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A Private Island
''A Private Island'' is a 1964 Australian television play. It was written by Brisbane author Chris Gardner (real name Marjorie Gardner) and was directed by Henri Safran. Premise Set in Sydney, Ben Clayburn is a real estate agent whose two children are grown up and settled. Ben decides to buy an island off the coast of Queensland and live there with his wife. His son Don has other ideas. His daughter wants to go to work to support her artist husband. Cast *John Gray as Ben Clayburn *Marion Johns as Viv *Brian Young as Don Clayburn * Lola Brooks as Jean *Alexander Can *Patricia Hill *Roberta Hunt *Guy Le Claire as Mark Production The show was shot in Sydney. Marion Jones, who played the wife, had recently appeared in ''A Season in Hell'' for Safran. It was writer Chris Garner's third TV play after ''Dark Under the Sun'' and ''The House of Mancello''. Reception The ''Canberra Times'' said the play "was bogged down with a dull pedestrian script. The basic idea had possibilities bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Gardner (writer)
Chris Gardner was the pen name for Marjorie Gardner, an English-Australian writer of television, radio and theatre. She was born in England and emigrated to Australia in the 1950s, settling at Woody Point, Queensland. Gardner started writing when briefly bed-ridden due to a slipped disc then became more serious about it when she joined a Brisbane radio group in 1956. Her radio plays were produced by the ABC. She also wrote for stage and television. Her stage play ''The Pub at Pelican Creek'' was commended in the 1958 General Motors play competition. Her television play ''Dark Under the Sun'' featured one of the first interracial romances on Australian television. Select credits *''The Masterpiece'' (1957) - short story *''A Gift for George'' (1957) - short story *'' The Pub at Pelican Creek'' (1958) - stage play *''Conflict'' (1958) - short story *''Dark Under the Sun'' (1960) - television play, also adapted for radio *''The House of Mancello'' (1962) - television play, also adapt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Safran
Henri Safran (born 7 October 1932) is a Paris-born director who worked extensively in Australia. He worked in French television, then in Britain, before moving to Australia in 1960 to work with the ABC. He became an Australian citizen in 1963 but returned to England in 1966 to work on British television. He returned to Australia again in the mid-1970s.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 306.Margaret Smith, "Henri Safran talks about Norman Loves Rose", ''Cinema Papers'', October 1982 p409 -412 Select credits *''Jenny'' (1962) (TV movie) *''A Season in Hell'' (1964) (TV movie) *''A Sound of Trumpets'' (1964) (TV movie) *'' Storm Boy'' (1976) *'' Listen to the Lion'' (1977) *''Golden Soak'' (1979) (mini-series) *''Norman Loves Rose'' (1982) *''Bush Christmas'' (1983) *''The Edge of Power'' (1987) *''The Rogue Stallion ''The Rogue Stallion'' is a 1990 Australian television fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canberra Times
''The Canberra Times'' is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media. It was founded in 1926, and has changed ownership and format several times. History ''The Canberra Times'' was launched in 1926 by Thomas Shakespeare along with his oldest son Arthur Shakespeare and two younger sons Christopher and James. The newspaper's headquarters were originally located in the Civic retail precinct, in Cooyong Street and Mort Street, in blocks bought by Thomas Shakespeare in the first sale of Canberra leases in 1924. The newspaper's first issue was published on 3 September 1926. It was the second paper to be printed in the city, the first being ''The Federal Capital Pioneer''. Between September 1926 and February 1928, the newspaper was a weekly issue. The first daily issue was 28 February 1928. In June 1956, ''The Canberra Times'' converted from broadsheet to tabloid format. Arthur Shakespeare sold the paper to John Fairfax Lt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lola Brooks (actor)
Lola Edna Brooks (7 February 1933 – 1985) was a New Zealand-Australian actor with extensive credits in radio, theatre and television. She was once married to actor Richard Meikle. She appeared on stage in '' The Boy Friend''. Select filmography * '' Tomorrow's Child'' (1957) * ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' (1957) * ''His Excellency'' (1958) * ''Bodgie'' (1959) * '' On the Beach'' (1959) * '' The Sundowners'' (1960) * ''Emergency-Ward 10'' (1960) * ''Fury in Petticoats'' (1962) * ''The Young Victoria'' (1963) * '' The Right Thing'' (1963) * '' A Private Island'' (1964) * ''Twelfth Night'' (1966) References External links * Lola Brooksat Ausstage AusStage: The Australian Live Performance Database is an online database which records information about live performances in Australia, providing records of productions from the first recorded performance in Australia (1789, by convicts) up unt ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, Lola 1933 births 1985 deaths Australian actors< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Season In Hell
''A Season in Hell'' (french: Une Saison en Enfer}) is an extended poem in prose written and published in 1873 by French writer Arthur Rimbaud. It is the only work that was published by Rimbaud himself. The book had a considerable influence on later artists and poets, including the Surrealists. Writing and publication history Rimbaud began writing the poem in April 1873 during a visit to his family's farm in Roche, near Charleville on the French-Belgian border. According to Bertrand Mathieu, Rimbaud wrote the work in a dilapidated barn.Mathieu, Bertrand, "Introduction" in Rimbaud, Arthur, and Mathieu, Bertrand (translator), ''A Season in Hell & Illuminations'' (Rochester, New York: BOA Editions, 1991). In the following weeks, Rimbaud traveled with poet Paul Verlaine through Belgium and to London again. They had begun a complicated relationship in spring 1872, and they quarreled frequently. Verlaine had bouts of suicidal behavior and drunkenness. When Rimbaud announced he pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Under The Sun
''Dark Under the Sun'' is a 1960 Australian TV play. It was written by Brisbane author, Chris Gardner, who also wrote ''The House of Mancello'' (1962) and ''A Private Island'' (1964). Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. The play concerned an interracial romance which led ''Filmink'' magazine to think it was "an indication that Australian television was willing to confront some of the nation’s trickier social issues head on." Other Australian TV plays to deal with racial issues included ''Burst of Summer''. However the Aboriginal character is played by a white actor in blackface. It was aired on ABC and ran for an hour on Wednesday 27 April 1960 at 8.30pm. It was produced in Melbourne. Plot In the town of Nombora, a university-educated half-aboriginal man, Jim Robertson, falls for a white woman, his childhood playmate, Julie Handford. Social and family problems begin when they decide to get married. The play is set at a homestead near a Queensland banana plantati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Mancello
''The House of Mancello'' is a 1962 Australian TV drama shot in Melbourne about a new Australian family. It was one of a series of six Australian plays produced by the ABC in 1962. The others were: *''Boy Round the Corner'' *''Funnel Web'' *''The Teeth of the Wind'' *''The Hobby Horse'' *''Jenny'' Plot An Italian immigrant family, the Mancellos, have a dress manufacturing business which is in trouble. They import Joe, a dress designer relative from Italy to make changes (to turn the place into a fashion shop) which Mamma Mancello resents. Daughter Lucia is more receptive but not keen on Joe's ideas. She wants to sell the business to help her Australian boyfriend. Cast *Moira Carleton as Mama Mancello *Elizabeth Goodman as Lucia Mancello *Mark Kelly as Joe *Campbell Copelin *Roly Barlee *Joan Harris *Diana Bell *Carol Potter *Margaret Browne *Brenda Beddison *Pat McLean Production Chris Gardner was a housewife who began writing ten years before this aired. Her play '' The Pub a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribune (Australian Newspaper)
''Tribune'' was the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia. It was published by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Australia from 1939 to 1991. Initially it was subtitled as ''Tribune: The People's Paper''. It was also published as the ''Qld Guardian'', ''Guardian'' (Melbourne), ''Forward'' (Sydney). It had previously been published as '' The Australian Communist'', (1920-1921) '' The Communist'', (1921-1923) and the ''Workers' Weekly'' (1923-1939). The ''Tribune'' for the years 1939–1976 has been digitised, as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia. Publication history The ''Tribune'' was the flagship of Australia's left wing newspapers. ''Two competing papers'' Two newspapers claiming to represent the Communist Party of Australia were published 1920–1921: :''The Australian Communist'' was a weekly newspaper published from Sydney, Australia between 24 December 1920 and 29 April 1921. In to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Meikle
Richard Meikle (10 October 1929 – 2 June 1991) was an Australian actor who worked extensively in film, theatre, and radio. He was the father of writer Sam Meikle. Career Meikle began his career as a stage actor. His first recorded role was in Metropolitan Theatre's production of ''Ned Kelly'' in 1947. In the 1950s, Meikle moved into radio acting, most prominently with Grace Gibson Radio Productions. Meikle's voice landed him many major roles with the company as both an actor and an announcer. Meikle was included in Reg James' list of his favourite Grace Gibson performances for his starring role alongside John Unicomb in the serial ''Becket''. Another factor working in Meikle's favour was his ability and desire to perform his own sound effects. Grace Gibson Productions' budget did not cover a professional sound effects person and as such actors who could do effects themselves were highly sought after. Reg James noted Meikle would often compete for rights to do sound effects wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Television Plays
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia may also refer to: Places * Name of Australia relates the history of the term, as applied to various places. Oceania *Australia (continent), or Sahul, the landmasses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
