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'''''Gaslight''''' is a 1958 TV play broadcast by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] based on the 1938 play ''[[Gas Light (play)|Gas Light]]'' by Patrick Hamilton. It starred Beverley Dunne.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19580919&id=VSUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5141,2937218&hl=en]</ref><ref name="age">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19580919&id=VSUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5141,2937218&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|date=19 September 1958|page=20|title=From School Plays to Success on TV}}</ref>
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'''''Gaslight''''' is a 1958 TV play broadcast by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] based on the 1938 play ''[[Gas Light (play)|Gas Light]]'' by Patrick Hamilton. It starred Beverley Dunne.<ref name="bev">{{cite news|title=From School Plays to Success on TV|newspaper=The Age|date=September 19, 1958|page=20|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19580919&id=VSUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5141,2937218&hl=en}}</ref>


It was one of a number of TV performances given by Dunn, others including ''[[Roundabout (1957 film)|Roundabout]]'', ''[[The Lark (1959 film)|The Lark]]'', ''[[The Small Victory]]'' and ''[[Fair Passenger]]''.<ref name="bev"/>
==Plot==
Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if means driving his wife insane.
==Cast==
*[[Beverley Dunn]] as Mrs Manningham
*Brian James
*John Morgan
==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]]
*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]]

Revision as of 18:27, 17 January 2019

Gaslight
Release date
8 January 1958
Running time
75 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Gaslight is a 1958 TV play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation based on the 1938 play Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton. It starred Beverley Dunne.[1]

It was one of a number of TV performances given by Dunn, others including Roundabout, The Lark, The Small Victory and Fair Passenger.[1]

Plot

Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if means driving his wife insane.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "From School Plays to Success on TV". The Age. September 19, 1958. p. 20.