Fly by Night (TV play)

Fly By Night is a 1962 Australian TV play broadcast on the ABC. Written expressly for television, it starred Sophie Stewart who was also in The Little Woman.[4] [5]

Fly By Night
Directed byBill Bain[1]
Written byG.C. Brown
StarringSophie Stewart
Production
company
ABC
Distributed byABN 2 (Sydney)
Release date
27 June 1962 (live, Sydney)
15 August 1962[2]
Running time
60 mins[3]
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[6]

Plot

In London near the Thmas, Miss Tyrell, an elderly vagrant, meets a middle aged suburban housewife and her husband, Mr and Mrs Dexter, in a dockside cafe. Miss Tyrell prompts the Dexters to rebel against their life.

Cast
  • Dorothy Dunkley as Miss Tyrell
  • Sophie Stewart as Mrs Dexter, suburban housewife
  • Michael Duffield as her husband, Mr Dexter
  • John Ewart as taxi driver
  • Stewart Ginn
  • Peter Morris
  • Lou Vernon as Seamus
  • James Elliot as seaman
  • Olive Walker
  • Nat Levison

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that "sensitive acting from a small but extremely competent cast triumphed... over rudimentary camera techniques to produce one of the most absorbing plays to appear on Channel 2 for a very long time.... Michael Dufficld's characterisation of the retired businessman, still haunted by youthful dreams of adventure, was a completely authentic... Dorothy Dunckley... gave an outstanding portrayal."[7]

The Woman's Weekly called it "a most enjoyable TV surprise. The surprise was its standard - miles above the general standard of A.B.C. live plays in acting, production, and story. The story, described as a comedy with a difference, was not so darned comic. It was too real."[8]

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

References
  1. "TV Guide". The Age. 9 August 1962. p. 35.
  2. "Sidewalk to Revolt". The Age. 9 August 1962. p. 27.
  3. "Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 June 1962. p. 17.
  4. "Interview with Stage Star". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 November 1962. p. 19.
  5. "Make-up Artist in "Live" Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 June 1962.
  6. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  7. "Television Play Fine". Sydney Morning Herald. 28 June 1962. p. 10.
  8. "No title". The Australian Women's Weekly. 30 ([?]). Australia, Australia. 11 July 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 20 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.


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