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'''''In Writing''''' is a 1961 Australian television play by an Australian writer living in London, Raymond Bowers, and directed by Kevin Shine. It was broadcast on the ABC on June 7, 1961 in Sydney and on August 2 in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tKZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3865%2C3993877|newspaper=The Age|title=Untitled|date=27 June 1961|page=12}}</ref> |
'''''In Writing''''' is a 1961 Australian television play by an Australian writer living in London, Raymond Bowers, and directed by Kevin Shine. It was broadcast on the ABC on June 7, 1961 in Sydney and on August 2 in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tKZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3865%2C3993877|newspaper=The Age|title=Untitled|date=27 June 1961|page=12}}</ref> It aired in Brisbane on 6 May 1962. It went for 75 minutes.<ref name="times">{{cite magazine|magazine=TV Week|title=Salted with Strychnine|date=3 May 1962}}</ref> |
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It was first presented on the BBC in London in 1956 and was also presented on stage and radio.<ref name="smh"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71788272 |title=BRITAIN'S AT HER GAYEST EVER! |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=24 December 1955 |accessdate=9 August 2020 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
It was first presented on the BBC in London in 1956 and was also presented on stage and radio.<ref name="smh"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71788272 |title=BRITAIN'S AT HER GAYEST EVER! |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=24 December 1955 |accessdate=9 August 2020 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
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==Cast== |
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*[[Leonard Teale]] as Detective Inspector Hurst |
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*Ric Hutton as John Clostin |
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*[[Anne Haddy]] as Mrs Clostin |
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*[[James Workman]] as Pr Bowman |
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*Jack Ford as Sergeant |
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*Carolyn Keely as waitress |
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It was Bowers' second script done for Australian TV the first being ''[[It's the Geography That Counts]]''.<ref name="times"/> |
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==Reception== |
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The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' called it an "unpretentious little suspense play which several times tripped over its own excess of ingenuity" and "suppressed far too many major facts to play fair with the audience."<ref>{{cite news|title=Mystery Play on TV|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=June 8, 1961|page=9}}</ref> |
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' called it an "unpretentious little suspense play which several times tripped over its own excess of ingenuity" and "suppressed far too many major facts to play fair with the audience."<ref>{{cite news|title=Mystery Play on TV|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=June 8, 1961|page=9}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:39, 8 October 2020
In Writing is a 1961 Australian television play by an Australian writer living in London, Raymond Bowers, and directed by Kevin Shine. It was broadcast on the ABC on June 7, 1961 in Sydney and on August 2 in Melbourne.[1] It aired in Brisbane on 6 May 1962. It went for 75 minutes.[2]
It was first presented on the BBC in London in 1956 and was also presented on stage and radio.[3][4]
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[5]
Plot
According to the Sydney Morning Herald is was "the story of an unusual murder in London involving a husband and wife, investigated in an unorthodox manner by Detective-Inspector Hurst."[3] James Peebles has befriende John Clostin's wife and Clostin is unhappy with that.
Cast
- Leonard Teale as Detective Inspector Hurst
- Ric Hutton as John Clostin
- Anne Haddy as Mrs Clostin
- James Workman as Pr Bowman
- Richard Parry as James Peebles
- Jack Ford as Sergeant
- Carolyn Keely as waitress
Production
It was Bowers' second script done for Australian TV the first being It's the Geography That Counts.[2]
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald called it an "unpretentious little suspense play which several times tripped over its own excess of ingenuity" and "suppressed far too many major facts to play fair with the audience."[6]
References
- ^ "Untitled". The Age. 27 June 1961. p. 12.
- ^ a b "Salted with Strychnine". TV Week. 3 May 1962.
- ^ a b ""Live" Mystery Drama". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 June 1961. p. 11.
- ^ "BRITAIN'S AT HER GAYEST EVER!". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 24 December 1955. p. 4. Retrieved 9 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "Mystery Play on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 June 1961. p. 9.
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