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A journalist in Cyprus is captured by [[EOKA]] guerillas. British troops track down the guerrillas and the journalist leads them into a rebel ambush. |
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It was rehearsed and filmed at ABC's studios at Rippon Lea. There was some location filming on Melbourne streets.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19590319&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=Drama Set in Cyprus|date=March 19, 1959|page=14}}</ref> |
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*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]] |
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Revision as of 22:33, 1 May 2020
One Morning Near Troodos (1956) was a British TV play by Iain MacCormick which aired on the BBC as part of Sunday Night Theatre. It was the first British TV play about the Cyprus Emergency.[1][2]
Plot
A journalist in Cyprus is captured by EOKA guerillas. British troops track down the guerrillas and the journalist leads them into a rebel ambush. A woman is attracted to a British soldier.
1959 Australian Version
| One Morning Near Troodos | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | William Sterling |
| Distributed by | ABC |
Release dates | 25 March 1959 (Melbourne) (live) 8 April 1959 (Sydney) (recording) |
Running time | 90 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Iain MacCormick was Australian and a number of his plays, originally written for British TV, were adapted for Australian television. The play was performed live on Australian TV in 1959 with a cast of fifteen.[3][4]
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[5]
Cast
- Carol Armstrong
- Edward Brayshaw
- Syd Conabere
- Lloyd Cunnington
- Frank Gatliff
- Judith Godden
- Ken Goodlet
- Edward Howell
- Robert Peach
- Jennifer Clare
Production
It was rehearsed and filmed at ABC's studios at Rippon Lea. There was some location filming on Melbourne streets.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Jonathan Stubbs, ‘Always ready to explode into violence!’ Representing the Cyprus Emergency and decolonization in The High Bright Sun (1965) Journal of European Popular Culture Vol 6 Issue 2 2015
- ^ "Iain MacCormick". British Television Drama.
- ^ The Age, April 30, 1959 p25
- ^ "Drama Set in Cyprus". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 April 1959. p. 19.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (February 18, 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "Drama Set in Cyprus". The Age. March 19, 1959. p. 14.