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'''''Dinner with the Family''''' is a 1959 Australian TV play. 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> |
'''''Dinner with the Family''''' is a 1959 Australian TV play. 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 featured English star [[Jessie Matthews]] in her first Australian TV appearance.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=ABC Weekly|title=JESSIE MATTHEWS ON TV |url= |
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A young man, George, married for money and is unhappy because he has fallen in love with Isabelle. To escape from reality one night he hires actors to play his parents and a butler and invites over Isabelle. George's parents are determined to save their sons marriage and turn up with his friend Jacques. |
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==Cast== |
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*Tony Brown |
*Tony Brown |
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Revision as of 08:27, 23 January 2020
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| Produced by | Christopher Muir |
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Release date | 2 September 1959[1] |
Running time | 75 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Dinner with the Family is a 1959 Australian TV play. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[2] It featured English star Jessie Matthews in her first Australian TV appearance.[3]
Pot
A young man, George, married for money and is unhappy because he has fallen in love with Isabelle. To escape from reality one night he hires actors to play his parents and a butler and invites over Isabelle. George's parents are determined to save their sons marriage and turn up with his friend Jacques.
Cast
- Tony Brown
- Joy Mitchell
- Jessie Matthews
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald called it "a brave, but not really successful attempt to bridge the gap between quintessential theatre on the one hand, and the television screen on the other... Christopher Muir's production was precise, well-planned, and often Imaginative."[4]
See also
References
- ^ "All the TV Programmes". 2 September 1959. p. 31.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "JESSIE MATTHEWS ON TV". ABC Weekly. 2 September 1959. p. 12.
- ^ "Anouilh's Play Televised". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 September 1959. p. 5.
External links
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