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wednesday Play
''The Wednesday Play'' is an anthology series of United Kingdom, British television plays which ran on BBC One, BBC1 for six seasons from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually original works written for television, although dramatic adaptations of fiction (and occasionally stage plays) also featured. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary social dramas, and for bringing issues to the attention of a mass audience that would not otherwise have been discussed on screen. Some of British television drama's most influential, and controversial, plays were shown in this slot, including ''Up the Junction (The Wednesday Play), Up the Junction'' and ''Cathy Come Home''. The earliest television plays of Dennis Potter were featured in this slot. History Origins and early seasons The series was suggested to the BBC's Head of Drama, Sydney Newman, by the corporation's director of television Kenneth Adam after his cancellation of the two previous series of sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Seymour
Alan Seymour (6 June 192723 March 2015) was an Australian playwright and author. He is best known for the play ''The One Day of the Year'' (1958). His international reputation rests not only on this early play, but also on his many screenplays, television scripts and adaptations of novels for film and television. Career Seymour was born in Fremantle, Western Australia. His father was killed in a wharf accident when Alan was nine, and his mother, a Cockney from London, died a few months later.Marc McEvoy, obituary: "The one day of the year became a defining moment in writer's life". ''The Age'', 30 March 2015, p. 34 After that he was brought up by his sister May and her husband, Alfred Chester Cruthers. He was educated at Perth Modern School, leaving at 15 after failing to complete the Junior Certificate. He found work as a radio announcer in a commercial radio station 6PM. During his two years there he wrote a number of short radio plays that were broadcast live. In 1945 he moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delphi Lawrence
Delphi Lawrence (23 March 1932 – 11 April 2002) was an English actress. She was educated at Halidon House School in Slough, Berkshire, whilst living in Colnbrook. Born to Barbara Yvonne ( Enever) and Louis Holzman, who wed in 1930, she was of Hungarian ancestry on her father's side. She trained as a concert pianist before becoming an actress, training at RADA and graduating in 1949. She made her first film in 1952, and, over the next decade, she established a following in British films. She graduated to lead roles but almost exclusively in "B" films. Career In 1962, she starred in episode 11 of ''The Saint'' ("The Man Who Was Lucky") as Cora. One of her other prominent TV roles was around the same time, in 1961, where she played the countess in episode 6 of the TV historical adventure series ''Sir Francis Drake'' ("The English Dragon"). In 1966, she moved to the United States where she began to appear in films and television, and settled there. By the end of the 1960s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hemmings
David Edward Leslie Hemmings (18 November 1941 – 3 December 2003) was an English actor and director. He is best remembered for his roles in British films and television programmes of the 1960s and 1970s, particularly the 1966 mystery film ''Blowup'', directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Early in his career, Hemmings was a boy soprano appearing in operatic roles. In 1967, he co-founded the Hemdale Film Corporation. Early life David Hemmings was born in Guildford, Surrey, to a biscuit salesman father. Benjamin Britten His education at Alleyn's School, Glyn Grammar School in Ewell, and the Arts Educational Schools led him to start his career performing as a boy soprano in several works by the composer Benjamin Britten, who formed a close friendship with him at this time. Most notably, Hemmings created the role of Miles in Britten's chamber opera ''Turn of the Screw'' (1954). His intimate, yet innocent, relationship with Britten is described in John Bridcut's book '' Britten's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janice Dinnen
Janice Dinnen (10 December 1945 – 26 January 1974) was an Australian actor of stage, film, and theatre. She was a child actor and model, given a role in the Cinerama film ''South Seas Adventure''. Her parents had emigrated from England in 1940. She married producer John Weiley, and they had a daughter. Dinnen died in a traffic accident in London in 1974. Select credits * '' Smiley Gets a Gun'' (1958) - film * ''South Seas Adventure'' (1958) - film * '' Bungala Boys'' (1961) - film * ''The Cherry Orchard'' (1963) - stage performance at Old Tote * ''Hamlet'' (1963) - stage performance at Old Tote with John Bell * ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' - stage performance at Old Tote * ''Ballad for One Gun'' (1963) - TV play * ''Days of Glory'' (1964) - play at Old Tote * ''Measure for Measure'' (1964) - TV for schools * '' A Sound of Trumpets'' (1964) - TV play * '' The Stranger'' (1964-65) - TV series * ''Auto Stop'' (1965) - TV play * '' The Flying Swan'' (1965) - TV mini-series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDB
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Television Plays
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