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==Background== |
==Background== |
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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> In the early 1960s, ABC aired a series of historical mini-series: ''[[Stormy Petrel (TV series)|Stormy Petrel]]'' (1960), ''[[The Outcasts (1961 TV series)|The Outcasts]]'' (1961), ''[[The Patriots (TV series)|The Patriots]]'' (1962), and ''[[The Hungry Ones]]'' (1963). ''The Purple Jacaranda'', however, featured a then-contemporary setting. It was based on a 1958 radio serial which in turn was based on a novel.<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KH5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qpYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6260,1529549&dq=purple-jacaranda&hl=en</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g5FVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vpYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6611%2C3374060|title="Guarded" Suspense Serial|date=20 February 1964|page=12}}</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> In the early 1960s, ABC aired a series of historical mini-series: ''[[Stormy Petrel (TV series)|Stormy Petrel]]'' (1960), ''[[The Outcasts (1961 TV series)|The Outcasts]]'' (1961), ''[[The Patriots (TV series)|The Patriots]]'' (1962), and ''[[The Hungry Ones]]'' (1963). ''The Purple Jacaranda'', however, featured a then-contemporary setting. It was based on a 1958 radio serial which in turn was based on a novel.<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KH5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qpYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6260,1529549&dq=purple-jacaranda&hl=en</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g5FVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vpYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6611%2C3374060|title="Guarded" Suspense Serial|date=20 February 1964|page=12}}</ref> |
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Colin Dean said historical "serials take years of research and steeping in the period. Writers can't produce one at a moment's notice. I quite like this year's change to a modern serial, but I would be sad if we stopped doing historical serials. They are very rewarding."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48077616 |title=Life of musical genius, by Disney |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=31, |issue=42 |location=Australia, Australia |date=18 March 1964 |accessdate=16 July 2020 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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Unlike the historical serials, which got largely positive response by viewers and critics, ''The Purple Jacaranda'' was a critical failure. |
Unlike the historical serials, which got largely positive response by viewers and critics, ''The Purple Jacaranda'' was a critical failure. |
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Revision as of 12:36, 16 July 2020
The Purple Jacaranda was an Australian television mini-series which aired on ABC in 1964 based on a novel by Nancy Graham. Cast included James Condon, Margo Lee, Ronald Morse, Diana Perryman, Walter Sullivan and John Unicomb.[1][2]
It started broadcasting 12 July 1964. Desmonde Dowling did the sets.[3]
Plot
Anna James is confronted by Colonel Thomson of security who asks her to go to Sydney and stay with her friend Darcy, now married to David Crawford. David and Darcy live in Jacaranda House. Anna has misgivings but eventually agrees.
Cast
- Margo Lee as Anne James
- Diana Perryman as Darcy
- Ronald Morse as Colonel Thomson
- Walter Sullivan as David Crawford
Background
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4] In the early 1960s, ABC aired a series of historical mini-series: Stormy Petrel (1960), The Outcasts (1961), The Patriots (1962), and The Hungry Ones (1963). The Purple Jacaranda, however, featured a then-contemporary setting. It was based on a 1958 radio serial which in turn was based on a novel.[5][6]
Colin Dean said historical "serials take years of research and steeping in the period. Writers can't produce one at a moment's notice. I quite like this year's change to a modern serial, but I would be sad if we stopped doing historical serials. They are very rewarding."[7]
Reception
Unlike the historical serials, which got largely positive response by viewers and critics, The Purple Jacaranda was a critical failure.
References
- ^ "The Purple Jacaranda". The Canberra Times. 1 August 1964. p. 13. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE PURPLE JACARANDA". The Australian Women's Weekly. 15 July 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Seven Part Mystery Challenge for ABC". The Age. 9 July 1964. p. 12.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KH5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qpYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6260,1529549&dq=purple-jacaranda&hl=en
- ^ ""Guarded" Suspense Serial". The Age. 20 February 1964. p. 12.
- ^ "Life of musical genius, by Disney". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 31, , no. 42. Australia, Australia. 18 March 1964. p. 15. Retrieved 16 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
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