The Tape Recorder: Difference between revisions
→Reception: add |
add reference |
||
| Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
==Plot== |
==Plot== |
||
Miss Collins arrives at a flat to start typing a story for a novelist. The flat is empty but the writer has dictated his murder story on to a tape recorder. As she types Miss Collins becomes drawn into a web of fear. |
|||
In a single room a girl sits taking short hand notes by herself from her employer. |
|||
==Cast== |
==Cast== |
||
* Jennifer Wright |
* Jennifer Wright as Miss Collins |
||
*Wynn Roberts as the voice of the novelist |
|||
==Production== |
==Production== |
||
It was filmed before Christmas in Melbourne in 1965.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19660310&id=NvJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X5MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1181,1793940&hl=en|title=Playhouse series could shift drama from doldrums|first=Agnes|last=Harrison|date=10 March 1966|page=14}}</ref> |
It was filmed before Christmas in Melbourne in 1965.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19660310&id=NvJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X5MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1181,1793940&hl=en|title=Playhouse series could shift drama from doldrums|first=Agnes|last=Harrison|date=10 March 1966|page=14}}</ref> Jennifer Wright was an English actor living in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fhZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XZMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2032%2C3464703|date=21 April, 1966|page=15|title=Web of Fear}}</ref> |
||
Pat Flower wrote it deliberately to keep costs down.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Picking the Flowers|first=April|last=Hershey|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-705202909|magazine=The Bulletin|page=46|date=December 3, 1966}}</ref> It was originally written as a two hander but director Henri Safran persuaded Flower to cut it down to a one-person piece.<ref>{{cite news|title=TV reviews|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=24 April 1966|page=78}}</ref> |
Pat Flower wrote it deliberately to keep costs down.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Picking the Flowers|first=April|last=Hershey|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-705202909|magazine=The Bulletin|page=46|date=December 3, 1966}}</ref> It was originally written as a two hander but director Henri Safran persuaded Flower to cut it down to a one-person piece.<ref>{{cite news|title=TV reviews|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=24 April 1966|page=78}}</ref> |
||
Revision as of 10:55, 6 May 2020
| "The Tape Recorder" | |
|---|---|
| Australian Playhouse episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Henri Safran |
| Teleplay by | Pat Flower |
| Produced by | David Goddard |
| Original air date | 25 April 1966 |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Guest appearance | |
| Jennifer Wright | |
The Tape Recorder is a 1966 television play by Australian Pat Flower.[1]
It was originally broadcast as an episode of Australian Playhouse. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time but this episode was very popular.[2]
Plot
Miss Collins arrives at a flat to start typing a story for a novelist. The flat is empty but the writer has dictated his murder story on to a tape recorder. As she types Miss Collins becomes drawn into a web of fear.
Cast
- Jennifer Wright as Miss Collins
- Wynn Roberts as the voice of the novelist
Production
It was filmed before Christmas in Melbourne in 1965.[3] Jennifer Wright was an English actor living in Melbourne.[4]
Pat Flower wrote it deliberately to keep costs down.[5] It was originally written as a two hander but director Henri Safran persuaded Flower to cut it down to a one-person piece.[6]
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald critic wrote that "the traditional formula of the short thriller was cleverly used, with never a letup in insidious suspense, and a sharply effective final twist to the story" based on "the alliance between the author's compact, ingenious plot and Henri' Safran's subtle production, which built up a taut, oppressive atmosphere within a single room."[7]
The Age said it "turned into a feat of endurance."[8]
The Woman's Weekly said "it kept me right on the edge of my chair."[9]
The Sunday Herald said that with the show "Australian Playhouse proved conclusively and triumphantly that it is a winner. The only question now is . . . where have all these writers been skulking? Have they been hiding under stones? Working on novels? Doing bits for Mavis? Or chewing their nails until a series like this came along? I may be a bit premature in Jumping for joy, but in scoring two hits in a row Australian Playhouse looks as though it ' might be more than a grab bag. "[10]
Later versions
It was also produced by the BBC in 1967 with Guy Doleman. It was later produced for television in Canada, Belgium, the US and Italy. It was also adapted for the stage and is arguably Flower's best known work.[11]
See also
References
- ^ "ABC's new drama series". Tribune. No. 1459. New South Wales, Australia. 18 May 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ Harrison, Agnes (10 March 1966). "Playhouse series could shift drama from doldrums". The Age. p. 14.
- ^ "Web of Fear". The Age. 21 April, 1966. p. 15.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Hershey, April (3 December 1966). "Picking the Flowers". The Bulletin. p. 46.
- ^ "TV reviews". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 April 1966. p. 78.
- ^ "The Hitchcock Manner". Sydney Morning Herald. 26 April 1966. p. 10.
- ^ "Teletopics". The Age. 28 April 1966. p. 14.
- ^ "PROJECT '66 LOOKS FOR THE ANSWER". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 33, no. 50. Australia, Australia. 11 May 1966. p. 15. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "A Roving Eye on Mr Holt". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 May 1966. p. 90.
- ^ Hall, Sandra (21 October 1972). "Lady into Sofa". The Bulletin. p. 52.
External links
- 1965 TV production at Ausstage
- The Tape Recorder at AustLit
- 1972 stage adaptation at Ausstage
- 1967 British TV version at IMDb
- 1970 US TV version at IMDb
- 1975 Italian TV version at IMDb
- 1972 Belgian version at IMDb
 | This article related to an Australian made-for-TV movie is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |