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'''''Two Headed Eagle''''' is a 1961 Australian television play directed by [[William Sterling (director)|William Sterling]] and starring [[Margo Lee]]. It was based on a play by [[Jean Cocteau]] which had been first presented on the London stage in 1946.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19601208&id=BqETAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6857,1419314&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|title=Untitled|date=8 December 1960|page=14}}</ref> |
'''''Two Headed Eagle''''' is a 1961 Australian television play directed by [[William Sterling (director)|William Sterling]] and starring [[Margo Lee]]. It was based on a play by [[Jean Cocteau]] which had been first presented on the London stage in 1946.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19601208&id=BqETAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6857,1419314&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|title=Untitled|date=8 December 1960|page=14}}</ref> The adaptation was by Alan Seymour who wrote a number of TV plays around this time.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> |
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| Two-Headed Eagle | |
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| Directed by | William Sterling |
| Written by | Alan Seymour |
Production company | |
Release dates | 14 December 1960 (Melbourne) 8 March 1961 (Sydney) |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Two Headed Eagle is a 1961 Australian television play directed by William Sterling and starring Margo Lee. It was based on a play by Jean Cocteau which had been first presented on the London stage in 1946.[1] The adaptation was by Alan Seymour who wrote a number of TV plays around this time.[2]
Premise
An assassin sets out to kill a widowed Queen.
Cast
- Edward Brayshaw as the assassin
- Margo Lee as the Queen
- Michael Duffield
- Christopher Hill
- Madeline Howell
- Sue Jenkins
Reception
The TV critic for The Sydney Morning Herald praised Margo Lee's performance but thought the play "could have been more effective if there had been a little more care in the production. The camera work relied too much on ordinary close and long shots; there was nothing much, in this respect, to enliven proceedings during the queen's long vocal cadenza; and the quality of the sound-reproduction was variable."[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Untitled". The Age. 8 December 1960. p. 14.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "The Two Headed Eagle". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 March 1961. p. 11.
External links
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