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'''''Rape of the Belt''''' is a 1964 Australian television film based on the play by Benn Levy.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131746546 |title=Homer brought up to date. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=2 September 1964 |accessdate=23 June 2015 |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
'''''Rape of the Belt''''' is a 1964 Australian television film based on the play by Benn Levy.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131746546 |title=Homer brought up to date. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=2 September 1964 |accessdate=23 June 2015 |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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*[[Ethel Lang (actress)|Ethel Lang]] as Thalestris |
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*[[Susanne Haworth]] |
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Benn Levy's play had been performed by the Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1960. Star Tony Ward was best known at the time for presenting the show ''Seven Days''.<ref name="ct">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131746546 |title=Homer brought up to date |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=2 September 1964 |access-date=23 April 2020 |page=23 |via=Trove }} </ref> |
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Revision as of 06:36, 23 April 2020
| Rape of the Belt | |
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| Based on | play by Benn Levy |
| Directed by | Henri Safran |
| Starring | Tony Ward Fernande Glyn Reg Livermore |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 1964[1] |
Rape of the Belt is a 1964 Australian television film based on the play by Benn Levy.[2]
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]
Plot
Heracles and Theseus do battle with the Amazons in order to accomplish the ninth of the Labours of Heracles, stealing Hippolyte's belt.
Cast
- Tony Ward as Heracles
- Reg Livermore as Theseus
- Fernande Glyn as Antiope
- Arlene Dorgan as Hippolyte
- Neva Carr Glyn as Hera
- Chris Christensen as Zeus
- Sheila Kennelly as Hippobomene
- Ethel Lang as Thalestris
- Susanne Haworth
Production
Benn Levy's play had been performed by the Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1960. Star Tony Ward was best known at the time for presenting the show Seven Days.[4]
Reception
References
- ^ "On ABC- 3". The Canberra Times. 31 August 1964. p. 14. Retrieved 23 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Homer brought up to date". The Canberra Times. 2 September 1964. p. 23. Retrieved 23 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "Homer brought up to date". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 September 1964. p. 23. Retrieved 23 April 2020 – via Trove.
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