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A TV adaptation was directed by Lionel Harris and written by Alan Poolman. It was the first collaboration between the [[BBC]] and the ABC.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131649937|title=Outback drama has biblical theme|date=17 April 1967|newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]]|accessdate=23 February 2019|issue=11,665|location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia|volume=[?]|page=15|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Vagg|first=Stephen|date=February 18, 2019|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink}}</ref> |
A TV adaptation was directed by Lionel Harris and written by Alan Poolman. It was the first collaboration between the [[BBC]] and the ABC.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131649937|title=Outback drama has biblical theme|date=17 April 1967|newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]]|accessdate=23 February 2019|issue=11,665|location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia|volume=[?]|page=15|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Vagg|first=Stephen|date=February 18, 2019|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | It was filmed in Australia: exteriors in the Northern Territory near [[Tennant Creek]], at [[Ali Curung|Warrabri]] and at [[Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve|Devil's Marbles]], and interiors at the [[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC]]'s Gore Hill studios.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/8140393?mainTabTemplate=workFilmDetails|title=Kain {{!}} AustLit: Discover Australian Stories|website=www.austlit.edu.au|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The broadcast ran for 90 minutes and aired 17 April 1967.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131650552|title=Desert play praised|date=20 April 1967|newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]]|accessdate=23 February 2019|issue=11,668|location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia|volume=41|page=5|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In the UK it was broadcast in the drama anthology series ''[[Theatre 625]]'' as item 17 in series 4. It was thought lost, but survives as 16mm film.<ref>{{Citation|title=Theatre 625|date=2019-10-11|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theatre_625&oldid=920657246|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvbrain.info/|title=TVBrain {{!}} Kaleidoscope {{!}} Lost shows {{!}} TV Archive {{!}} TV History|website=www.tvbrain.info|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> |
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===Cast<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6994419c|title=Kain (1967)|website=BFI|language=en|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>=== |
===Cast<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6994419c|title=Kain (1967)|website=BFI|language=en|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>=== |
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*J D Devlin as Scotty, a desert wanderer |
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| ⚫ | It was filmed in Australia: exteriors in the Northern Territory near [[Tennant Creek]], at [[Ali Curung|Warrabri]] and at [[Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve|Devil's Marbles]], and interiors at the [[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC]]'s Gore Hill studios.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/8140393?mainTabTemplate=workFilmDetails|title=Kain {{!}} AustLit: Discover Australian Stories|website=www.austlit.edu.au|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> Lionel Harris, the director, Alan Poolman, the writer, and actors Michell, White and Devlin came from London; the rest of the cast were Australian.<ref name="times">{{cite magazine|magazine=TV Times|title=Australia outback murder drama based on Bible Story|page=9|date=12 April 1967}}</ref> Props had to be brought in from Sydney. 'The days were long and hard," said Harris.<ref name="times"/> |
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Harris said the play's theme was "in not taking those closest to you for granted - not living entirely for self. Kain thinks he has no conscience but his discovery that he has provides the play's conflict."<ref name="times"/> |
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| ⚫ | The broadcast ran for 90 minutes and aired 17 April 1967.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131650552|title=Desert play praised|date=20 April 1967|newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]]|accessdate=23 February 2019|issue=11,668|location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia|volume=41|page=5|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In the UK it was broadcast in the drama anthology series ''[[Theatre 625]]'' as item 17 in series 4. It was thought lost, but survives as 16mm film.<ref>{{Citation|title=Theatre 625|date=2019-10-11|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theatre_625&oldid=920657246|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvbrain.info/|title=TVBrain {{!}} Kaleidoscope {{!}} Lost shows {{!}} TV Archive {{!}} TV History|website=www.tvbrain.info|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> |
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==Production== |
==Production== |
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The play was announced in March 1966.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MPJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X5MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1755%2C538977|title=ABC and BBC in joint venture|date=3 March 1966|page=14}}</ref> |
The play was announced in March 1966.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MPJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X5MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1755%2C538977|title=ABC and BBC in joint venture|date=3 March 1966|page=14}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 12:50, 15 October 2020
Kain is a 1966 play loosely based on the biblical story of Cain and Abel.
Production
The play premiered in 1966.[1][2]
Original cast
- Keith Michell
- Alan White
1967 TV Adaptation
A TV adaptation was directed by Lionel Harris and written by Alan Poolman. It was the first collaboration between the BBC and the ABC.[3] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]
Cast[5]
- Keith Michell as Kain Sutherland
- Alan White as Rattler Sutherland
- J D Devlin as Scotty, a desert wanderer
- Audine Leith
- Candy Devine
- Roger Cox
- Teddy Plummer
- Michael Williamson
Production
It was filmed in Australia: exteriors in the Northern Territory near Tennant Creek, at Warrabri and at Devil's Marbles, and interiors at the ABC's Gore Hill studios.[6] Lionel Harris, the director, Alan Poolman, the writer, and actors Michell, White and Devlin came from London; the rest of the cast were Australian.[7] Props had to be brought in from Sydney. 'The days were long and hard," said Harris.[7]
Harris said the play's theme was "in not taking those closest to you for granted - not living entirely for self. Kain thinks he has no conscience but his discovery that he has provides the play's conflict."[7]
The broadcast ran for 90 minutes and aired 17 April 1967.[8] In the UK it was broadcast in the drama anthology series Theatre 625 as item 17 in series 4. It was thought lost, but survives as 16mm film.[9][10]
Production
The play was announced in March 1966.[11]
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald TV critic called it "the event of the week" praising the "strong performances from" Michell, White and Devlin and the "superbly photographed outback scenery. The photography ran rings around most routine Hollywood westerns. In colour, it would be a masterpiece." He did say "I felt that author Alan Poolman over-wrote at times. But this is small stuff, weighed alongside the tremendous dramatic impact of the play as a whole".[12]
The Bulletin called it "awful... Save us from expatriate playwrights such as Alan Poolman, who marry some childish sense of what is Australian to a more thorough idea of how to write bad drama" in which Michell "was less than unimpressive, matched only by Alan White... What possessed BBC-TV and ABC TV to film it? Well, television people have some weird ideas about the Outback, there’s no other explanation. Let’s hope the British viewers took it all at face value—as only a bad joke."[13]
References
- ^ "Leisure TV Drama Music Art BGooks Radio The Arts". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 377. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 January 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Australian play for UK". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 361. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 January 1966. p. 9. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Outback drama has biblical theme". The Canberra Times. Vol. [?], no. 11, 665. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 April 1967. p. 15. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "Kain (1967)". BFI. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Kain | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "Australia outback murder drama based on Bible Story". TV Times. 12 April 1967. p. 9.
- ^ "Desert play praised". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 668. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 April 1967. p. 5. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Theatre 625", Wikipedia, 11 October 2019, retrieved 24 January 2020
- ^ "TVBrain | Kaleidoscope | Lost shows | TV Archive | TV History". www.tvbrain.info. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "ABC and BBC in joint venture". The Age. 3 March 1966. p. 14.
- ^ "Kain: worth the money". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 April 1967. p. 94.
- ^ Roberts, Frank (29 April 1967). "Television Fair dinkum". The Bulletin. p. 38.
External links
- Kain at AustLit
- Kain TV movie at BFI
- Kain at Ausstage
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