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'''''Plain Jane''''' is a 1966 Australian TV movie. It stars [[Elspeth Ballantyne]] and was produced by [[Oscar Whitbread]] for the ABC.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105880752 |title=What to stay home for |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=40 |issue=11,354 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=3 January 1966 |accessdate=27 February 2016 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105881315 |title=Leisure TV Drama Music Art Books Radio The Arts AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PERMANENT PRODUCER OF ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST ELEGANT INTIMATE THEATRES; A SMALL DEDICATION TO THESPIS Lifetime of theatre |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=7 January 1966 |access-date=4 February 2020 |page=11 |via=Trove }} </ref> It was based on a TV play which had been performed by the BBC in 1963.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385010/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_3 Plain Jane 1963 British TV play] at [[IMDb]]</ref>
'''''Plain Jane''''' is a 1966 Australian TV movie. It stars [[Elspeth Ballantyne]] and was produced by [[Oscar Whitbread]] for the ABC.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105880752 |title=What to stay home for |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=40 |issue=11,354 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=3 January 1966 |accessdate=27 February 2016 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105881315 |title=Leisure TV Drama Music Art Books Radio The Arts AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PERMANENT PRODUCER OF ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST ELEGANT INTIMATE THEATRES; A SMALL DEDICATION TO THESPIS Lifetime of theatre |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=7 January 1966 |access-date=4 February 2020 |page=11 |via=Trove }} </ref> It was based on a TV play which had been performed by the BBC in 1963.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385010/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_3 Plain Jane 1963 British TV play] at [[IMDb]]</ref>
==Plot==
A man (Martin Magee) gets cold feet on the evening of his wedding to Katheen.
==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Elspeth Ballantyne]] as Kathleen
*[[Elspeth Ballantyne]] as Kathleen
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*Martin Magee
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*Stanley Walsh as Adrian
*Syd Conabere
*Syd Conabere
*Marcus Cooney
*Marcus Cooney
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*[[Gerard Kennedy (actor)|Gerard Kennedy]]
*[[Gerard Kennedy (actor)|Gerard Kennedy]]
*John Llewellyn
*John Llewellyn
*Joy Mitchell as Adrian's wife myrtle
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*Martin Magee
*Joy Mitchell
*David Telford
*David Telford
==Production==
⚫
*Stanley Walsh
It was written by a Belfast school teacher. The play was performed on the BBC two years earlier by Eric Taylor who since joined the ABC.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YDpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4740%2C4440456|title=Untitled|date=December 30, 1965|page=10}}</ref>

==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 09:10, 5 May 2020

"Plain Jane"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 1
Teleplay byStewart Love
Produced byOscar Whitbread
Original air date5 January 1966[1]
Running time60 mins
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Plain Jane is a 1966 Australian TV movie. It stars Elspeth Ballantyne and was produced by Oscar Whitbread for the ABC.[2][3] It was based on a TV play which had been performed by the BBC in 1963.[4]

Plot

A man (Martin Magee) gets cold feet on the evening of his wedding to Katheen.

Cast

  • Elspeth Ballantyne as Kathleen
  • Martin Magee
  • Stanley Walsh as Adrian
  • Syd Conabere
  • Marcus Cooney
  • Marion Edward
  • Rosemary Gerrette
  • Brian Hannan
  • Joan Harris
  • Paul Karo
  • Gerard Kennedy
  • John Llewellyn
  • Joy Mitchell as Adrian's wife myrtle
  • David Telford

Production

It was written by a Belfast school teacher. The play was performed on the BBC two years earlier by Eric Taylor who since joined the ABC.[5]

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 January 1966. p. 12.
  2. ^ "What to stay home for". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 354. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 January 1966. p. 17. Retrieved 27 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Leisure TV Drama Music Art Books Radio The Arts AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PERMANENT PRODUCER OF ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST ELEGANT INTIMATE THEATRES; A SMALL DEDICATION TO THESPIS Lifetime of theatre". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 January 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 4 February 2020 – via Trove.
  4. ^ Plain Jane 1963 British TV play at IMDb
  5. ^ "Untitled". The Age. 30 December 1965. p. 10.


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