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Jeff Underhill (writer)
Jeffrey Winton Underhill (1927–10 May 1978) was an Australian writer and journalist. He worked in advertising before turning to writing. Career He was a regular writer on the Friday night edition of ''In Melbourne Tonight'' hosted by Noel Ferrier, who wrote in his memoirs that Underhill "possessed one of the most original talents for script writing I have ever encountered and I was extraordinarily luck to have him on the team. He wrote the entire show - no small effort on a weekly basis." Select credits *'' The Bunyip and the Satellite'' (1957) - stage musical - lyrics *'' The Ballad of Angel's Alley'' (1958) – stage musical, first performed at the New Theatre, Melbourne in December 1958 *'' Night of the Ding-Dong'' (1961) - writer *''Alice in Wonderland'' (1962 film) - writer *''In Melbourne Tonight'' (1962) – writer *'' The Noel Ferrier Show'' (1964) – TV writer *''A Small Wonder'' (1966) – TV play *''A Time for Love'' - "Noises in Another Room" (1972) - TV play Refe ... [...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 Fairfax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Melbourne Tonight
''In Melbourne Tonight'', also known as ''IMT'', was a highly popular nightly Logie award-winning Australian variety show, variety television show produced at GTV-9 Melbourne from 6 May 1957 to 1970. Overview Graham Kennedy was the show's main host and star attraction, but other presenters were often called on to present the show on certain nights. ''In Melbourne Tonight'' had as many as 50 different presenters over its 13 years on air. The format of the show was inspired by the American ''The Tonight Show'' on NBC, but Kennedy's exuberant charisma was the key to the success of ''IMT''. The show originally had its own self-titled theme song, written by ''IMT'' first band leader, Lee Gallagher, but for most of its run, it adopted an uptempo version of the swing tune of ''Gee, But You're Swell'', written by Abel Baer and Charles Tobias in 1936. Geoff Corke was Kennedy's offsider until 1959, when Bert Newton joined GTV-9 from HSV-7 to become Kennedy's straight man. This began a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Ferrier
Noel Ferrier Member of the Order of Australia, AM (20 December 193016 October 1997) was an Australian television personality, comedian, stage and film actor, raconteur, and theatrical producer. He was a regular panelist in Graham Kennedy's popular game show ''Blankety Blanks (Australian game show), Blankety Blanks''. His movie credits include ''Avengers of the Reef'' (1973), ''Alvin Purple'' (1973), ''Alvin Rides Again'' (1974), ''Scobie Malone (film), Scobie Malone'' (1975), ''Deathcheaters'' (1976), ''Eliza Fraser (film), Eliza Fraser'' (1976), ''Turkey Shoot (1982 film), Turkey Shoot'' (1982), ''The Year of Living Dangerously (film), The Year of Living Dangerously'' (1982), and ''Backstage (1988 film), Backstage'' (1988). He received an AFI nomination for Best Actor for his role in ''Eliza Fraser''. His final movie role was in ''Paradise Road (1997 film), Paradise Road'' (1997). Death Noel Ferrier died 15 October 1997 in Sydney, aged 66, reportedly from a heart attack. Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bunyip And The Satellite
''The Bunyip and the Satellite'' is a 1957 Australian stage musical written by Barry Humphries John Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) was an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He was best known for writing and playing his stage and television characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He appeare ... and Peter O'Shaughnessy. It was based on Frank Dalby Davison's children's novel ''Children of the Dark People''. The ''Bulletin'' called it "well formed, well and sometimes wittily written." There was a sequel ''Mumba Jumba and the Bunyip''. References {{reflist External linksThe Bunyip and the Satelliteat AustlitProgram at Ausstage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ballad Of Angel's Alley
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribune (Australian Newspaper)
Tribune () was the title of various elected officials in ancient Rome. The two most important were the tribunes of the plebs and the military tribunes. For most of Roman history, a college of ten tribunes of the plebs acted as a check on the authority of the senate and the annual magistrates, holding the power of ''ius intercessionis'' to intervene on behalf of the plebeians, and veto unfavourable legislation. There were also military tribunes, who commanded portions of the Roman army, subordinate to higher magistrates, such as the consuls and praetors, promagistrates, and their legates. Various officers within the Roman army were also known as tribunes. The title was also used for several other positions and classes in the course of Roman history. Tribal tribunes The word ''tribune'' is derived from the Roman tribes. The three original tribes known as the ''Ramnes'' or ''Ramnenses'', ''Tities'' or ''Titienses,'' and the ''Luceres,'' were each headed by a tribune, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Theatre, Melbourne
The New Theatre in Melbourne, formerly Melbourne Workers' Theatre Group, was one of a number of branches of Australia's New Theatre movement established in the 1930s. This was a radical left theatrical movement which staged performances with a political message. The theatre group existed from 1936 until 2000. Background New Theatre in Australia was inspired by similar movements abroad: the Workers Theatre Movement in the 1920s in the UK, and the New Theatre League in the United States. They were all affiliated with the Communist Party, and the plays were in the agitprop style of theatre favoured by the Soviet Union. Themes usually related to the class struggle. Referred to as workers' theatre in the early days, groups formed in other cities around Australia: the Workers Art Club in Sydney in 1932 (later New Theatre), Workers' Theatre Groups in Melbourne and Perth; similar groups in Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AustLit
AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource (also known as AustLit: Australian Literature Gateway; and AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature) is a national bio-bibliographical database of Australian literature. It is an internet-based, non-profit collaboration between researchers and librarians from Australian universities, housed at The University of Queensland (UQ). The AustLit database comprises biographical and bibliographical records of Australian storytelling and print cultures, with over 1 million individual 'work' records, and over 75 discrete research projects. One such project, BlackWords, is a dataset within AustLit detailing the lives and work of Indigenous Australian authors, which includes Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander writers and storytellers. History Groups of researchers across eight universities (UNSW @ ADFA, The University of Queensland, Monash University, Flinders University, Deakin, the University of Western Australia, the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Of The Ding-Dong
''Night of the Ding-Dong'' is a 1954 stage play by Ralph Peterson. It was this second play, following '' The Square Ring''. It is a comedy set in Adelaide just after the Crimean War about the locals fearing a Russian invasion. It is based on a real incident. Plot In 19th century Adelaide, after the Crimean War, Colonial Administrator Colonel Beauchamp trains a volunteer defence corps at the weekends, and worries about a Russian invasion. Idealistic schoolteacher Higsen, who is in love with Beauchamp's daughter, is more concerned with free education. Higsen asks Beauchamp to marry the latter's daughter but is turned down because education must give way to defence. When a Russian gunboat is rumoured to be near Adelaide, Beauchamp sets about whipping up the public into a frenzy in order to fund a standing army. Background Peterson said he was told the story about a rumoured Russian invasion by his grandmother when he was a child. He came across the story years later when researchin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
