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*Moya O'Sullivan.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106991803 |title=LEISURE THE ARTS |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=42 |issue=11,816 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=11 October 1967 |accessdate=19 February 2017 |page=24 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
*Moya O'Sullivan.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106991803 |title=LEISURE THE ARTS |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=42 |issue=11,816 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=11 October 1967 |accessdate=19 February 2017 |page=24 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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==''Romeo and Juliet'' by William Shakespeare== |
==''Romeo and Juliet'' by William Shakespeare== |
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Date 18 October 1967.Directed by [[Oscar Whitbread]], adapted by Alan Cole.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Juliet in a Mini|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gMJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4912%2C613844|date=5 October 1967|page=10}}</ref> |
Date 18 October 1967. Directed by [[Oscar Whitbread]], adapted by Alan Cole.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Juliet in a Mini|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gMJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4912%2C613844|date=5 October 1967|page=10}}</ref> It was the first Australian TV presentation of the pay and featured a cast of over fifty. "Using young actors makes the story more acceptible," said Whitbread.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hsJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2605%2C1961778|title=Juliet Conforms|date=12 October 1967|page=10}}</ref> |
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===Cast=== |
===Cast=== |
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*[[Sean Scully]] as Romeo |
*[[Sean Scully]] as Romeo |
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*[[Liza Goddard]] as Juliet |
*[[Liza Goddard]] as Juliet |
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*Syd Conabere<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106993483 |title=TELEVISION A WEEK OF SAD STORIES |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=42 |issue=11,824 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=20 October 1967 |accessdate=19 February 2017 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
*Syd Conabere as Friar Laurence<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106993483 |title=TELEVISION A WEEK OF SAD STORIES |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=42 |issue=11,824 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=20 October 1967 |accessdate=19 February 2017 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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*Robin Ramsay as Mercutio |
*Robin Ramsay as Mercutio |
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*David Turnbull as Tybalt |
*David Turnbull as Tybalt |
Revision as of 05:50, 8 May 2020
Love and War | |
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Directed by | Patrick Barton Oscar Whitbread |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producer | John Croyston |
Running time | 90 mins |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 6 September 1967 |
Love and War is a 1967 Australian TV series.[1]
It consists of six plays shot in ABC's Gore Hill studios. All of the self-contained episodes were produced by John Croyston, but not all of them were written by Australian script-writers.
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[2]
Date 6 September 1967. Produced by Patrick Barton. The play had been filmed by the ABC in 1963/
Cast
- Brian Hannan (Napoleon Bonaparte)
- Anne Charleston (the Lady)
- Dennis Miller (the Lieutenant)
- Stanley Page (the Innkeeper)[3]
Sergeant Musgrave's Dance by John Arden
Date 13 September 1967===
L'Flaherty, VC by George Bernard Shaw
Date 20 September 1967.
Cast
- Edwin Hodgeman
- Kerry Maguire
- Moray Powell
- Audrey Teasdale
The Brass Butterfly by William Golding
Date 27 September 1967.
Cast
- Peter Collingwood
- Ron Graham
- Sue Condon
- Peter Rowley
- Mark Albiston
Intersection by Michael Boddy
Date 4 October 1967[4]
Plot
A woman leaves a small town where she has a boyfriend and falls for a guitarist.
Cast
- Helen Morse
- John Gregg
- Robert McDarra
- Beryl Cheers
- Slim De Grey
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald said "The cast did what they could with it. Director John Croyston did what he could."[5]
Construction by John Croyston
Date 11 October 1967. Director: Storry Walton.
Cast
- Ron Graham
- Moya O'Sullivan.[6]
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Date 18 October 1967. Directed by Oscar Whitbread, adapted by Alan Cole.[7] It was the first Australian TV presentation of the pay and featured a cast of over fifty. "Using young actors makes the story more acceptible," said Whitbread.[8]
Cast
- Sean Scully as Romeo
- Liza Goddard as Juliet
- Syd Conabere as Friar Laurence[9]
- Robin Ramsay as Mercutio
- David Turnbull as Tybalt
- Jennifer Claire
- Joseph James
- Joan Harris as nurse
Reception
The Age called it "a really splendid achievement."[10]
References
- ^ "Plays with themes of love and war". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11, 784. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 September 1967. p. 15. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "WEDNESDAY I". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11, 784. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 September 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TELEVISION A night of free TV". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11, 815. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 October 1967. p. 15. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "ON TELEVISION It's tough for TV writers". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 October 1967. p. 11.
- ^ "LEISURE THE ARTS". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11, 816. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 October 1967. p. 24. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Juliet in a Mini". The Age. 5 October 1967. p. 10.
- ^ "Juliet Conforms". The Age. 12 October 1967. p. 10.
- ^ "TELEVISION A WEEK OF SAD STORIES". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11, 824. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 October 1967. p. 15. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Teletopics". The Age. 26 October 1967. p. 9.
External links
- Love and War at IMDb
- Love and War at AustLit
- Full script of Construction at National Archives of Australia