The Cell (play)

The Cell is an Australian play by Robert Wales. The setting is in a school for delinquent girls.[1][2]

The Cell
Written byRobert Wales
Date premiered28 April 1966
Place premieredIndependent Theatre, Sydney
Original languageEnglish

Background

The play debuted in 1966.[3][4][5]

The play was published in 1971.

1968 Australian TV Version

It was adapted for television by the ABC in 1968, directed by John Croyston, and broadcast as part of the Seek and Destroy series.[6] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[7]

Cast

Production

Croyston decided to film the action all in one take "to enable the cast to hold the edge of emotional distraction".[8]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald called the production "a victory for the local industry".[9] The same reviewer later called it one of the best TV plays of the year.[10]

1968 British Version

It was also adapted for television by the BBC in England as A Swallow's Nest in 1968.[11]

References
  1. "THREE PAGES FOR WOMEN TWO ACTRESSES EXPLAIN HOW..." The Canberra Times. 8 June 1966. p. 21. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "New Sydney play's two night season". The Canberra Times. 40 (11, 478). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 May 1966. p. 26. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "AT SYDNEY THEATRES "The Cell"". Le Courrier Australien (10). New South Wales, Australia. 11 March 1966. p. 8. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "leisure — the arts The Cell has lighter side". The Canberra Times. 40 (11, 489). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 June 1966. p. 25. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "leisure—the arts THEATRE More thrills than insight". The Canberra Times. 40 (11, 491). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 June 1966. p. 15. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "AusStage". www.ausstage.edu.au. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  7. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  8. "Jon v John". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 September 1968. p. 6.
  9. Robinson, Harry (5 September 1968). "On Air". Sydney Morning Herald. p. On Air.
  10. Robinson, Harry (30 December 1968). "TV as Theatre". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 6.
  11. "BBC Two England - 29 January 1968 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

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