A Sound of Trumpets is a 1964 Australian drama directed by Henri Safran.[1]
| A Sound of Trumpets | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Donald Bull |
| Directed by | Henri Safran |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Original release | |
| Release | 3 June 1964 (Sydney) |
Premise edit
A family want to adopt a refugee boy.
Cast edit
- Nigel Lovell
- Henry Gilbert
- Peter Wagner
- Mark McManus
- Philippa Baker
- Janice Dinnen
Reception edit
The Sydney Morning Herald criticised the "excessive detail" and called it "dour, plodding, earnest" but said it "explored its chosen situation thoroughly enough to illuminate not so much a social problem as the complex interdependence of ordinary family life."[2]
The Bulletin said "this banal story, of an insufferable do-gooder and his equally insufferable family of long-suffering stereotypes faced with practising what they preach in the adoption of a refugee boy, rubbed its second-hand humanity in the audience's face with all the subtlety of Sonny Liston wielding a nine-pound hammer. Only Janice Dinnen’s remarkably mature performance as the eldest daughter and Ethel Gabriel’s complaining grandmother achieved any semblance of sympathy or credibility."[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "Drama Review: A Sound of trumpets". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 June 1964. p. 11.
- ^ Daniels, William (13 June 1964). "TELEVISION Royal Barge". The Bulletin. p. 48.
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