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| released = 26 December 1962 (Melbourne)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136935220 |title=THIS WEEK ON ABC-3 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=10 |page=12 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=24 December 1962 |accessdate=18 February 2017 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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'''''Light Me a Lucifer''''' is a 1962 Australian television comedy film which aired on [[Australian Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Luficer in Sydney|date=24 December 1962|page=8}}</ref> Written by [[John O'Grady (writer)|John O'Grady]], it starred Frank Thring as the devil, along with Wyn Roberts, Edward Howell, Joan Harris, Ken Goodlet and Lynne Flanagan. It aired in a 75-minute time-slot. Despite having aired in an era where [[wiping]] was common, the TV film still exists.<ref>[http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Light%20me%20a%20Lucifer%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 ''Light Me a Lucifer''] at [[National Film and Sound Archive]]</ref><ref>[http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Light%20me%20a%20Lucifer%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=1;resCount=10 ''Light Me a Lucifer'' script] at [[National Film and Sound Archive]]</ref> It was produced in Melbourne.
'''''Light Me a Lucifer''''' is a 1962 Australian television comedy film which aired on [[Australian Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Luficer in Sydney|date=24 December 1962|page=8}}</ref> Written by [[John O'Grady (writer)|John O'Grady]], it starred Frank Thring as the devil, along with Wyn Roberts, Edward Howell, Joan Harris, Ken Goodlet and Lynne Flanagan. It was produced in Melbourne.


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>

Despite having aired in an era where [[wiping]] was common, the TV film still exists.<ref>[http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Light%20me%20a%20Lucifer%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 ''Light Me a Lucifer''] at [[National Film and Sound Archive]]</ref><ref>[http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Light%20me%20a%20Lucifer%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=1;resCount=10 ''Light Me a Lucifer'' script] at [[National Film and Sound Archive]]</ref>

==Plot==
==Plot==
In Hell, Satan (Frank Thring) reproaches his Australian agent, Stoker (Edward Howell) for not bringing enough Australians to Hell. Stoker persuades Satan to come to Sydney with his wife Lilith (Lynne Flanagan) to study the situation. Satan arrives in an industrial suburb as Stoker's boss, Nick Devlin.
In Hell, Satan (Frank Thring) reproaches his Australian agent, Stoker (Edward Howell) for not bringing enough Australians to Hell. Stoker persuades Satan to come to Sydney with his wife Lilith (Lynne Flanagan) to study the situation.

In Australia, married couple Doris and Harry have a 19 year old daughter Barbara and a neighbor Bill.

Satan arrives in an industrial suburb as Stoker's boss, Nick Devlin.


The Devil decides to give up being the Devil and becomes an Australian instead.
The Devil decides to give up being the Devil and becomes an Australian instead.

Revision as of 09:12, 8 February 2020

Light Me a Lucifer
Written byJohn O'Grady
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time75 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release26 December 1962 (Melbourne)[1]

Light Me a Lucifer is a 1962 Australian television comedy film which aired on ABC.[2] Written by John O'Grady, it starred Frank Thring as the devil, along with Wyn Roberts, Edward Howell, Joan Harris, Ken Goodlet and Lynne Flanagan. It was produced in Melbourne.

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]

Despite having aired in an era where wiping was common, the TV film still exists.[4][5]

Plot

In Hell, Satan (Frank Thring) reproaches his Australian agent, Stoker (Edward Howell) for not bringing enough Australians to Hell. Stoker persuades Satan to come to Sydney with his wife Lilith (Lynne Flanagan) to study the situation.

In Australia, married couple Doris and Harry have a 19 year old daughter Barbara and a neighbor Bill.

Satan arrives in an industrial suburb as Stoker's boss, Nick Devlin.

The Devil decides to give up being the Devil and becomes an Australian instead.

Cast

  • Frank Thring as Satan/Nick Devlin
  • Kenneth Goodlet
  • Edward Howell as Stoker
  • Wynn Roberts
  • Lynne Flanagan as Lilith
  • Bruce Webster[6]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald TV critic called it a "brilliant Melbourne production" which "gave a candid picture of the unsubtle and rough-diamond Aussie, but was in itself subtle and refined in all the details of manner, pronunciation and setting which make up the Australian in-the-round. The main points in this witty study of Australiana were never rammed home they came up naturally in the dialogue" and "the cast portrayed them to perfection."[7]

The Sunday Herald called it "neither a good play nor a bad play but something in between" in which O'Grady "has a sure and accurate ear for the Australian way of speech... but jammed into 75 minutes of television it wasn't enough to bolster a basically weak comedy."[8]

The Bulletin said it "could become a fairly good television play, but not for English ears. The audio side of it would be a torment for them. It was to mine, too, in places... it tried to stretch a thin situation to 75 minutes, which was at least 15 minutes too long for a small joke."[9]

References

  1. ^ "THIS WEEK ON ABC-3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 December 1962. p. 12. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Luficer in Sydney". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 December 1962. p. 8.
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. ^ Light Me a Lucifer at National Film and Sound Archive
  5. ^ Light Me a Lucifer script at National Film and Sound Archive
  6. ^ "LECTURES WITH MORNING CUPPA". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 30, no. [?]. Australia, Australia. 9 January 1963. p. 13. Retrieved 18 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Luficer on ABC". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 December 1962. p. 4.
  8. ^ Marshall, Val (30 December 1962). "TV Merry Go round". Sun Herald. p. 42.
  9. ^ "Bar The Shouting". The Bulletin. 5 January 1963. p. 34.


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