Crime Passionel

Crime Passionel is a 1959 Australian television play. It was based on a play by Jean-Paul Sartre and was directed by Royston Morley.

The play had been broadcast that year by the BBC.

It was broadcast live in Sydney on 11 November 1959. A recording was made of this and shown in Melbourne on 10 February 1960.[1] It went for 90 minutes.[2]

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]

Plot

In the mythical European country of Illythia, the German armies are retreating from the Russians. Hugo, a young intellectual who wants to be revolutionary hero, sets about assassinating his party leader, Hoederer.

Cast
  • Brian James as Hoederer
  • William Job as Hugo
  • Jacqueline Kott as Olga
  • John Fegan as Charles
  • Tony Arpino as Franz
  • Peter Williams as Louis
  • James Elliott as Ivan
  • Rosemary Webster as Hugo's wife
  • Don Crosby as Georges
  • Julian Flett as Prince Paul
  • Nat Levison as Slick
  • Richard Parry as Karsky
  • Bill Waters as Leon

Production

Brian James was flown in from Melbourne to play the lead.[4]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald TV reviewer wrote that the play was "a little slow in movement, because of the sheer weight of its talk... [but] was given an absorbing live performance... the cast was uncommonly strong."[5]

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See also
  • List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)

References
  1. "Wednesday Television". The Age. 4 February 1960. p. 11 Radio TV Supplement.
  2. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 November 1959. p. 14.
  3. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. "Telecast Of Crime Drama". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 November 1959. p. 13.
  5. "Crime Passionel on ABN". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 November 1959. p. 14.


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