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''The Rose and Crown'' is a 1956 Australian television play.


Plot

The Rose and Crown is a London pub. Five regulars are confronted one evening by an unusual request from a stranger, the personification of death.


Cast

* Edward Howell * Ethel Lang as Ma Peck * Lou Vernon * David Butler as Harry


Production

Priestley had written the piece specifically for television. It was broadcast live in Sydney.


1963 Perth Version

A version of the play was performed in Perth in 1963, the first television drama made in that city. It was broadcast in Melbourne on 9 September 1963. The producer was
Bill Eldridge Bill Eldridge was an Australian producer. He worked at ABC radio as an actor and producer. He also produced some early TV plays such as ''Roundabout''. Eldridge was a BBC Radio producer and came to Perth in 1947. Select Credits *''Candida'' (1951) ...
who described the play as "something between the kitchen sink and the twilight zone, one of Priestley's 'time' plays concerned with the reaction of ordinary people to an extraordinary situation."


Cast

* Nita Pannell as the hard drinking widow Mrs Reed *
Michael Laurence Michael Laurence (24 November 1935 – 23 March 2015) was an Australian actor, producer, director and screenwriter best known for creating TV serial ''Return to Eden''. Biography He began his career as a child actor on Sydney radio, before w ...
as Percy Randle, newlywed *Jan Shier as Ivy Randle, newlywed *Chris Pendlebury as Ma Peck * Ron Graham as Harry Tully *
Peter Collingwood Peter Trevor Collingwood (6 May 1920 – 23 September 2016) was an English-born actor who appeared in theatre roles, films, miniseries and serials from 1938 to 2003 in his native England and Australia. Collingwood was known for his portrayal ...
as the plumber *Paul Nayton as the mysterious stranger


See also

*
List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s) A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...


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1957 television plays Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming Australian English-language television shows Black-and-white Australian television shows Australian live television shows 1950s Australian television plays 1960s Australian television plays Television plays directed by Ray Menmuir 1957 Australian television plays Television plays filmed in Sydney Australian Broadcasting Corporation television plays Television plays filmed in Perth {{Australia-tv-film-stub