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Gas Light (1958 TV Play)
''Gaslight'' is a 1958 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation based on the 1938 play ''Gas Light'' by Patrick Hamilton. It starred Beverley Dunn. Plot Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman, Bella Manningham, moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if means driving his wife insane. Cast * Beverley Dunn as Bella Manningham * Brian James as Manningham * John Morgan as Inspector Rough * Mary Ward as Elizabeth * Judith Godden as Nancy the housemaid * Neville Thurgood as police constable Production William Sterling came down from Sydney to direct. It was the eleventh play to be performed live on Melbourne television – the others were ''Roundabout'', '' The Twelve Pound Look'', '' Holiday in Biarritz'', '' Fair Passenger'', '' The Right Person'', ''Dark Brown'', ''The Duke in Darkness'', '' The Sound of Thunder'' and ''Killer in Close Up''. It was one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gas Light
''Gas Light'' is a 1938 thriller play, set in the Victorian era, written by the British novelist and playwright Patrick Hamilton. Hamilton's play is a dark tale of a marriage based on deceit and trickery, and a husband committed to driving his wife insane in order to steal from her. ''Gas Light'' was written during a dark period in Hamilton's life. Six years prior to the play Hamilton was hit by a drunk driver and dragged through the streets of London, leaving him with a limp, a paralyzed arm, and a disfigured face. Two years later, Hamilton's mother committed suicide. Premiering at the Richmond Theatre in London on 5 December 1938 before transferring to the Apollo Theatre in the West End on 1 January, the play closed after six months and 141 performances, but it has endured through an impressive list of incarnations most notably ''Five Chelsea Lane'' (1941 American play), ''Angel Street'' (1941 American play), and ''Gaslight'' (1958 Australian television play). ''Angel Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Brown (1957 Film)
''Dark Brown'' is an early Australian television film, broadcast during 1957 on ABC. It was broadcast live in Melbourne, one of the first TV productions from that city. The play was later filmed again by the ABC in Brisbane in 1963. Plot In London in 1900, a young woman fears that her husband is going to murder her. She is encouraged in this belief by her mother. But all is not as it appears to be. One listing called it "a psychological drama with a suspense twist". Cast * Walter Brown *Agnes Dobson *Laura James *Roma Johnston *Max Meldrum *Margaret Cruikshank *Lorna Forbes Production It was kinescoped (and was repeated several months after the original telecast), and was shown in Sydney (these were the only two cities in Australia with television at the time). Its cast included Walter Brown, Agnes Dobson and British actress Laura James. Original telecast was on 24 June 1957, repeat telecast via kinescope recording on 30 September 1957. Repeat The show was repeated in Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Live Television Shows
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English-language Television Shows
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation Original Programming
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1950s Australian Television Plays
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List Of Live Television Plays Broadcast On Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)
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The Small Victory
''Small Victory'' is a 1958 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was set during the Korean War. It was directed by William Sterling and was shot in Melbourne where it aired 26 March 1958. It was based on a play by Australian author Iain MacCormick. The ABC later broadcast '' Sound of Thunder'' and ''Act of Violence'' (1959) by MacCormick. Australian TV drama at the time would customarily consist of adaptations of stories that had been tried overseas. Plot During the Korean War a group of people are trapped by North Korean troops at the Mission School of the Sacred Heart, including a priest, Father Riley, and a nun, Sister Annalissa. American war correspondent Thompson helps Korean orphan Sophie sneak into the Mission School. Cast *Beverly Dunn as Sister Annalissa *Brian James as Father Riley *Sydney Conabere as Thompson *Kira Daniels as Sophie *John Morgan as the political leader *Bettine Kaufman *Neville Thurgood as Sgt Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lark (1959 Film)
''The Lark'' is a 1958 Australian TV version of the 1952 Jean Anouilh play of the same title. According to ''The Age'' it opened "a new era in TV drama production in Melbourne." Plot At the trial of Joan of Arc, events are shown in flashback as to how she came to rebel against the English. Cast *Beverly Dunn as Joan of Arc *Frank Gatliff as Cauchon *Christopher Hill as Warwick *Robert Peach as the Inquisitor *Jeffrey Hodgson as the Dauphin *John Morgan as the Promoter *Moira Carleton as Joan's mother *Mary Ward as Queen Yolande, the Dauphin's mother-in-law *Laura Jane Casson as Agnes Sorel, as the Dauphin's mistress *Carol Potter as the little Queen, wife of the Dauphin *Keith Hudson as Ladvenu *Ilka Brand as the Dauphin's page *Brin Newton-John as the Archbishop of Rheims *John Royle as narrator *Henry Cuthbertson as voice of Archangel Production The production was based on a play which debuted in 1955 in a production starring Leo McKern and Dorothy Tutin. Director William St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killer In Close Up
''Killer in Close-Up'' was a blanket title covering four live television drama plays produced by the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1957 and 1958. It could be seen as the first anthology series produced for Australian television. Production of the plays was split equally between the Melbourne and Sydney ABC stations, with the first and fourth being produced in Sydney, the second and third in Melbourne. Each ran for 25 minutes. The plays were produced by Christopher Muir, Raymond Menmuir and Will Sterling. The title came from the use of the close up in television drama. The drama plays were based on real-life cases, dramatised for television by George F. Kerr. They were, in order: * “The Robert Wood Trial” (4/9/57) * “The William Herbert Wallace, Wallace Case” (20/11/57) * “The Francis Rattenbury, Rattenbury Case” (18/6/58) * “The Trial Of Madeleine Smith” (13/8/58) In Melbourne, the play aired against ''Chesebrough-Ponds Playhouse'' on HSV-7 (which c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sound Of Thunder (film)
''The Sound of Thunder'' is a 1957 Australian television play by Australian writer Iain MacCormick. It starred Moira Carleton. It was described as "the longest and most ambitious play ABN he ABChas put over so far" although '' The Importance of Being Ernest'', which followed on December 18, exceeded it by 12 minutes. It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare and was one of the first productions in Melbourne. Premise In Italy in 1944, a small advance group of Allied soldiers arrives at an Italian farm to meet up with some partisan troops, with the aim of blowing up a supply dump. There is a love story between Pietro and Lucia. Cast * Edward Brayshaw as Pietro * Judith Godden as Lucia * Robert Peach as the English Major Campe * Philip Staintin as Papa * Lewis Tegart as the Old Man * Alan Hopgood as Cpl Kutsky * Syd Conabere as Seppi * Neville Thurgood as Cpl Little * John Morgan as Vincente Production ''The Sound of Thunder'' was the first of a cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Duke In Darkness
''The Duke in Darkness'' is a 1942 play by Patrick Hamilton. A psychological drama set during the French Wars of Religion, it was first staged on 7 September 1942 at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. It ran for 72 performances (8 October – 5 December 1942) at the St. James Theatre, London, and had a brief run on Broadway in 1944. Plot In 1580, during the French Civil Wars, the Duke of Latteraine has been imprisoned in the Chateau Lamorre for 15 years, together with his servant, Gribaud. The Duke has feigned blindness in the hope that it will aid his eventual escape. As the two men play a tense game of chess, it becomes evident that confinement has caused Gribaud to lose his reason. They are visited by an erstwhile friend named Voulain, now in the service of the enemy, who tries to persuade the Duke that he is still loyal to him. Voulain sets out a daring plan of escape. The Duke must decide whether he can be trusted—and determine what to do with a loyal, mad companion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
