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According to ''Filmink'' "in the early 1960s, the easiest/least difficult way to get an Australian story on television wasn’t to write one in Australia – it was to emigrate, get that Australian story produced for English or American television, and then sell it to Australia," giving this play as an example.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-tv-plays-the-grey-nurse-said-nothing/|title=Forgotten Australian TV Plays: The Grey Nurse Said Nothing|date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> |
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Sydney boxing trainer Ern McQuillan was the technical advisor for the story. Joe Jenkins, who appeared often on television as a dancer, makes his acting debut as Rowdie Rawlings.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Drama of the Ring|date=18 April 1960|page=19}}</ref> He would later go on to appear in several Australian TV dramas such as ''[[The Emperor Jones (1960 TV play)|The Emperor Jones]]'', ''[[Two-Headed Eagle]]'' and ''[[The End Begins (film)|The End Begins]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Negro in "Live" Drama|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=24ZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VOYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3773%2C477942|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|page=30|date=June 13, 1961}}</ref> |
Sydney boxing trainer Ern McQuillan was the technical advisor for the story. Joe Jenkins, who appeared often on television as a dancer, makes his acting debut as Rowdie Rawlings.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Drama of the Ring|date=18 April 1960|page=19}}</ref> He would later go on to appear in several Australian TV dramas such as ''[[The Emperor Jones (1960 TV play)|The Emperor Jones]]'', ''[[Two-Headed Eagle]]'' and ''[[The End Begins (film)|The End Begins]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Negro in "Live" Drama|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=24ZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VOYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3773%2C477942|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|page=30|date=June 13, 1961}}</ref> |
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<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/z-non-white-aussie-movies-tv-white-australia/?fbclid=IwAR2a3frfNd9RfNEqJta07m8mnH4x5RejXkRemRiAUmojmurXyhJAAMPuEUE|title=The A to Z of Non-White Aussie Movies and TV in White Australia|date=May 25, 2020}}</ref> |
<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/z-non-white-aussie-movies-tv-white-australia/?fbclid=IwAR2a3frfNd9RfNEqJta07m8mnH4x5RejXkRemRiAUmojmurXyhJAAMPuEUE|title=The A to Z of Non-White Aussie Movies and TV in White Australia|date=May 25, 2020}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:02, 17 November 2020
| The Square Ring | |
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 Ad in SMH 18 Apr 1960 | |
| Based on | play The Square Ring by Ralph Peterson |
| Directed by | Raymond Menmuir |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90 mins |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 20 April 1960 (Sydney, live)[1] 10 August 1960 (Melbourne)[2] |
The Square Ring is a 1960 Australian TV play based on a stage play by Australian Ralph Petersen which had been successful on the stage in England and been filmed in 1953.
It was recorded live in Sydney. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]
Plot
The story of six fighters who wait for their turn in the ring one night at a boxing ring in England. Ex champ Docker Starkie is trying to make a comeback; Eddie Burke is a new boy on the way up; Harry Coombers is a certain future champion; Rick Martell is planning on throwing a fight; Sailor Johnson is a broken-down has-been; Rawlings likes to read books before a fight.
Mixing with them all is the dressing room attendant Danny Felton who has seen fighters come and go and understand them. There is also associated characters like a stadium manager.
Cast
- Don Barkham as Eddie Burke
- Guy Doleman as Harry Coombes[4]
- Jack Fegan as Docker Starkie
- Ken Goodlet as Sailor Johnson
- Joe Jenkins as Rowdie Rawling
- Owen Weingott as Rick Martell
- Edward Hepple as Danny Felton, the handler
- Al Thomas as the stadium manager
- Ben Gabriel Joe
- Louis Wishart as stadium doctor
- Max Osbiston as Watty
- John Unicomb as Ford
Production
SMH 18 Apr 1960
According to Filmink "in the early 1960s, the easiest/least difficult way to get an Australian story on television wasn’t to write one in Australia – it was to emigrate, get that Australian story produced for English or American television, and then sell it to Australia," giving this play as an example.[5]
Sydney boxing trainer Ern McQuillan was the technical advisor for the story. Joe Jenkins, who appeared often on television as a dancer, makes his acting debut as Rowdie Rawlings.[6] He would later go on to appear in several Australian TV dramas such as The Emperor Jones, Two-Headed Eagle and The End Begins.[7] [8]
References
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 April 1960. p. 20.
- ^ "Highlights on TV". The Age. p. 5.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (February 18, 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "Big TV cover of the Rome Olympics". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 28, no. [?]. Australia, Australia. 3 August 1960. p. 55. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (November 17, 2020). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: The Grey Nurse Said Nothing". Filmink.
- ^ "Drama of the Ring". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 April 1960. p. 19.
- ^ "Negro in "Live" Drama". Sydney Morning Herald. June 13, 1961. p. 30.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (May 25, 2020). "The A to Z of Non-White Aussie Movies and TV in White Australia". Filmink.