Corinth House

Corinth House is a 1961 Australian TV movie based on the play by Pamela Hansford Johnson and directed by Bill Bain. It was one of the rare Australian dramas on TV at the time and sold overseas.[4][5]

Corinth House
Advertisement from SMH 15 Feb 1961
Based onthe play by Pamela Hansford Johnson
Written byBill Bain[1]
Directed byBill Bain
Country of originAustralia
Original language(s)English
Production
Running time60 mins
Production company(s)ABC
DistributorABC
Release
Original networkABC
Original release15 February 1961 (Sydney)[2]
March 15, 1961[3]

It was the ABC's first live drama of 1961.[6]

Plot

Set in a private hotel in London. One of its residents is Miss Malleson, a retired headmistress living out the rest of her days. She is visited by an ex pupil, Madge Donnythrope, who sixteen years earlier Miss Malleson disciplined publicly. Madge is determined to get revenge on the headmistress by convincing others she is insane.

Cast
  • Enid Lorimer as Miss Malleson
  • Diana Perryman as Madge Donnythorpe
  • Gwen Bevan as Mrs. Beauclerc, the manageress
  • Ida Newton as Miss Figgis
  • Gwen Plumb as Mrs. Heysham
  • Hugh Stewart as Major Shales
  • Audrey Teesdale as Nora, the maid

Reception

The Australian Woman's Weekly called it "excellent".[7]

The Sydney Morning Herald said "The outstanding and positive thing about this play is its utter suitability to the medium of television" starring "two actresses of exceptional power."[8]

See also
  • List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)

References
  1. "TV Guide". The Age. 9 March 1961. p. 35.
  2. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 February 1961. p. 15.
  3. "Debut for a Radio Legend". The Age. 9 March 1961. p. 14.
  4. "LIVE DRAMA AND MUSIC ON ABC TELEVISION". The Canberra Times. 11 December 1962. p. 27. Retrieved 5 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. Marshall, Valda (12 February 1961). "TV Merry Go Round". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 99.
  7. "JIMMY EDWARDS HERE SOON". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia, Australia. 1 March 1961. p. 61. Retrieved 4 February 2020 – via Trove.
  8. ""Corinth House" on ABN". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 February 1961. p. 7.


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