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'''''The Winds of Green Monday''''' was a 1965 Australian TV play by [[Michael Noonan (Australian writer)|Michael Noonan]]. It aired as part of ''[[Wednesday Theatre]]''. It starred [[Terry Norris (actor)|Terry Norris]] and was directed by [[Oscar Whitbread]]. It went for 75 minutes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131830931 |title=MONDAY |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39, |issue=11,223 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=2 August 1965 |accessdate=20 March 2017 |page=2 (TELEVISION and radio GUIDE) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
| title = The Winds of Green Monday
| series = [[Wednesday Theatre]]
| image =
| caption =
| season = 1
| episode = 30
| director = [[Oscar Whitbread]]
| teleplay = [[Michael Noonan (Australian writer)|Michael Noonan]]
| producer =
| photographer =
| airdate = August 4, 1965<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=August 4, 1965|page=12|title=Television}}</ref>
Page 12</ref>
| length = 75 mins
| guests =
| prev = [[The Sweet Sad Story of Elmo and Me]]
| next = Ever Since Paradise
}}
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'''''The Winds of Green Monday''''' was a 1965 Australian TV play by [[Michael Noonan (Australian writer)|Michael Noonan]]. It aired as part of ''[[Wednesday Theatre]]''. It starred [[Terry Norris (actor)|Terry Norris]] and was directed by [[Oscar Whitbread]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131830931 |title=MONDAY |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39, |issue=11,223 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=2 August 1965 |accessdate=20 March 2017 |page=2 (TELEVISION and radio GUIDE) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
A crew deserts a ship to find their fortune in the 1850s goldfields.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131831068 |title='Combat' private in a ballad |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39, |issue=11,223 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=2 August 1965 |accessdate=28 February 2016 |page=1 (TELEVISION and radio GUIDE) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
A crew deserts a ship to find their fortune in the 1850s goldfields and the captain must get them back.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131831068 |title='Combat' private in a ballad |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39, |issue=11,223 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=2 August 1965 |accessdate=28 February 2016 |page=1 (TELEVISION and radio GUIDE) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Cast==

*Keith Lee as Scottish captain McKendrick
*[[Terry Norris (actor)|Terry Norris]]
*Jennifer Wright as music hall singer
*Martin Magee
==Reception==
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' praised the performances of Lee and Wright as "professional" but complained about the "stiffness of the dialogue" and said "the direction of the crowds with their rhubarb-rhubarb voices and their tinned and infuriatingly phony laughter drove us for solace across the dial."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=New Series are Unpredictable|date=August 6, 1965|page=8}}</ref>
==British Version==
==British Version==
The play was adapted for British TV in 1965 starring [[Chips Rafferty]].<ref>http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8de465c4</ref><ref>http://ctva.biz/UK/ITV/ITV_PlayOfTheWeek_11_%281965-66%29.htm</ref>
The play was adapted for British TV in 1965 starring [[Chips Rafferty]].<ref>http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8de465c4</ref><ref>http://ctva.biz/UK/ITV/ITV_PlayOfTheWeek_11_%281965-66%29.htm</ref>

Revision as of 05:23, 21 February 2019

"The Winds of Green Monday"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 30
Directed byOscar Whitbread
Teleplay byMichael Noonan
Original air dateAugust 4, 1965[1] Page 12</ref>
Running time75 mins
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The Winds of Green Monday was a 1965 Australian TV play by Michael Noonan. It aired as part of Wednesday Theatre. It starred Terry Norris and was directed by Oscar Whitbread.[2]

Plot

A crew deserts a ship to find their fortune in the 1850s goldfields and the captain must get them back.[3]

Cast

  • Keith Lee as Scottish captain McKendrick
  • Terry Norris
  • Jennifer Wright as music hall singer
  • Martin Magee

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald praised the performances of Lee and Wright as "professional" but complained about the "stiffness of the dialogue" and said "the direction of the crowds with their rhubarb-rhubarb voices and their tinned and infuriatingly phony laughter drove us for solace across the dial."[4]

British Version

The play was adapted for British TV in 1965 starring Chips Rafferty.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Television". Sydney Morning Herald. August 4, 1965. p. 12.
  2. ^ "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, , no. 11, 223. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 August 1965. p. 2 (TELEVISION and radio GUIDE). Retrieved 20 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. ^ "'Combat' private in a ballad". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, , no. 11, 223. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 August 1965. p. 1 (TELEVISION and radio GUIDE). Retrieved 28 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  4. ^ "New Series are Unpredictable". Sydney Morning Herald. August 6, 1965. p. 8.
  5. ^ http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8de465c4
  6. ^ http://ctva.biz/UK/ITV/ITV_PlayOfTheWeek_11_%281965-66%29.htm


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