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'''''Small Victory''''' is a 1958 television play broadcast by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. It was set during the [[Korean War]].<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>
'''''Small Victory''''' is a 1958 television play broadcast by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. It was set during the [[Korean War]].<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> It was directed by [[William Sterling]] and was shot in Melbourne. It aired in Sydney on 24 April 1958.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1366355921|magazine=ABC Weekly|title=Looking Ahead on Channel 2|page=33|date=23 April 1958}}</ref>


It was based on a play by Australian author [[Iain MacCormick (writer)|Iain MacCormick]]. The ABC later broadcast ''[[The Sound of Thunder (film)|Sound of Thunder]]'' and ''[[Act of Violence (1959 film)|Act of Violence]]'' (1958) by MacCormick.<ref name="smh">{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=March 23, 1959|page=19|title=Play By Local Writer}}</ref> Australian TV drama at the time would customarily consist of adaptations of stories that had been tried overseas.<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>
It was based on a play by Australian author [[Iain MacCormick (writer)|Iain MacCormick]]. The ABC later broadcast ''[[The Sound of Thunder (film)|Sound of Thunder]]'' and ''[[Act of Violence (1959 film)|Act of Violence]]'' (1958) by MacCormick.<ref name="smh">{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=March 23, 1959|page=19|title=Play By Local Writer}}</ref> Australian TV drama at the time would customarily consist of adaptations of stories that had been tried overseas.<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>
==Plot==
During the Korean War a group of people are trapped by North Korean troops at the Mission School of the Sacred Heart, including a priest, Father Riley, and a nun. War correspondent Thompson helps Korean orphan Sophie sneak into the Mission School.
==Cast==
*Beverly Dunn as Sister Annalissa
*Brian James as Father Riley
*Sydney Conabere as Thompson
*Kira Daniels as Sophie
==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)]]
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|3383712}}
*{{IMDb title|3383712}}
{{William Sterling}}

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Revision as of 06:44, 16 January 2020

Small Victory is a 1958 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was set during the Korean War.[1] It was directed by William Sterling and was shot in Melbourne. It aired in Sydney on 24 April 1958.[2]

It was based on a play by Australian author Iain MacCormick. The ABC later broadcast Sound of Thunder and Act of Violence (1958) by MacCormick.[3] Australian TV drama at the time would customarily consist of adaptations of stories that had been tried overseas.[4]

Plot

During the Korean War a group of people are trapped by North Korean troops at the Mission School of the Sacred Heart, including a priest, Father Riley, and a nun. War correspondent Thompson helps Korean orphan Sophie sneak into the Mission School.

Cast

  • Beverly Dunn as Sister Annalissa
  • Brian James as Father Riley
  • Sydney Conabere as Thompson
  • Kira Daniels as Sophie

See also

References

  1. ^ "From School Plays to Success on TV". The Age. 19 September 1958. p. 20.
  2. ^ "Looking Ahead on Channel 2". ABC Weekly. 23 April 1958. p. 33.
  3. ^ "Play By Local Writer". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 March 1959. p. 19.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.


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