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==Production== |
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Paul O'Loughlin the director hired a studio at Artransa for show. He could only use it for two days meaning the production had to be carefully planned. The director said |
Paul O'Loughlin the director hired a studio at Artransa for show. He could only use it for two days meaning the production had to be carefully planned. The director said, "We've never done a 90-minute play before. We've done one hour plays, and the extra half hour only adds to our difficulties in one respect. In every half-hour there are 90 to 100 shots. The camera has four lenses. Each shot must be worked out in advance, and the lens' for it nominated. We have 300 instead of 200 shots to plan in minute detail."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=25 November 1957|page=17|title=Tailor Made for TV}}</ref> |
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<blockquote>We've never done a 90-minute play before. We've done one hour plays, and the extra half hour only adds to our difficulties in one respect. In every half-hour there are 90 to 100 shots. The camera has four lenses. Each shot must be worked out in advance, and the lens' for it nominated. We have 300 instead of 200 shots to plan in minute detail.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=25 November 1957|page=17|title=Tailor Made for TV}}</ref></blockquote> |
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Set designer Desmonde Downing said " "We are striving for a grand and spacious effect while retaining the atmosphere of the period." Costumer [[Thelma Afford]] said "Every delail of the women's gowns must be ust right—the tiniest crease in a gown is picked up and exaggerated. As most of the shots will be close-ups and mid-close-ups, we try to create period and character in necklines and shoulderlines, and hat—we've had a lot of fun with the hats."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date= December 16, 1957|title=SPECIAL SETS. GOWNS|page=16}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]] |
*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]] |
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Revision as of 05:52, 16 January 2020
| The Importance of Being Ernest | |
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| Directed by | Paul O'Loughlin |
Production company | ABC |
Release date | 16 December 1957 |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
The Importance of Being Earnest is a 1957 Australian TV performance of the play by Oscar Wilde. It was produced by Paul O'Loughlin. It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare.[1]
It aired on 16 December 1957 and starred Margo Lee and Richard Meikle.[2] It was the longest running Australian made drama to have aired on Australian TV until that time.[3]
Cast
- Lola Brooks as Cecily
- Neva Carr-Glynn as Lady Bracknell
- James Condon as John
- Margo Lee as Gwendolyn
- Richard Meikle as Algernon
- Edward Howell as Rev. Canon Chasuble
- Audrey Teesdale as Miss Prism
- John Brunskill as Lane
- Charles McCallum as Merriman
Production
Paul O'Loughlin the director hired a studio at Artransa for show. He could only use it for two days meaning the production had to be carefully planned. The director said, "We've never done a 90-minute play before. We've done one hour plays, and the extra half hour only adds to our difficulties in one respect. In every half-hour there are 90 to 100 shots. The camera has four lenses. Each shot must be worked out in advance, and the lens' for it nominated. We have 300 instead of 200 shots to plan in minute detail."[4]
Set designer Desmonde Downing said " "We are striving for a grand and spacious effect while retaining the atmosphere of the period." Costumer Thelma Afford said "Every delail of the women's gowns must be ust right—the tiniest crease in a gown is picked up and exaggerated. As most of the shots will be close-ups and mid-close-ups, we try to create period and character in necklines and shoulderlines, and hat—we've had a lot of fun with the hats."[5]
See also
References
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "Full Details of This Week's Programs On All Channels". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 December 1957. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Exciting new shows". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 November 1957. p. 14.
- ^ "Tailor Made for TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 25 November 1957. p. 17.
- ^ "SPECIAL SETS. GOWNS". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 December 1957. p. 16.
External links
- The Importance of Being Earnest at National Film and Sound Archive
- The Importance of Being Earnest at IMDb
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