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'''''A Night Out''''' is a 1961 Australian television play. It was based on ''[[A Night Out (play)|A Night Out]]'' by [[Harold Pinter]]. It starred [[John Ewart]] and [[Richard Meikle]].<ref>"Phone Call is Key to Drama", ''The Age;; December 14, 1961 p 27</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> |
'''''A Night Out''''' is a 1961 Australian television play. It was based on ''[[A Night Out (play)|A Night Out]]'' by [[Harold Pinter]]. It starred [[John Ewart]] and [[Richard Meikle]].<ref>"Phone Call is Key to Drama", ''The Age;; December 14, 1961 p 27</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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The play had previously been filmed in England in 1960 for ''[[Armchair Theater]]''. It was one of three plays the BBC commissioned from Pinter. The BBC also did the play for radio a version which had been broadcast in Australia by the ABC. The TV production was shot in Sydney.<ref name="age">{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19611214&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|date=14 December 1961|page=14|title=Untitled}}</ref> |
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The play had previously been filmed in England in 1960 for ''[[Armchair Theater]]. |
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Albert is dominated by his mother. He is driven to an act of violence and attempts to assert his individuality. |
Albert is dominated by his mother. He is goaded at work by the accountant Gidney. He is driven to an act of violence and attempts to assert his individuality. |
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Revision as of 05:07, 1 May 2020
| A Night Out | |
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| Directed by | Alan Burke |
| Written by | Harold Pinter |
| Starring | Neva Carr Glynn |
| Distributed by | ABC |
Release dates | 7 November 1961 (Sydney, live) 20 December 1961 (Melbourne, taped)[1] |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
A Night Out is a 1961 Australian television play. It was based on A Night Out by Harold Pinter. It starred John Ewart and Richard Meikle.[2] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]
The play had previously been filmed in England in 1960 for Armchair Theater. It was one of three plays the BBC commissioned from Pinter. The BBC also did the play for radio a version which had been broadcast in Australia by the ABC. The TV production was shot in Sydney.[1]
Plot
Albert is dominated by his mother. He is goaded at work by the accountant Gidney. He is driven to an act of violence and attempts to assert his individuality.
Cast
- Carole Boyce
- Noel Brophy as Mr. King
- Neva Carr-Glynn as Mother
- James Elliott
- John Ewart as Albert
- Tom Farley
- John Godfrey
- Brigid Lenihan as Girl
- Nat Levison
- Richard Meikle as Gidney
- Joseph Szabo
- Carole Taylor
- Lou Vernon
- Martin Magee
Release
The Sydney Morning Herald called it "a brilliant bit of production, and one of the best contemporary dramas the Sydney studios of the A.B.C. has done yet. "[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Untitled". The Age. 14 December 1961. p. 14.
- ^ "Phone Call is Key to Drama", The Age;; December 14, 1961 p 27
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "TV Merry Go Round". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 November 1961. p. 90.
External links
- A Night Out at IMDb
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