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The production was announced in September 1962.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b-tjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7021%2C2034353|title=Teletopics|date=13 September 1962|page=14}}</ref> |
The production was announced in September 1962.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b-tjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7021%2C2034353|title=Teletopics|date=13 September 1962|page=14}}</ref> |
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William Sterling cast according to type.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BjBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4488%2C2199740|date=13 December 1962|page=12|title=The "Mob" Cast in Character}}</ref> O'Grady attended rehearsals and made some minor cuts and dialogue re-working.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BjBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6163%2C2193577|title=Nino Culotta on TV Trial|date=13 December 1962|page=11}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
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The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' TV critic called it a "brilliant Melbourne production" which "gave a candid picture of the unsubtle and rough-diamond Aussie, but was in itself subtle and refined in all the details of manner, pronunciation and setting which make up the Australian in-the-round. The main points in this witty study of Australiana were never rammed home they came up naturally in the dialogue" and "the cast portrayed them to perfection."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=feNYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-OUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4847%2C5782521|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Luficer on ABC|date=27 December 1962|page=4}}</ref> |
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' TV critic called it a "brilliant Melbourne production" which "gave a candid picture of the unsubtle and rough-diamond Aussie, but was in itself subtle and refined in all the details of manner, pronunciation and setting which make up the Australian in-the-round. The main points in this witty study of Australiana were never rammed home they came up naturally in the dialogue" and "the cast portrayed them to perfection."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=feNYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-OUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4847%2C5782521|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Luficer on ABC|date=27 December 1962|page=4}}</ref> |
Revision as of 11:52, 3 May 2020
Light Me a Lucifer | |
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Written by | John O'Grady |
Directed by | William Sterling |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 75 mins |
Production company | ABC |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 19 December 1962 (Melbourne)[1][2] |
Light Me a Lucifer is a 1962 Australian television comedy film which aired on ABC.[3] Written by John O'Grady, it starred Frank Thring as the devil, along with Wyn Roberts, Edward Howell, Joan Harris, Ken Goodlet and Lynne Flanagan. It was produced in Melbourne.
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]
Despite having aired in an era where wiping was common, the TV film still exists.[5][6]
Plot
In Hell, Satan (Frank Thring) reproaches his Australian agent, Stoker (Edward Howell) for not bringing enough Australians to Hell. Stoker persuades Satan to come to Sydney with his wife Lilith (Lynne Flanagan) to study the situation.
In Australia, married couple Doris and Harry have a 19-year-old daughter Barbara and a neighbor Bill.
Satan arrives in an industrial suburb as Stoker's boss, Nick Devlin.
The Devil decides to give up being the Devil and becomes an Australian instead.
Cast
- Frank Thring as Satan/Nick Devlin
- Kenneth Goodlet
- Edward Howell as Stoker
- Wynn Roberts
- Lynne Flanagan as Lilith
- Bruce Webster[7]
Production
The production was announced in September 1962.[8]
William Sterling cast according to type.[9] O'Grady attended rehearsals and made some minor cuts and dialogue re-working.[10]
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald TV critic called it a "brilliant Melbourne production" which "gave a candid picture of the unsubtle and rough-diamond Aussie, but was in itself subtle and refined in all the details of manner, pronunciation and setting which make up the Australian in-the-round. The main points in this witty study of Australiana were never rammed home they came up naturally in the dialogue" and "the cast portrayed them to perfection."[11]
The Sunday Herald called it "neither a good play nor a bad play but something in between" in which O'Grady "has a sure and accurate ear for the Australian way of speech... but jammed into 75 minutes of television it wasn't enough to bolster a basically weak comedy."[12]
The Bulletin said it "could become a fairly good television play, but not for English ears. The audio side of it would be a torment for them. It was to mine, too, in places... it tried to stretch a thin situation to 75 minutes, which was at least 15 minutes too long for a small joke."[13]
References
- ^ "Untitled". The Age. 13 December 1962. p. 11.
- ^ "THIS WEEK ON ABC-3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 December 1962. p. 12. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Luficer in Sydney". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 December 1962. p. 8.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ Light Me a Lucifer at National Film and Sound Archive
- ^ Light Me a Lucifer script at National Film and Sound Archive
- ^ "LECTURES WITH MORNING CUPPA". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 30, no. [?]. Australia, Australia. 9 January 1963. p. 13. Retrieved 18 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Teletopics". The Age. 13 September 1962. p. 14.
- ^ "The "Mob" Cast in Character". The Age. 13 December 1962. p. 12.
- ^ "Nino Culotta on TV Trial". The Age. 13 December 1962. p. 11.
- ^ "Luficer on ABC". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 December 1962. p. 4.
- ^ Marshall, Val (30 December 1962). "TV Merry Go round". Sun Herald. p. 42.
- ^ "Bar The Shouting". The Bulletin. 5 January 1963. p. 34.
External links
- Light Me a Lucifer at IMDb
- Light Me a Lucifer at AustLit
- Complete script at National Archives of Australia