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[[File:Ad_for_1958_production_sorry_wrong_number.png|200px|thumb|right|SMH ad from 16 Jun 1958]]
'''''Sorry, Wrong Number''''' is a 1958 Australian television play based on Lucille Fletcher's one-person play ''[[Sorry, Wrong Number]]''. It starred [[Georgie Sterling]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51940428 |title=Western heroes revolt |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=26 |issue=2 |location=Australia, Australia |date=18 June 1958 |accessdate=22 May 2016 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
'''''Sorry, Wrong Number''''' is a 1958 Australian television play based on Lucille Fletcher's one-person play ''[[Sorry, Wrong Number]]''. It starred [[Georgie Sterling]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51940428 |title=Western heroes revolt |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=26 |issue=2 |location=Australia, Australia |date=18 June 1958 |accessdate=22 May 2016 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<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>
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<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>
==Plot==
The bed-ridden Mrs Stevenson hears on a telephone that her own murder is being plotted. She calls various people in a desperate attempt to get someone to believe her story.
==Cast==
==Cast==
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*Georgie Sterling as Mrs Stevenson
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[[File:Ad_for_1958_production_sorry_wrong_number.png|150px|thumb|left|SMH ad from 16 Jun 1958]]
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*Georgie Sterling
*Del Furze
*Del Furze
*Derani Scarr
*Derani Scarr
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==Production==
==Production==
Sterling had performed in the play on radio in 1948.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article193963239 |title=NEW FEATURE FOR 2AD |newspaper=[[The Armidale Express And New England General Advertiser]] |issue=3488 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 May 1948 |accessdate=22 May 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[Ray Menmuir]] directed.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=ABC Weekly|title=All the TV Programmes |url=
Sterling had performed in the play on radio in 1948.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article193963239 |title=NEW FEATURE FOR 2AD |newspaper=[[The Armidale Express And New England General Advertiser]] |issue=3488 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 May 1948 |accessdate=22 May 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[Ray Menmuir]] directed.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=ABC Weekly|title=All the TV Programmes |url=
http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1436697258|date=18 June 1958|page=34}}</ref> Menmuir had only just directed ''[[Murder Story]]'' for the ABC.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date= June 16, 1958|title=Suspense Drama|page=15}}</ref>
http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1436697258|date=18 June 1958|page=34}}</ref> Menmuir had only just directed ''[[Murder Story]]'' for the ABC.<ref name="murder">{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date= June 16, 1958|title=Suspense Drama|page=15}}</ref>
==Follow Up==
==Follow Up==
The ABC subsequently made another one person play, ''[[Box for One]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46241138 |title=Maid Marian wants real romance with Robin |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |location=Australia, Australia |date=15 October 1958 |access-date=26 January 2020 |page=82 |via=Trove }} </ref>
The ABC subsequently broadcast another one person play on television, ''[[Box for One]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46241138 |title=Maid Marian wants real romance with Robin |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |location=Australia, Australia |date=15 October 1958 |access-date=26 January 2020 |page=82 |via=Trove }} </ref>
==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 11:15, 6 June 2020

Sorry, Wrong Number
Based on'play by Lucille Fletcher
StarringGeorgie Sterling
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time35 mins[3]
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseJune 18, 1958 (Sydney, live)[1]
July 24, 1958 (Melbourne, taped)[2]
SMH ad from 16 Jun 1958

Sorry, Wrong Number is a 1958 Australian television play based on Lucille Fletcher's one-person play Sorry, Wrong Number. It starred Georgie Sterling.[4]

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[5]

Plot

The bed-ridden Mrs Stevenson hears on a telephone that her own murder is being plotted. She calls various people in a desperate attempt to get someone to believe her story.

Cast

  • Georgie Sterling as Mrs Stevenson
  • Del Furze
  • Derani Scarr
  • Pat Binstead
  • Bonnie Walker
  • John Llewelyn
  • John Bluthal
  • Al Garcia
  • Wayne Polzin
  • Dorothy Whiteley
  • Eric Reiman

Production

Sterling had performed in the play on radio in 1948.[6] Ray Menmuir directed.[7] Menmuir had only just directed Murder Story for the ABC.[3]

Follow Up

The ABC subsequently broadcast another one person play on television, Box for One.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Looking ahead on Channel 2, ABN". ABC Weekly. June 18, 1958. p. 33.
  2. ^ "Untitled". The Age. 18 July 1958. p. 26.
  3. ^ a b "Suspense Drama". Sydney Morning Herald. June 16, 1958. p. 15.
  4. ^ "Western heroes revolt". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 26, no. 2. Australia, Australia. 18 June 1958. p. 13. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (February 18, 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. ^ "NEW FEATURE FOR 2AD". The Armidale Express And New England General Advertiser. No. 3488. New South Wales, Australia. 10 May 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. 18 June 1958. p. 34.
  8. ^ "Maid Marian wants real romance with Robin". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia, Australia. 15 October 1958. p. 82. Retrieved 26 January 2020 – via Trove.
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