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Brides Of Christ (TV Miniseries)
''Brides of Christ'' is an Australian television miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 94 The series takes place behind the walls of a Sydney convent school and deals with the struggles of both the Roman Catholic nuns and the young students to adapt to the many social changes taking place within the church and the outside world during the 1960s. Plot Diane Markham (Josephine Byrnes) joins a convent, 'Santu Spiritu School for Girls' after dropping her fiancé and becomes 'Sister Catherine', under the guidance of 'Sister Agnes' (Brenda Fricker). Catherine begins a friendship with another convent newcomer 'Sister Paul' (Lisa Hensley) and she begins to teach English and acts as the school newspaper adviser. Rosemary (Kym Wilson) is a naughty, rebellious student who gets herself into trouble, while another student Frances (Naomi Watts) is upset because her divorced mother is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Smith (writer)
Sue Smith is an Australian screenwriter and playwright. Biography She is best known for writing or co-writing Australian television productions including ''Mabo (film), Mabo'', ''Bastard Boys'', ''RAN Remote Area Nurse (TV series), RAN'', The Road from Coorain (film), ''The Road from Coorain'', ''The Leaving of Liverpool (miniseries), The Leaving of Liverpool,'' and ''Brides of Christ''. Her screenwriting for film includes ''Peaches (film), Peaches'' and co-writing ''Saving Mr. Banks''. Since 2006 she has also written for the stage, with plays including ''Hydra'', ''Machu Picchu'', ''Kryptonite'', ''The Kreutzer Sonata'' (an adaptation of The Kreutzer Sonata, the Tolstoy novella) and ''Strange Attractor'', and the libretto to the opera ''Rembrandt's Wife''. Smith received AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television, AACTA/AFI Awards as a screenwriter for ''RAN'' and ''Bastard Boys'' and as a co-screenwriter for ''Brides of Christ'' and ''The Leaving of Liverpool''. She recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |