Australian Theatre Festival
The Australian Theatre Festival was a series of adaptations of Australian plays filmed by the ABC in 1979-80. Six plays were filmed in all at an estimated budget of $5,000 an episode. They aired on Sunday night opposite movies on the commercial channels.[1] They were partly inspired by a government ruling that the ABC could keep any money it made selling projects overseas.[2]
The series was not a ratings success.[3]
Episodes
First Series:
- Carolie Lansdowne Says No by Alex Buzo
- A Toast to Melba by Jack Hibberd
- Big Toys by Patrick White
- Departmental by Mervyn Rutherford
- The Department by David Williamson
- Bedfellows by Barry Oakley[4]
Second Series:
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References
- "Culled Out!". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 20 August 1980. p. 165 Supplement: Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- "THE LINE-UP FOR 1980". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 6 February 1980. p. 46. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- Australian Theatre Festival at AustLit
- "TELEVISION An affectionate play". The Canberra Times. 54 (16, 394). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 August 1980. p. 14. Retrieved 12 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- "PRODUCTION notes". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 6 August 1980. p. 146 Supplement: FREE Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
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