The Rose and Crown (film)
The Rose and Crown is a 1956 Australian television play.[2] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time and this followed production of The Twelve Pound Note, the first drama on Australian television.[3]
| The Rose and Crown | |
|---|---|
| Based on | play by J.B. Priestley |
| Directed by | Raymond Menmuir |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Production company(s) | ABC |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | 20 November 1956 (Sydney)[1] |
Plot
The Rose and Crown is a London pub. Five regulars are confronted one evening by an unusual request from a stranger, the personification of death.
Cast
- Edward Howell
- Ethel Lang as Ma Peck
- Lou Vernon
- David Butler as Harry
Production
Priestley had written the piece specifically for television.[4]
It was broadcast live in Sydney.[5]
1963 Perth Version
| The Rose and Crown | |
|---|---|
| Based on | play by J.B. Priestley |
| Directed by | Bill Eldridge |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Production company(s) | ABC |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | 9 September 1963 (Melbourne, taped) 9 October 1963 (Sydney, taped)[6] |
A version of the play was performed in Perth in 1963, the first television drama made in that city. It was broadcast in Melbourne on 9 September 1963.[7]
The producer was Bill Eldridge who described the play as "something between the kitchen sink and the twilight zone, one of Priestley's 'time' plays concerned with the reaction of ordinary people to an extraordinary situation."[8]
Cast
- Nita Pannell as the hard drinking widow Mrs Reed
- Michael Laurence as Percy Randle, newlywed
- Jan Shier as Ivy Randle, newlywed
- Chris Pendlebury as Ma Peck
- Ron Graham as Harry Tully
- Peter Collingwood as the plumber
- Paul Nayton as the mysterious stranger
See also
- List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)
References
- "TV—Channel 2 ABN". ABC Weekly. 17 November 1956. p. 31.
- Ray Menmuir Obituary at Sydney Morning Herald
- Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- http://www.birth-of-tv.org/birth/assetView.do?asset=BIRTHOFTELEV19001___1133174856514
- "Seen on channel 2—ABN". ABC Weekly. 17 November 1956. p. 19.
- "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 October 1963. p. 21.
- "TV Guide". The Age. 5 September 1963. p. 35.
- "First Perth-produced ABC play by J.B. Priestley". The Age. 5 September 1963. p. 10.
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