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Arabesque For Atoms
''Arabesque for Atoms'' is a 1965 Australian television play shot in Brisbane. Plot An English atomic scientist (Alister Smart) on his way to a Pacific testing site takes refuge in a lonely house in Brisbane. He is visited by a seductress called Stella (Margery Milne). Cast *Alister Smart *Margery Milne *Phillip College *Linda Chan Production Alister Smart and Margery Milne were married in real life. It was shot at ABC's studios in Toowong with externals filmed in city streets and at Eagle Farm Airport. The script was also performed on radio. See also *''Vacancy in Vaughan Street'' (1963) *''Dark Brown'' (1963) *''The Quiet Season'' (1965) *'' Ring Out Wild Bells'' (1964) *''The Absence of Mr Sugden'' (1965) *'' A Sleep of Prisoners'' (1961) *''The Monkey Cage "The Monkey Cage" is the 10th television play episode of the first season of the Australian anthology television series ''Australian Playhouse''. "The Monkey Cage" was written by Ruth Funner and directed by Wilf Buckle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Warwick
John McIntosh Beattie (4 January 1905 – 10 January 1972), known professionally as John Warwick, was an Australian actor, and television dramatist. Early life He was born John McIntosh Beattie (many sources give "Beattle") at Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia. He took the name Warwick from his secondary school. Acting career Warwick had an extensive career over 40 years, beginning in Australian cinema in the early 1930s (he is attributed with introducing Errol Flynn, a personal acquaintance in Sydney, to acting by bringing him along to a casting session when ''In the Wake of the Bounty'' was being filmed). After relocating to England he was trained as an actor at Harrogate theatre with the repertory company "The White Rose Players", afterwards moving into British cinema in the late 1930s–1940s, and television from the 1950s. In the 1960s he returned to Australia and ended his career in television drama and cinema there. Death He died on 10 January 1972 at the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Croyston
John Croyston (7 March 1933 - 23 May 2007) was an Australian writer, radio producer and director. He studied at the University of Sydney and worked as a teacher before going on to work at the ABC. He was a radio producer at the ABC from 1958 to 1964. He then moved into television. Select Credits *''The Quiet Season'' (1965) - producer *''The Runaway'' (1966) - writer *''The Man Who Saw It'' (1966) *''The Schoolmistress'' (1967) - writer *'' A Touch of Gold'' (1967) - writer *'' Love and War'' (1967) - producer - also wrote the play "Construction" *''The Cell'' (1968) *'' Volpone'' (1968) - director *''The Queen's Bishop'' (1968) - director *'' Contrabandits'' (1968) - director *''Australian Plays'' (1969) - producer, also wrote the episode "A Voyage Out" *'' A Voyage Out'' (1969) - writer *''Tilley Landed on Our Shores'' (1969) - director *'' Chimes at Midnight'' (1970) - writer *'' Lane End'' (1972) -director *''Over There'' (1972) - director *'' Certain Women'' (1973) - direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canberra Times
''The Canberra Times'' is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media. It was founded in 1926, and has changed ownership and format several times. History ''The Canberra Times'' was launched in 1926 by Thomas Shakespeare along with his oldest son Arthur Shakespeare and two younger sons Christopher and James. The newspaper's headquarters were originally located in the Civic retail precinct, in Cooyong Street and Mort Street, in blocks bought by Thomas Shakespeare in the first sale of Canberra leases in 1924. The newspaper's first issue was published on 3 September 1926. It was the second paper to be printed in the city, the first being '' The Federal Capital Pioneer''. Between September 1926 and February 1928, the newspaper was a weekly issue. The first daily issue was 28 February 1928. In June 1956, ''The Canberra Times'' converted from broadsheet to tabloid format. Arthur Shakespeare sold the paper to John Fairfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vacancy In Vaughan Street
''Vacancy in Vaughn Street'' is a 1963 Australian television short. It was the first television play produced in Brisbane. and aired on Australian Broadcasting Commission. The same team then made ''Dark Brown'' (1963). Plot Ernie Pettifer, a carpenter, arrives at a boarding house run by Mrs Jessup and her husband Arthur. He falls in love with straightlaced teacher Florence Medway. Another boarder, Violet, is interested in Ernie. Cast * Donald McTaggart as Ernie Pettifer * Gwen Wheeler as Mrs Jessup * Toby Harris as Arthur Jessup. * Judith Stephenson as Florence Medway, a boarder * Betty Ross as Violent Anderson, another boarder Production The production was shot at the studios of the ABQ in Toowong Brisbane. Designer Bernard Hides and his assistant Bill Collyer designed the set, which took three weeks to construct. This meant that for two nights the ABC news in Brisbane was read from the boarding house dining room that featured in the play. It was produced by Bob Cubbage who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Brown (1963 Film)
''Dark Brown'' is a 1963 Australian TV play. It was based on a British play that had been filmed by the ABC in 1957. It was the second live drama recorded at the ABC in Brisbane, after '' Vacancy in Vaughan Street''. It was shot at the ABC's studios in Toowong. Australian drama was very rare at the time, and mostly made in Sydney and Melbourne. Plot In 1880, Jenny Brown worries about the trips her tobacconist husband Arthur is making to Eastborne to visit his ailing aunt. There are also a series of unsolved murders. The aunt, Mrs Persephelous, visits Jenny. Cast *Barbara Wheelton as Jenny Brown *Ray Dunlop as Arthur Brown *Babette Stephens as Mrs Persephelous *Betty Ross as shop clerk Miss Tasker *Gwen Wheeler as Mrs Collins, Jenny's mother *Beverly Bates as cousin Bella *Glen Stirratt as Bella's finance Fred Production The sets were designed by Bernard Hides and Bill Collyer. They had to recreate the parlour at the back of Arthur's shop and decided to add the shop as well to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Quiet Season
''The Quiet Season'' is a 1965 Australian television short. It aired on the Australian Broadcasting Commission and was produced in the studios of their Brisbane station ( ABQ). It was the fourth play produced at the ABC's Brisbane studios at Toowong, following ''Vacancy at Vaughan Street'', ''Dark Brown'' and ''Ring Out Wild Bells''. Plot Set during the off-season in an Australian fishing town, Shell Bay, "somewhere near Melbourne". A guest house has only one boarder, Harry Nichols. He meets a spinster, Madge, likes her, but flees marriage, returns the next year more determined and finds her unhappily married to someone else, Bill Martin. The guest house is run by Mrs Gray, who is married to Bert and has a daughter Sue. Cast *Nonie Stewart as the local shopkeeper Madge *John Nash as school teacher Harry Nichols *Reg Cameron as Bill Martin *Betty Ross as Mrs Gray * Elaine Cusick as Sue Gray *Donald McTaggart as Madge's brother Don *Vic Hughes as Mrs Gray's husband Bert Producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring Out Wild Bells (Wednesday Theatre)
"Ring Out Wild Bells" is a 1965 Australian television play which aired as part of ''Wednesday Theatre''. It was based on a play by. It was the third locally shot ABC drama after ''Vacancy in Vaughan Street'' and ''Dark Brown''. "Ring Out Wild Bells" aired on 11 November 1964 in Brisbane, 10 February 1965 in Sydney and Canberra, and on July 1, 1965 in Melbourne. Plot Conflict emerges between a minister, Reverend Stephen Millcote, and race promoter Peter Lambert. Millcote is trying to conduct marriage services on Saturday afternoons while Lambert is running race meetings, complete with loudspeaker commentaries, from close by. Matters are complicated by the fact that Millcote's daughter is in love with Lambert's son. Cast *Edward Howell as Reverend Stephen Millcote *Belly Ross as Pamela Millcote, Millcote's sister and horse racing fan *James Stevens as Peter Lambert *Alistair Smart as John Lambert *Monica Smith as Judy Millcote *Gwen Wheeler as Alice Lambert *Beverly Bates as Beverl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Absence Of Mr Sugden
''The Absence of Mr Sugden'' is a 1965 Australian TV play. It was the fifth drama to be made at the ABC's Toowong studios and the second one in 1965. It was shot on 9 December 1965 using an all-male cast of six. A copy of the production is at the National Archives of Australia. at Premise Three burglars plan a robbery.Cast * Edward Howell *Stanley Smith *John Nash *Don McTaggart *Reg Cameron *Vic Hughes Productio ...
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A Sleep Of Prisoners
''A Sleep of Prisoners'' is a 1951 verse play by Christopher Fry. It concerns four English prisoners of war locked up in a church overnight, and the Old Testament style dreams they have springing from an argument between them. Plot Four English soldiers are trapped in a bombed out Cathedral. Private King attempts to strangle Private Able. Separated by Corporal Adams and Private Meadows they bed down for the night. The remainder of the play reveals the dreams of each soldier and their attitude to life and death. Background Commissioned as part of the Festival of Britain, the anti-war drama, directed by Michael Macowan, opened at St. Thomas' church in Regent Street, London, in May 1951. It then toured churches around Britain with its cast of Stanley Baker, Denholm Elliott, Hugh Pryse and Leonard White. It was also performed in churches in America later the same year. Critical reception T.C. Worsley wrote "Each of the dreams is dramatically conceived and touched off with that sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monkey Cage
"The Monkey Cage" is the 10th television play episode of the first season of the Australian anthology television series ''Australian Playhouse''. "The Monkey Cage" was written by Ruth Funner and directed by Wilf Buckler and originally aired on ABC on 20 June 1966. The episode was shot in Brisbane. The National Archives of Australia have a version of the episode. Plot Joe is a city building caretaker with an ail-too attractive wife. In the course of trying to throw out one of her admirers (David Yorston) the two get trapped in the lift. When fire breaks out they sink their personal difference in frantic attempts to call for help. Eventually, the firemen (Stanley Smith) turns up, averts danger, but makes little effort to free the prisoners when he finds the wife alone in the apartment. Cast * John Gray as Joe * Stanley Smith * David Yorston * Peter Hitcner Reception ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' called it "a slight but entertaining piece admirably suited to its medium... The sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Television Plays
Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 30 – The state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoist theories are now treated as pseudoscience. * February 12 ** The African and Malagasy Common Organization ('; OCAM) is formed as successor to the Afro-Malagasy Union for Economic Cooperation ('; UAMCE), formerly the African and Malagasy Union ('; UA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
