''Martine'' is a 1961 Australian television play directed by
Christopher Muir
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Christopher Muir (1931 - 2022) was an Australian director and producer, notable for his work in TV in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1980s he was head of ABC Television drama.
Biography
Most of his early childhood was spent in France, but he re ...
in Melbourne.
It was based on a play by
Jean-Jacques Bernard Jean-Jacques Bernard (30 July 1888 – 14 September 1972) was a French playwright and the chief representative of what became known as ''l’école du silence'' or, as some critics called it, the ''art of the unexpressed'', in which the dialogue doe ...
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Plot
In France, a young peasant girl Martine is secretly in love with Julien, a sophisticated man, even though he has a wife Joanne, who Madame Mervan arranged for him to marry. Alfred courts Martine but she rejects him.
Cast
*Annette Andre as Martine
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Fred Parslow
Frederick Henry Parslow (14 August 1932 – 26 January 2017) was an Australian actor, who appeared in film, television and theatre.
Acting career
Parslow was notable in several film and TV roles, with parts in internationally successful TV so ...
as Julien
*Joan Harris as Jeanne
*Barbara Brandon as Madame Mervan, Julien's grandmother
*Lloyd Cunnington as Station master
*Graham Hughes as Alfred, a peasant
Production
The play was long in the repertoire of the Comedie Francaise and director Chris Muir said it required tender and delicate handling.
Annette Andre
Annette Andre (born 24 June 1939) is an Australian actress best known for her work on British television throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
Early life and early career
The daughter of an upholsterer, Annette Andre was born in Drummoyne, Australia, ...
said she enjoyed working with Muir "he was very intelligent and more experienced. He wasn’t easy, but he could get a performance out of an actor."
Reception
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' said Parslow's "fine acting gave" the production "a touch of excellence that it otherwise could not hope to attain" calling the story "poignant, tender and slight."
References
External links
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Australian television plays
1961 television plays
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