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'''''Sixty Point Bold''''' is a 1959 Australian television play which aired on ABC. It was produced by the Sydney station of the network, ABN-2, and was [[kinescope]]d/telerecorded for showing in Melbourne on ABV-2. It was the second 90-minute live television play produced by ABN.<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OXlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D-UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3474%2C3370336</ref> |
'''''Sixty Point Bold''''' is a 1959 Australian television play which aired on ABC. It was produced by the Sydney station of the network, ABN-2, and was [[kinescope]]d/telerecorded for showing in Melbourne on ABV-2. It was the second 90-minute live television play produced by ABN.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Live newspaper Play|date=14 July 1958|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OXlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D-UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3474%2C3370336}}</ref> It was written and produced by [[Royston Morley]] and aired July 16, 1959 for 90 minutes.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=ABC Weekly|title=Looking Ahead on Channel 2, ABN |
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|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1446587479|page=33|date=July 16, 1959}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|page=16|magazine=ABC Weekly| title=All the TV Programmes |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1446587501}}</ref> |
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The archival status of the production is not known, given the wiping of the era. |
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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> |
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> |
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==Plot== |
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Set in a fictional South American country, it concerned a newspaper magnate Andre Charvet who clashes with the president of the nation, whose democratic government has replaced a dictatorship. Charveet brings a foreign correspondent called David back to the country to campaign against the President. |
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==Cast== |
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*Kevin Brennan as Andre Charvet |
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*[[James Condon]] as President Ortega de Riverda |
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*Dinah Shearing as Maria Charvet |
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*Bruce Beeby as Paul Crevel, Maria's lover |
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*[[Harp McGuire]] as David, a foreign correspondent |
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*Charles Tasman |
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*John Alden. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]] |
*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]] |
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Revision as of 09:38, 25 January 2020
Sixty Point Bold is a 1959 Australian television play which aired on ABC. It was produced by the Sydney station of the network, ABN-2, and was kinescoped/telerecorded for showing in Melbourne on ABV-2. It was the second 90-minute live television play produced by ABN.[1] It was written and produced by Royston Morley and aired July 16, 1959 for 90 minutes.[2][3]
The archival status of the production is not known, given the wiping of the era.
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]
Plot
Set in a fictional South American country, it concerned a newspaper magnate Andre Charvet who clashes with the president of the nation, whose democratic government has replaced a dictatorship. Charveet brings a foreign correspondent called David back to the country to campaign against the President.
Cast
- Kevin Brennan as Andre Charvet
- James Condon as President Ortega de Riverda
- Dinah Shearing as Maria Charvet
- Bruce Beeby as Paul Crevel, Maria's lover
- Harp McGuire as David, a foreign correspondent
- Charles Tasman
- John Alden.
See also
References
- ^ "Live newspaper Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 July 1958.
- ^ "Looking Ahead on Channel 2, ABN". ABC Weekly. 16 July 1959. p. 33.
- ^ "All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. p. 16.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
External links
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