''Nude with Violin'' is a 1964 television play broadcast by the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-own ...
based on the play ''
Nude with Violin
''Nude with Violin'' is a play in three acts (later revised into two acts) by Noël Coward. A light comedy of manners, the play is a satire on " Modern Art", criticism, artistic pretension and the value placed on art. It is set in Paris in 195 ...
'' by
Noël Coward. It was directed by
Christopher Muir.
Plot
In Paris in 1856, a famous artist, Paul Sorodin, has died. His estranged wife and children arrive from London for his funeral. Accompanied by Sordin's manager, they arrive to discover the apartment is occupied by Sordin's valet. Questions arise as to the authenticity of Sorodin's pictures.
Cast
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Terry Norris
Terry is a unisex given name, derived from French Thierry and Theodoric. It can also be used as a diminutive nickname for the names Teresa or Theresa (feminine) or Terence or Terrier (masculine).
People
Male
* Terry Albritton (1955–2005), Ame ...
as Sebastien Lacreole
*
Gerda Nicolson
Gerda Maureen Nicolson (11 November 1937 – 12 June 1992) was an Australian theatre and television actress best known for several long-running television roles. She was best known for playing Governor Ann Reynolds of the Wentworth Detention Cen ...
as Jane Sorodin
*
Julia Blake as Pamela
*Alex Varadi as Jacob Friedland
*Roma Johnstone as Anya Pavalikov
*Barbara Brandon as Isobel Sorodin
*Brian Hansford as Obadiah Lelwellyn
*
Terence Donovan as Clinton Preminger
*Follie Settees as Cherry May
*Karl Lukk as Fabrice
*Nick Sofokles as Lauderdale
Production
It was one of 20 TV plays produced by the ABC in 1964. Terry Norris played the role performed on stage in England by
John Gielgud
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, (; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the Brit ...
and
Robert Helpmann
Sir Robert Murray Helpmann CBE ( Helpman, 9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986) was an Australian ballet dancer, actor, director, and choreographer. After early work in Australia he moved to Britain in 1932, where he joined the Vic-Wells Ballet ( ...
in Australia.
It was designed by Alan Clarke.
Reception
The ''Sydney Morning Herald''said the production "could do no more than echo the play's half-hearted efforts... the cast that took part looked with the desperately contrived situations."
References
External links
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1964 Australian television plays
Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
English-language television shows
1964 television plays
ABC television plays
Television plays filmed in Melbourne
Television plays directed by Chris Muir
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