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Sydney Conabere
Sydney Leicester Conabere (8 July 191815 July 2008) was an Australian actor. He was notable for his work in theatre, film and television drama in a career spanning more than fifty years. In 1962 Conabere won the Logie award for Best Actor, for his performance in the television play ''The One Day of the Year''. He worked prolifically as a stage actor from 1938 to 1989, particularly with the Melbourne Theatre Company and Melbourne Little Theatre, sharing the stage (and applause) with Irene Mitchell in, for example, Lilian Hellman's ''The Little Foxes''. Conabere had an extensive career as a character actor from the 1950s to the 2000s, regularly appearing in popular Australian television serials, including ''Emergency'', ''Matlock Police'' and ''Homicide''. He worked for a short period in the United Kingdom, appearing in the drama serials ''Z Cars'' and ''Sherlock Holmes'', the comedy ''Please Sir!'', and in the crime film ''Man of Violence''. In the 1980s Conabere reached a wid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footscray, Victoria
Footscray is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area. Footscray recorded a population of 17,131 at the . Footscray is characterised by a very diverse, multicultural central shopping area, which reflects the successive waves of immigration experienced by Melbourne, and by Footscray in particular. Once a centre for Greek, Italian and former Yugoslavian migrants, it later became a hub for Vietnamese and East African immigrants in Melbourne. It has recently begun to undergo rapid development and gentrification, and '' Time Out'' magazine placed Footscray at 13th in its '50 Coolest Neighbourhoods in the World' for 2019, reflecting its evolving reputation, citing in particular its diverse array of international cuisine, bars and nightlife, as well as its arts scene. Footscray is named after Foots Cray, on the River Cray in London, England. History Footscra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons and Daughters.'' Although successful in Melbourne, ''Neighbours'' underperformed in the Sydney market and was cancelled by Seven four months after it began airing. It was immediately commissioned by rival Network Ten for a second production season, which began screening on 20 January 1986. ''Neighbours'' went on to become the longest-running drama series in Australian television history. In 2005, it was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame. The storylines concern the lives of the people who live and work in Erinsborough, a fictional suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The series centres on the residents of Ramsay Street, a cul-de-sac, and its neighbouring area, the Lassiters complex, which includes a bar, hotel, café, police station, lawy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Day (1959 Film)
"The Big Day" is an Australian television film, or rather a live television play, which aired in 1959. The fifth episode of the ''Shell Presents'' presentations of standalone television dramas, it originally aired 11 July 1959 on Melbourne station GTV-9, a video-tape was made of the broadcast and shown on Sydney station ATN-7 on 25 July 1959 (this was prior to the formation of the Nine Network and Seven Network). It was the first hour of drama made for commercial Australian TV which was written and produced by an Australian with an all Australian cast. It was called "a gentle study of an ordinary life." ''Shell Presents'' was a monthly series presenting locally produced television dramas and comedies. Most of these were adaptations of overseas dramas such as ''Johnny Belinda'' and ''One Bright Day'', but a few were locally-written. ''Filmink'' magazine called this "one of those naturalistic slice of life dramas that they liked to do on TV in the late ‘50s off the back of the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emergency (1959 Australian TV Series)
''Emergency'' is an Australian television series produced by Nine Network Melbourne station GTV-9 in 1959. Synopsis The series was set in the busy casualty department of a major fictional Melbourne hospital, and is notable for being one of the first-ever dramas shown on Australian television.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 160-161 Cast Made by Melbourne's GTV-9 in co-operation with the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and based on Britain's ''Emergency Ward 10'', ''Emergency'' starred Brian James as Dr. Geoffrey Thompson, Syd Conabere as orderly George Rogers, and Judith Godden as Nurse Jill Adamson. Moira Carleton also featured as Matron Evans. Production The series was produced primarily in the GTV-9 studio, with brief (usually pre-credit) exterior sequences shot on 35mm film by newsreel cameramen. The episodes were not broadcast live, but were kinescoped to meet programming requirements, and facilitate later screening in Sydney. The seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Till Death Do Us Part (film)
''Till Death Do Us Part'' is a 1959 Australian television play based on a stage lay that had been adapted for radio. The TV play was broadcast live in Melbourne, recorded, and was shown in Sydney. Premise In Italy, a man called Roberto is on his way to meet Grazia. A stranger warns him that the woman will murder him for his money, but if he stays away, the woman will come running. Grazia is the wife of a gangster. He then discovers that the gangster wants to kill him. Cast *Edward Brayshaw as Roberto *Maree Tomasetti as Grazia * Frank Gatliff as the gangster *Syd Conabere *Ken Goodlet * Edward Howell *Keith Hudson *Georgina Batterham *Kurt Ludescher * Robin Ramsay Production The play had previously been filmed as "Strange Meeting", an episode of ''Armchair Theatre'' in the UK. It had also been performed on Australian radio in 1958. It was decided not to require the actors to use Italian accents. Director Christopher Muir said the play was of particular interest because "of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Morning Near Troodos
''One Morning Near Troodos'' (1956) was a British TV play by Iain MacCormick which aired on the BBC as part of ''Sunday Night Theatre''. It was the first British TV play about the Cyprus Emergency. Plot A journalist in Cyprus is captured by EOKA guerillas. British troops track down the guerrillas and the journalist leads them into a rebel ambush. A woman is attracted to a British soldier. 1959 Australian Version Iain MacCormick was Australian and a number of his plays, originally written for British TV, were adapted for Australian television. The play was performed live on Australian TV in 1959. It was the ABC's 22nd live drama made in Melbourne. Premise In Cyprus there has been terrorist activity near Mt Troodos, leading to a large scale operation of British troops and police. Two British journalists arrive in the area: James Stark, is an unscrupulous and influential former MP, and Walters, his hard-drinking offsider. Walters does the work while Start takes the cred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Life And Christmas Belles
''Wild Life and Christmas Belles'' is a 1958 Australian television revue. It was shown on New Year's Eve, running from 10:55pm until a few minutes before midnight. It was filmed in ABC's Melbourne studios but was shown in Sydney and Melbourne simultaneously. The cast included Barry Humphries, who played Mrs Norma Everage. The sketch had Mrs Everage enter a special model school for the "Lovely Mother" quest. Cast *Syd Conabere *Jennifer Eddy *Barry Humphries John Barry Humphries (born 17 February 1934) is an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He is also a film pr ... *Bettine Kauffman *Mary Hardy *Patricia Kennedy *Peggy Marks *Bambi Smith Reception ''The Age'' called it "sensational". Response was positive enough to lead to another revue, '' Trip-Tease and High C's''. References External links * Australian television film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Carvallo
''Captain Carvallo'' is a traditional comedy play in three acts by Denis Cannan, telling the story of a philandering young army officer, Captain Carvallo. The comedy was an immediate success when it opened at the St. James Theatre on 9 August 1950, as the second production under Sir Laurence Olivier's management. A television production of the play was broadcast on the BBC the following year, with Patrick Macnee in the lead. Cannan adapted the play himself for a Rediffusion production later that decade. In 1988 the play was revived at the Greenwich Theatre. A version aired on Australian television in 1958. Plot Smila Darde, wife of Caspar Darde, a farmer and lay preacher who is also a partisan, is asked for billet Captain Carvallo, an enemy officer. Her husband and his fellow partisan, Professor Winke, a biologist, are commanded to kill Carvallo but they discover they like him too much. Original production The play was first tried out in March 1950 at the Bristol Old Vic, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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] |
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
''The Daily Telegraph'', also nicknamed ''The Tele'', is an Australian tabloid newspaper published by Nationwide News Pty Limited, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. It is published Monday through Saturday and is available throughout Sydney, across most of regional and remote New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. A 2013 poll conducted by Essential Research found that the ''Telegraph'' was Australia's least-trusted major newspaper, with 49% of respondents citing "a lot of" or "some" trust in the paper. Amongst those ranked by Nielsen, the ''Telegraph'' website is the sixth most popular Australian news website with a unique monthly audience of 2,841,381 readers. History ''The Daily Telegraph'' was founded in 1879, by John Mooyart Lynch, a former printer, editor and journalist who had once worked on the ''Melbourne Daily Telegraph''. Lynch had failed in an attempt to become a politician and was lookin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
