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'''''Ballad for One Gun''''' is a 1963 Australian television film about [[Ned Kelly]] broadcast on ABC. It was originally aired 17 July 1963 in Sydney and shown at later dates in other parts of Australia. It was written by [[Phillip Grenville Mann]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109898310 |title=TELEVISION AND RADIO. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=17 July 1963 |accessdate=15 March 2015 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><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>
'''''Ballad for One Gun''''' is a 1963 Australian television film about [[Ned Kelly]] broadcast on ABC. It was originally aired 17 July 1963 in Sydney and shown at later dates in other parts of Australia. It was written by [[Phillip Grenville Mann]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109898310 |title=TELEVISION AND RADIO. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=17 July 1963 |accessdate=15 March 2015 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><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>


==Plot==
==Plot==
The story of Ned Kelly which made him out to be "a dangerous embryo dictator, murderously vindictive and_swaggeringly brutal in his hour of power."<ref name="smh"/>
The story of Ned Kelly which made him out to be "a dangerous embryo dictator, murderously vindictive and swaggeringly brutal in his hour of power."<ref name="smh"/>


==Cast==
==Cast==
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The play was acquired by the ABC and BBC in 1961.<ref>{{cite news|first=Valda|title=TV Merry Go Round|last=Marshall|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=3 September 1961|page=92}}</ref>
The play was acquired by the ABC and BBC in 1961.<ref>{{cite news|first=Valda|title=TV Merry Go Round|last=Marshall|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=3 September 1961|page=92}}</ref>


Raymond Menmuir made it after having been in Britain for two years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109897922 |title=THIS WEEK ON ABC3 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=10,588 |date=15 July 1963 |accessdate=16 February 2017 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He called the play "definitely a new approach and a new treatment of the whole Ned Kelly legend... We play the Kelly gang rather like a band of young hoods but the crux of the play is in the change of motivations and attitudes".<ref name="bull"/>
Raymond Menmuir made it after having been in Britain for two years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109897922 |title=THIS WEEK ON ABC3 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=10,588 |date=15 July 1963 |accessdate=16 February 2017 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It starred John Bell who called the play "definitely a new approach and a new treatment of the whole Ned Kelly legend... We play the Kelly gang rather like a band of young hoods but the crux of the play is in the change of motivations and attitudes".<ref name="bull"/>


==Reception==
==Reception==
The TV critic for ''Sydney Morning Herald'' thought there was an uneasy co-existence between the depiction of the Ned Kelly gang "as young hoodlums of today in a dream-setting" and "conventional and "Patriot" type inserts of the haughty, high-cravatted police official Captain Standish" and the "slapstick" bank holdup scene. He added that John Bell "played his role with fine command and energy, but had all too little chance to develop his subject or do it justice" and felt the play had "little to say either about Kelly or his story" and "often moved sluggishly and unconvincingly."<ref name="smh">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wHtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3310%2C4860783|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Ballad of One Gun|date=18 July 1963|page=7}}</ref></blockquote>
The TV critic for ''Sydney Morning Herald'' thought there was an uneasy co-existence between the depiction of the Ned Kelly gang "as young hoodlums of today in a dream-setting" and "conventional and "Patriot" type inserts of the haughty, high-cravatted police official Captain Standish" and the "slapstick" bank holdup scene. He added that John Bell "played his role with fine command and energy, but had all too little chance to develop his subject or do it justice" and felt the play had "little to say either about Kelly or his story" and "often moved sluggishly and unconvincingly."<ref name="smh">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wHtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3310%2C4860783|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Ballad of One Gun|date=18 July 1963|page=7}}</ref>


The ''Bulletin'' called it "ludicrous... a loud misfire".<ref name="bull">{{cite magazine|magazine=The Bulletin|title=TELEVISION Gore Hill Gutser |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-702009553Citation|first=Frank|last=Roberts|date=27 June 1963|page=38}}</ref>
The ''Bulletin'' called it "ludicrous... a loud misfire".<ref name="bull">{{cite magazine|magazine=The Bulletin|title=TELEVISION Gore Hill Gutser |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-702009553|first=Frank|last=Roberts|date=27 June 1963|page=38}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4080200/''Ballad for One Gun'' on IMDb]
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4080200/''Ballad for One Gun'' on IMDb]
*[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/106273 Ballad for One Gun] at [[Ausstage]]
*[https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=3194464&isAv=N Ballad for One Gun] at [[National Archives of Australia]]
{{Raymond Menmuir}}
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[[Category:1963 television plays]]
[[Category:1963 television plays]]
[[Category:Australian television plays]]
[[Category:1960s Australian television plays]]
[[Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation shows]]
[[Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation shows]]
[[Category:English-language television programs]]
[[Category:English-language television programs]]

Revision as of 08:39, 13 February 2020

Ballad for One Gun
Written byPhilip Grenville Mann
Directed byRaymond Menmuir
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release17 July 1963 (Sydney)

Ballad for One Gun is a 1963 Australian television film about Ned Kelly broadcast on ABC. It was originally aired 17 July 1963 in Sydney and shown at later dates in other parts of Australia. It was written by Phillip Grenville Mann.[1][2]

Plot

The story of Ned Kelly which made him out to be "a dangerous embryo dictator, murderously vindictive and swaggeringly brutal in his hour of power."[3]

Cast

Production

The play was acquired by the ABC and BBC in 1961.[4]

Raymond Menmuir made it after having been in Britain for two years.[5] It starred John Bell who called the play "definitely a new approach and a new treatment of the whole Ned Kelly legend... We play the Kelly gang rather like a band of young hoods but the crux of the play is in the change of motivations and attitudes".[6]

Reception

The TV critic for Sydney Morning Herald thought there was an uneasy co-existence between the depiction of the Ned Kelly gang "as young hoodlums of today in a dream-setting" and "conventional and "Patriot" type inserts of the haughty, high-cravatted police official Captain Standish" and the "slapstick" bank holdup scene. He added that John Bell "played his role with fine command and energy, but had all too little chance to develop his subject or do it justice" and felt the play had "little to say either about Kelly or his story" and "often moved sluggishly and unconvincingly."[3]

The Bulletin called it "ludicrous... a loud misfire".[6]

References

  1. ^ "TELEVISION AND RADIO". The Canberra Times. 17 July 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 15 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  3. ^ a b "Ballad of One Gun". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 July 1963. p. 7.
  4. ^ Marshall, Valda (3 September 1961). "TV Merry Go Round". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 92.
  5. ^ "THIS WEEK ON ABC3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 588. 15 July 1963. p. 16. Retrieved 16 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ a b Roberts, Frank (27 June 1963). "TELEVISION Gore Hill Gutser". The Bulletin. p. 38.
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