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'''''G'day Digger!''''' is a 1958 televised Australian ballet.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136304479 |title=Novelty In Arts Council Ballet |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=32 |issue=9,546 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=31 July 1958 |accessdate=21 May 2016 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the 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> |
'''''G'day Digger!''''' is a 1958 televised Australian ballet. It was the first complete Australian ballet to be broadcast by the ABC.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136304479 |title=Novelty In Arts Council Ballet |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=32 |issue=9,546 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=31 July 1958 |accessdate=21 May 2016 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the 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> It aired on February 11, 1958 and ran for half an hour. It was a "light-hearted fantasy" about an Australian soldier and his friend on leave in Sydney.<ref name="digger"/> |
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==Plot== |
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The ball opens in a shell-hole during the Siege of Tobruk. Two Diggers meet and dream of leave in Sydney. The scene dissolves to a bar in King's Cross. They met barmaid May and her friend Sheila plus an Elegant Inebriate and a "Bodgie". |
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==Cast== |
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*Colin Fitzgerald as the Digger |
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*Beth Dean as Sheila, |
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*Valrne Tweedie as May |
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*Alec Crethar as the Digger's Mate |
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==Production== |
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The story was by Victor Carell and the choreography was by Beth Dean for composer [[John Antill]]. Dean had done the choreography with Antill for the ballet ''[[Corroboree (ballet)|Corroboree]]''. The ballet was commissioned by the Arts Council and toured New South Wales in April.<ref name="digger"/> |
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===Music=== |
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Music included a comic theme for the Elegant Inebriate, a rhumba for "The Bodgie", and romantic music for May and the Digger's Mate.<ref name="digger">{{cite magazine|magazine=ABC Weekly|title= Digger on leave in an Antill Ballet |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1414291284|page=9|date=9 February 1958}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 05:33, 17 January 2020
G'day Digger! is a 1958 televised Australian ballet. It was the first complete Australian ballet to be broadcast by the ABC.[1] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[2] It aired on February 11, 1958 and ran for half an hour. It was a "light-hearted fantasy" about an Australian soldier and his friend on leave in Sydney.[3]
Plot
The ball opens in a shell-hole during the Siege of Tobruk. Two Diggers meet and dream of leave in Sydney. The scene dissolves to a bar in King's Cross. They met barmaid May and her friend Sheila plus an Elegant Inebriate and a "Bodgie".
Cast
- Colin Fitzgerald as the Digger
- Beth Dean as Sheila,
- Valrne Tweedie as May
- Alec Crethar as the Digger's Mate
Production
The story was by Victor Carell and the choreography was by Beth Dean for composer John Antill. Dean had done the choreography with Antill for the ballet Corroboree. The ballet was commissioned by the Arts Council and toured New South Wales in April.[3]
Music
Music included a comic theme for the Elegant Inebriate, a rhumba for "The Bodgie", and romantic music for May and the Digger's Mate.[3]
References
- ^ "Novelty In Arts Council Ballet". The Canberra Times. Vol. 32, no. 9, 546. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 31 July 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 21 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ a b c "Digger on leave in an Antill Ballet". ABC Weekly. 9 February 1958. p. 9.
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