The Lark (1958 film): Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
add reference
Line 44: Line 44:


It starred Beverly Dunn as Joan. Dunn had played the role in [[Melbourne Little Theatre]] in 1956.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19560211&id=y00RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4032,1607086&hl=en|title=The Lark to be Played Here|newspaper=The Age|date=11 February 1956|page=4}}</ref><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 starred Beverly Dunn as Joan. Dunn had played the role in [[Melbourne Little Theatre]] in 1956.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19560211&id=y00RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4032,1607086&hl=en|title=The Lark to be Played Here|newspaper=The Age|date=11 February 1956|page=4}}</ref><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 broadcast in a series of "live" dramas on Sunday night on ABV-2 Melbourne. In order, they were ''The Governess'', ''The Last Call'', ''The Rose without a Thorn'', ''The Lark'', ''Citizen of Westminster'', and ''Enemy of the People'' (the last of "the season").<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=26 September 1958|page=24|title=Line Up of TV Dramas for Sunday Night}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 09:00, 7 June 2020

The Lark
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Written byAlan Seymour
Based onplay The Lark by Jean Anouilh translated by Christopher Fry
Music byRobert Hughes
Production
company
ABC
Distributed byATN-2
Release dates
16 November 1958 (Melbourne)[1][2]
January 1959 (Sydney)[3]
Running time
90 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Lark is a 1959 Australian TV play. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]

Cast

  • Beverly Dunn as Joan of Arc
  • Frank Gatliff as Cauchon
  • Christopher Hill as Warwick
  • Robert Peach as the Inquisitor
  • Jeffrey Hodgson as the Dauphin
  • John Morgan as the Promoter
  • Moira Carleton as Joan's mother
  • Mary Ward as Queen Yolande
  • Laura Jane Casson as Agnes Sorel
  • Carol Potter as the little Queen
  • Brin Newton-John as the Archbishop of Rheims

Production

It was shot in Melbourne using a cast of 24 and seven sets which occupied the entire 60 ft by 80 ft of Melbourne's Studio 32, one of the largest studios in Melbourne.[3]

It starred Beverly Dunn as Joan. Dunn had played the role in Melbourne Little Theatre in 1956.[5][1]

It was broadcast in a series of "live" dramas on Sunday night on ABV-2 Melbourne. In order, they were The Governess, The Last Call, The Rose without a Thorn, The Lark, Citizen of Westminster, and Enemy of the People (the last of "the season").[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "From School Plays to Success on TV". The Age. 19 September 1958. p. 20.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 14 November 1958. p. 32.
  3. ^ a b "ABN to Screen "The Lark"". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 January 1959. p. 11.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. ^ "The Lark to be Played Here". The Age. 11 February 1956. p. 4.
  6. ^ "Line Up of TV Dramas for Sunday Night". The Age. 26 September 1958. p. 24.

External links


Stub icon

This article related to an Australian made-for-TV movie is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Lark_(1958_film)&oldid=961227167"