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A version aired in 1957 on Australian television, on the [[ABC1|ABC]] at a time when Australian drama production was rare.<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>
A version aired in 1957 on Australian television, on the [[ABC1|ABC]] at a time when Australian drama production was rare.<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>


Produced by Paul O'Loughlin, it aired live in Sydney on 24 July 1957.<ref>{{cite news|title=Television News|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date= July 17, 1957|page=7}}</ref> A telerecording ([[kinescope]]) was made of the broadcast and later shown in Melbourne on 11 September 1957.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_lERAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4240,559215|newspaper=The Age|title=Wednesday Television|date=5 September 1957|page=16}}</ref> [[Thelma Afford]] did the design.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48530309 |title=RED IS DANGEROUS...EVEN ON TV |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |location=Australia, Australia |date=4 September 1957 |access-date=16 January 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }}</ref>
Produced by Paul O'Loughlin, it aired live in Sydney on 24 July 1957.<ref>{{cite news|title=Television News|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date= July 17, 1957|page=7}}</ref> A telerecording ([[kinescope]]) was made of the broadcast and later shown in Melbourne on 11 September 1957.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_lERAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4240,559215|newspaper=The Age|title=Wednesday Television|date=5 September 1957|page=16}}</ref> [[Thelma Afford]] did the design.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48530309 |title=RED IS DANGEROUS...EVEN ON TV |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |location=Australia, Australia |date=4 September 1957 |access-date=16 January 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }}</ref> The production involved 40 hours of rehearsal by the cast. It was O'Loughlin's fourth TV production although he had worked for the ABC in radio for 22 years.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The PRIVATE EYE of TV |url=
http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1334150448|magazine=ABC Weekly|page=4-5|date=20 July 1957}}</ref>


Archival status of this version is not known.
Archival status of this version is not known.
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*[[Dinah Shearing]] as Dynamene
*[[Dinah Shearing]] as Dynamene
*[[James Condon]] as Tegeus
*[[James Condon]] as Tegeus
*Audrey Teesdale
*Audrey Teesdale as Doto


==1959 version==
==1959 version==

Revision as of 02:19, 17 January 2020

A Phoenix Too Frequent is a 1946 stage play by Christopher Fry, originally produced at the Mercury Theatre in London, with Paul Scofield.[1] It has been adapted for television at least ten times. A possible 11th version may have aired as part of British series ITV Television Playhouse in 1959, but this is not confirmed.

1946 version

A version aired in 1946 is a comedy-drama television film, broadcast on BBC TV, based on the Mercury Theatre stage production.[2] Its cast includes Hermione Hannen, Eleanor Summerfield and Alan Wheatley. The film is believed to be lost.[3]

1951 version

A version aired in 1951 as part of British television series BBC Sunday-Night Theatre. Cast included Jessie Evans, Diana Graves and John Justin.[4] This version aired live, and the live transmission was not recorded.[5]

1955 version (UK)

A version aired in 1955, again on the BBC. Cast included George Cole, Jessie Evans and Noelle Middleton.[6] This version aired live, and a telerecording still exists of the program.[7]

1955 version (West Germany)

A version aired 1955 on West German television. Cast included Sigrid Marquardt, Käte Jaenicke and Günther König.[8]

1956 version

A version aired in 1956 on Danish television.[9]

1957 Australian TV version

A Phoenix Too Frequent
Directed byPaul O'Loughlin
Production
company
ABC
Release dates
24 July 1957 (Sydney, live)
11 September 1957 (Melbourne, tape)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

A version aired in 1957 on Australian television, on the ABC at a time when Australian drama production was rare.[10]

Produced by Paul O'Loughlin, it aired live in Sydney on 24 July 1957.[11] A telerecording (kinescope) was made of the broadcast and later shown in Melbourne on 11 September 1957.[12] Thelma Afford did the design.[13] The production involved 40 hours of rehearsal by the cast. It was O'Loughlin's fourth TV production although he had worked for the ABC in radio for 22 years.[14]

Archival status of this version is not known.

Cast

1959 version

A version aired in 1959 on Swiss television. Cast included Ingeborg Luescher, Beatrice Schweizer and Wolfgang Schwarz.[15]

1960 version

Per IMDb, a version aired 1960 on Finnish television.[16]

1963 version

A version aired in 1963 on West German television. Cast included Dinah Hinz, Charles Brauer and Angelika Hurwicz.[17]

1966 versions

A version aired in 1966 on Austrian television. Cast included Christiane Hörbiger, Carla Hagen and Walter Reyer.[18]

The ABC produced a version in Melbourne in the same year, airing on 6 July 1966. The play starred Sean Scully, Lynette Curran, and Fay Kelton, and was produced by Oscar Whitbread.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Christopher Fry, playwright: papers - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk.
  2. ^ "A Phoenix Too Frequent · British Universities Film & Video Council". bufvc.ac.uk.
  3. ^ "A Phoenix Too Frequent (1946)". IMDb. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. ^ "A Phoenix Too Frequent (1951)". BFI.
  5. ^ "Lost UK TV Shows Search Engine". Lostshows.com. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  6. ^ "A Phoenix Too Frequent (1955) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Lost UK TV Shows Search Engine". Lostshows.com. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Ein Phoenix zuviel" – via www.imdb.com.
  9. ^ "Virilius" – via www.imdb.com.
  10. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  11. ^ "Television News". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 July 1957. p. 7.
  12. ^ "Wednesday Television". The Age. 5 September 1957. p. 16.
  13. ^ "RED IS DANGEROUS...EVEN ON TV". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia, Australia. 4 September 1957. p. 10. Retrieved 16 January 2020 – via Trove.
  14. ^ "The PRIVATE EYE of TV". ABC Weekly. 20 July 1957. p. 4-5.
  15. ^ "Ein Phönix zuviel" – via www.imdb.com.
  16. ^ "Malja Viriliukselle" – via www.imdb.com.
  17. ^ "Ein Phönix zuviel" – via www.imdb.com.
  18. ^ "Ein Phönix zuviel" – via www.imdb.com.
  19. ^ "The Age - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.

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