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'''''The Proposal''''' is a 1957 Australian television play based on the play ''[[A Marriage Proposal]]'' by [[Anton Chekhov]]. It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare and mostly adaptations of overseas shows.<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>
'''''The Proposal''''' is a 1957 Australian television play based on the play ''[[A Marriage Proposal]]'' by [[Anton Chekhov]]. It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare and mostly adaptations of overseas shows.<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 filmed in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=ABC Weekly|title=TV—Channel 2 ABN |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1553710494|date=March 9, 1957|page=35}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=ABC Weekly|date=March 9, 1957|page=19|title= SEEN ON CHANNEL 2- ABN |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1553709337}}</ref>
==Plot==

In the 1880s a suitor tries to propose to an attractive girl under the eye of her father.
==Cast==
*Paul Bacon as the suitor
*Douglas Kelly as the father
*Bettine Kauffmann as the girl
==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)]]

Revision as of 02:37, 17 January 2020

The Proposal is a 1957 Australian television play based on the play A Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekhov. It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare and mostly adaptations of overseas shows.[1] It was filmed in Melbourne.[2][3]

Plot

In the 1880s a suitor tries to propose to an attractive girl under the eye of her father.

Cast

  • Paul Bacon as the suitor
  • Douglas Kelly as the father
  • Bettine Kauffmann as the girl

See also

References

  1. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  2. ^ "TV—Channel 2 ABN". ABC Weekly. 9 March 1957. p. 35.
  3. ^ "SEEN ON CHANNEL 2- ABN". ABC Weekly. 9 March 1957. p. 19.


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