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'''''Chance of a Ghost''''' is a 1958 Australian television play directed by [[Royston Morley]] and written by James Carhartt. It was based on a radio play.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91592388 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=31 |issue=9,208 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=29 June 1957 |accessdate=20 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 was performed live on February 26, 1958.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=26 February 1958|page=7|title=No title |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1414267725}}</ref>
'''''Chance of a Ghost''''' is a 1958 Australian television play directed by [[Royston Morley]] and written by James Carhartt. It was based on a radio play.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91592388 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=31 |issue=9,208 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=29 June 1957 |accessdate=20 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 was performed live on February 26, 1958.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=26 February 1958|magazine=ABC Weekly|page=7|title=No title |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1414267725}}</ref>
==Plot==
On New Year's Eve, a party of Americans have a celebrations at a penthouse where 20 years before a musical comedy star had been killed.
==Cast==
==Cast==
*Bert Bertram as Friend
*Bert Bertram as Friend
*Jacqueline Knott as Serena
*Jacqueline Knott as Serena
*Moray Powell
*Moray Powell
*Walter Sullivan
==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 21:35, 23 January 2020

Chance of a Ghost is a 1958 Australian television play directed by Royston Morley and written by James Carhartt. It was based on a radio play.[1] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[2] It was performed live on February 26, 1958.[3]

Plot

On New Year's Eve, a party of Americans have a celebrations at a penthouse where 20 years before a musical comedy star had been killed.

Cast

  • Bert Bertram as Friend
  • Jacqueline Knott as Serena
  • Moray Powell
  • Walter Sullivan

See also

References

  1. ^ "Advertising". The Canberra Times. Vol. 31, no. 9, 208. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 June 1957. p. 11. Retrieved 20 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  3. ^ "No title". ABC Weekly. 26 February 1958. p. 7.