''President Wilson in Paris'' is a 1973 play by

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set during the Paris Peace Conference, 1919.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p125 It was also adapted for television by the ABC.

Premise

President Woodrow Wilson is in Paris for the peace talks after World War One. They are visited by the mysterious Colonel House.

Productions

The stage play's original production was directed by John Bell and debuted at the Nimrod Theatre in Sydney on 7 February 1973. The cast consisted of John Krummel,

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and Max Cullen. Reviewing it,

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of the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' gave it a "hearty recommendation." The play was subsequently performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company.

Television adaptation

The play was filmed at the ABC's Sydney studios in 1973 with a new cast including Tim Elliot as Woodrow Wilson, Robyn Nevin as Edith Wilson and Dennis Miller as Colonel House. It was one of a series of Australian stage plays filmed by the ABC in the early 1970s.

References

External links

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