Roundabout is a television movie, or rather a live television play, which aired on Australian television in 1957. Broadcast 4 January 1957 on ABC station ABV-2, it is notable as the first example of television drama produced in Melbourne.[3][4]
| Roundabout | |
|---|---|
 Ad from 4 Jan 1957 | |
| Based on | play by Michael Clayton-Hutton |
| Written by | William Sterling |
| Directed by | Bill Eldridge |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 mins[1] |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 4 January 1957[2] |
It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare.[5]
"Official" television broadcasting in the city had only begun two months earlier. There seems to have been a Melbourne production and a Sydney production, as happened with The Twelve Pound Look.
Plot edit
The original TV listing in The Age newspaper described the plot as "a woman's reactions to her husband's suspected affair with another woman".[6]
Melbourne cast edit
- British actor Patrick Horgan
- Mary Ward as the wife
- Beverley Dunn as the other woman
- Sydney Conabere
- Mira Carleton
Production edit
The show is based on a 1952 one-act play by Michael Clayton-Hutton.
A Melbourne production was aired live on 4 January 1957 over 30 minutes. Production was by Bill Eldridge.[7] Filming took place at ABC's studios at Ripponlea. Star Patrick Horgan was appearing on stage at the time and had to get in a taxi to the theatre after filming.[8] Beverly Dunn went on to appear in a number of live TV productions.[9]
Sydney production edit
| Roundabout | |
|---|---|
| Based on | play by Michael Clayton-Hutton[11] |
| Directed by | Raymond Menmuir |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 19 February 1957[10] |
A Sydney production was directed by Raymond Menmuir and aired February 19, 1957.[12][13]
Cast edit
- Roger Climpson as David
- Anne Bullen as Ruth
- Judith Godden as Paula
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 3 January 1957. p. 20.
- ^ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 4 January 1957. p. 18. Retrieved 11 May 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "From School Plays to Success on TV". The Age. 19 September 1958. p. 20.
- ^ "Gaslight on TV with Melbourne Cast". The Age. 2 January 1958. p. 8.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "ABC Channel 2". The Age. 3 January 1957. p. 11.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 3 January 1957. p. 8.
- ^ "Drama, Interviews "Live" on ABV-2". The Age. 3 January 1957. p. 15.
- ^ Lane, Richard (2000). The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Volume 2. National Film and Sound Archive. pp. 132–134.
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydey Morning Herald. 4 January 1957. p. 14.
- ^ "TV—Channel 2 ABN". ABC Weekly. Vol. 19, no. 7. 16 February 1957. p. 31.
- ^ "TV—Channel 2 ABn". ABC Weekly. 19 February 1957. p. 39.
- ^ "TV, Radio Programs". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 February 1957. p. 13.
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