The Proposal (1957 film)

The Proposal is a 1957 Australian television play based on the play A Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekhov. It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare and mostly adaptations of overseas shows.[4]

The Proposal
Based onThe Proposal by Anton Chekhov
Directed byChristopher Muir
Country of originAustralia
Original language(s)English
Production
Production company(s)ABC
Budgetnearly £400[1]
Release
Original networkABV-2 (Melbourne)
Original release25 February 1957 (Melbourne, live)[2]
14 March 1957 (Sydney)[3]

It was filmed in Melbourne using popular radio actors of the time.[5][6][7]

Chris Muir recalled the air-conditioning broke down in the studio and the actors came close to fainting.[1]

Plot

In the 1880s a suitor tries to propose to an attractive girl under the eye of her father.

Cast

  • Paul Bacon as the suitor
  • Douglas Kelly as the father
  • Bettine Kauffmann as the girl
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See also

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

References

  1. Day, Christopher (1981). "TV Drama". In Peter Beilby (ed.). Australian TV: The First 25 Years. Thomas Nelson. p. 136.
  2. "TV Guide". The Age. 21 February 1957. p. 29.
  3. "Television Newss". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 March 1957. p. 8.
  4. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. "TV—Channel 2 ABN". ABC Weekly. 9 March 1957. p. 35.
  6. "SEEN ON CHANNEL 2- ABN". ABC Weekly. 9 March 1957. p. 19.
  7. "Radio Stars in "Live" TV Play". The Age. 21 February 1957. p. 23.


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