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'''''Roundabout''''' is a television movie, or rather a live television play, which aired on Australian television in 1957. Broadcast 4 January 1957 on ABC station [[ABV (TV station)|ABV-2]], it is notable as the first example of television drama produced in Melbourne Australia.<ref name="age">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19580919&id=VSUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5141,2937218&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|date=19 September 1958|page=20|title=From School Plays to Success on TV}}</ref> It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> |
'''''Roundabout''''' is a television movie, or rather a live television play, which aired on Australian television in 1957. Broadcast 4 January 1957 on ABC station [[ABV (TV station)|ABV-2]], it is notable as the first example of television drama produced in Melbourne Australia.<ref name="age">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19580919&id=VSUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5141,2937218&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|date=19 September 1958|page=20|title=From School Plays to Success on TV}}</ref> It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | A Melbourne production was aired live on 4 January 1957. Duration was 30 minutes. Production was by Bill Eldridge.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CokQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5217%2C245664|date=January 3, 1957|title=TV Guide|page=8}}</ref> It is not known if a [[kinescope]] recording was made of the broadcast. (note: kinescope recording, also known as telerecording, was an early method of recording live television, used in the days before video-tape became widespread). Some of ABV-2 other dramatic one-offs of 1957 were kinescoped so they could be shown in Sydney, but it is not known if any of these kinescopes still exist. |
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==Plot== |
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The original TV listing in ''The Age'' newspaper described the plot as "a woman's reactions to her husband's suspected affair with another woman".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=ABC Channel 2|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CokQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3462%2C277572|date=3 January 1957|page=11}}</ref> |
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==Melbourne Cast== |
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*British actor Patrick Horgan |
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*[[Mary Ward (actress)|Mary Ward]] |
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*Beverley Dunn. |
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==Sydney production== |
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A Sydney production was directed by [[Raymond Menmuir]] and aired February 19, 1957.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=ABC Weekly|page=39|date=19 February 1957|title= TV—Channel 2 ABn|url= |
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1553689325}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=TV, Radio Programs|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=19 February 1957|page=13}}</ref> |
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==Cast== |
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*[[Roger Climpson]] as David |
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*Anne Bullen as Ruth |
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*Judith Godden as Paula |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*''[[The Passionate Pianist]]'' |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3359804 ''Roundabout'' at IMDb] |
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3359804 ''Roundabout'' at IMDb] |
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{{Raymond Menmuir}} |
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[[Category:1957 television plays]] |
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Revision as of 05:47, 26 January 2020
Roundabout is a television movie, or rather a live television play, which aired on Australian television in 1957. Broadcast 4 January 1957 on ABC station ABV-2, it is notable as the first example of television drama produced in Melbourne Australia.[1] It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare.[2]
"Official" television broadcasting in the city had only begun two months earlier. There seems to have been a Melbourne production and a Sydney Production.
A Melbourne production was aired live on 4 January 1957. Duration was 30 minutes. Production was by Bill Eldridge.[3] It is not known if a kinescope recording was made of the broadcast. (note: kinescope recording, also known as telerecording, was an early method of recording live television, used in the days before video-tape became widespread). Some of ABV-2 other dramatic one-offs of 1957 were kinescoped so they could be shown in Sydney, but it is not known if any of these kinescopes still exist.
Plot
The original TV listing in The Age newspaper described the plot as "a woman's reactions to her husband's suspected affair with another woman".[4]
Melbourne Cast
- British actor Patrick Horgan
- Mary Ward
- Beverley Dunn.
Sydney production
A Sydney production was directed by Raymond Menmuir and aired February 19, 1957.[5][6]
Cast
- Roger Climpson as David
- Anne Bullen as Ruth
- Judith Godden as Paula
See also
- The Passionate Pianist
- Box for One
- Tomorrow's Child
- Ending It
- The Shadow of Doubt
- List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)
References
- ^ "From School Plays to Success on TV". The Age. 19 September 1958. p. 20.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 3 January 1957. p. 8.
- ^ "ABC Channel 2". The Age. 3 January 1957. p. 11.
- ^ "TV—Channel 2 ABn". ABC Weekly. 19 February 1957. p. 39.
- ^ "TV, Radio Programs". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 February 1957. p. 13.
External links
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