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'''''Thirty One Backyards''''' is a 1965 television play directed and produced by [[Raymond Menmuir]] and starring [[Ray Barrett]]. It was written by [[Alan Seymour]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105822412 |title=leisure the arts TV RADIO DRAMA MUSIC BOOK5 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39 |issue=11,049 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=9 January 1965 |accessdate=8 May 2016 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51975409 |title=DID YOU KNOW? |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=31 |issue=38 |location=Australia, Australia |date=19 February 1964 |accessdate=8 May 2016 |page=16 |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>
'''''Thirty One Backyards''''' is a 1965 television play directed and produced by [[Raymond Menmuir]] and starring [[Ray Barrett]]. It was written by [[Alan Seymour]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105822412 |title=leisure the arts TV RADIO DRAMA MUSIC BOOK5 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39 |issue=11,049 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=9 January 1965 |accessdate=8 May 2016 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


The play was by an Australian writer and done with Australian cast and director but was made in London. It was one of four plays by Australian writers bought for Australian television.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51975409 |title=DID YOU KNOW? |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=31 |issue=38 |location=Australia, Australia |date=19 February 1964 |accessdate=8 May 2016 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Plot==
A young Australian writer, Larry, works out his affair with a spirited English girl, Delphine. They meet at a party.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105822412 |title=leisure the arts TV RADIO DRAMA MUSIC BOOK5 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=9 January 1965 |access-date=21 April 2020 |page=12 |via=Trove }} </ref>
==Cast==
==Cast==
*Ray Barrett
*Ray Barrett as Larry
*Susan Hampshire
*Susan Hampshire as Delphine
*Jack Smethurst
*Jack Smethurst
==Reception==

The ''Tribune'' said "The play, a competent and entertaining observation on some aspects of the British character and way of life, took an amusing stab at exploding the myth that all Australian men are tall, bronzed gods. The production and direction were very good indeed."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236346612 |title=TVIEW |newspaper=[[Tribune]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 January 1965 |access-date=21 April 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }} </ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)]]
*[[List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)]]

Revision as of 13:09, 21 April 2020

Thirty One Backyards
Directed byRaymond Menmuir
Written byAlan Seymour
Distributed byABC
Release date
10 January 1965
Running time
50 mins[1]
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Thirty One Backyards is a 1965 television play directed and produced by Raymond Menmuir and starring Ray Barrett. It was written by Alan Seymour.[2]

The play was by an Australian writer and done with Australian cast and director but was made in London. It was one of four plays by Australian writers bought for Australian television.[3]

Plot

A young Australian writer, Larry, works out his affair with a spirited English girl, Delphine. They meet at a party.[4]

Cast

  • Ray Barrett as Larry
  • Susan Hampshire as Delphine
  • Jack Smethurst

Reception

The Tribune said "The play, a competent and entertaining observation on some aspects of the British character and way of life, took an amusing stab at exploding the myth that all Australian men are tall, bronzed gods. The production and direction were very good indeed."[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "SUNDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 044. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 January 1965. p. 15. Retrieved 16 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "leisure the arts TV RADIO DRAMA MUSIC BOOK5". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 049. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 January 1965. p. 12. Retrieved 8 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "DID YOU KNOW?". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 31, no. 38. Australia, Australia. 19 February 1964. p. 16. Retrieved 8 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "leisure the arts TV RADIO DRAMA MUSIC BOOK5". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 January 1965. p. 12. Retrieved 21 April 2020 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "TVIEW". Tribune. New South Wales, Australia. 20 January 1965. p. 10. Retrieved 21 April 2020 – via Trove.


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