Traveller Without Luggage is a 1961 Australian television film directed by Henri Safran and starring Ric Hutton. It was Safran's first English language work.[5][6]
| Traveller Without Luggage | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Henri Safran |
| Written by | George F. Kerr |
| Based on | the play Le Voyageur sans bagage by Jean Anouilh |
| Starring | Ric Hutton |
Production company | ABC |
| Distributed by | ABC |
Release dates | 16 August 1961 (Sydney)[1] 20 September 1961 (Melboure)[2] 11 December 1962 (Brisbane)[3] |
Running time | 70 mins[4] |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Plot edit
A man (Ric Hutton) has been in an asylum for 16 years suffering from loss of memory. He is without the memories that the normal person carries with him as "luggage". On the advice of the asylum psychiatrist, he sets out to find his past and spends 24 hours with a family who believe he is their lost son. He discovers he was a seducer, a wife-stealer, and generally vile character, and decides to ditch his old self, adopt a new personality and a new family.
Cast edit
- Ric Hutton as the Traveller
- Enid Lorimer as the Mother
- Rhod Walker as the brother George
- Patricia Kennedy as the maid
- Clarissa Kaye as the sister in law Valerie
- Gordon Glenwright as Butler
- Brian Gilbert as Small Boy
- Robert McDarra as psychiatrist
Production edit
The play had been performed at the Sydney University Drama Society in June 1960.[7]
Reception edit
The critic from The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that the production was marked by "competence rather than exciting path-finding... Desmonde Downing_'s sets rank with the best one has seen in A.B.C. productions; and George Kerr's adaptation of the play, while it reduced many interesting subsidiary threads, nevertheless fairly happily retained the essence of the writing."[8]
References edit
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 August 1961. p. 18.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 14 September 1961. p. 33.
- ^ "Traveller without luggage". TV Times. 6 December 1962. p. 14.
- ^ "TV guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 August 1961. p. 21.
- ^ "Heiress takes over Ninepins". The Australian Women's Weekly. 30 August 1961. p. 19. Retrieved 23 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "The Past Featured in Plays". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 July 1960. p. 6.
- ^ "Anouilh's Play on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 August 1961. p. 5.
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