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| studio = ABC |
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| distributor = ABC |
| distributor = ABC |
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| released = 31 July 1963<br>14 August 1963 (Melbourne)<ref name="age">{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eYUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5219%2C576650|date=5 September 1963|page=10|title=First Perth-produced ABC play by J.B. Priestley}}</ref> |
| released = 31 July 1963 (Sydney)<br>14 August 1963 (Melbourne)<ref name="age">{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eYUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5219%2C576650|date=5 September 1963|page=10|title=First Perth-produced ABC play by J.B. Priestley}}</ref> |
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| runtime = 30 mins |
| runtime = 30 mins |
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| country = Australia |
| country = Australia |
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* Judith Stephenson as Florence Medway, a boarder |
* Judith Stephenson as Florence Medway, a boarder |
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* Betty Ross as Violent Anderson, another boarder<ref>{{cite news|title=ABV – Channel 2|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GkYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rJYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6506,1182400&hl=en|accessdate=23 October 2015|work=[[The Age]]|date=8 August 1963}}</ref> Duration was 30 minutes. |
* Betty Ross as Violent Anderson, another boarder<ref>{{cite news|title=ABV – Channel 2|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GkYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rJYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6506,1182400&hl=en|accessdate=23 October 2015|work=[[The Age]]|date=8 August 1963}}</ref> Duration was 30 minutes. |
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==Reception== |
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The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' called it "pleasantly amusing at best but also containing inconsistencies and some feeble touches."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Play on TV|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=glMVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zeUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1583%2C49309|date=1 August 1963|page=8}}</ref> |
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Other shows shot in Brisbane would include ''[[The Monkey Cage]]''. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*''[[Roundabout (1957 film)|Roundabout]]'' – First television drama short produced in Melbourne |
*''[[Roundabout (1957 film)|Roundabout]]'' – First television drama short produced in Melbourne |
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Revision as of 10:43, 21 May 2020
| Vacancy in Vaughn Street | |
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| Directed by | Wilf Buckler |
| Written by | George Landen Dann as "John Crane" |
| Produced by | Bob Cubbage Fred Haynes |
Production company | ABC |
| Distributed by | ABC |
Release dates | 31 July 1963 (Sydney) 14 August 1963 (Melbourne)[1] |
Running time | 30 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Vacancy in Vaughn Street is a 1963 Australian television short. It was the first television play produced in Brisbane.[2] and aired on Australian Broadcasting Commission.[3]
Plot
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Ernie Pettifer arrives at a boarding house run by Mrs Jessup. He falls in love with straightlaced teacher Florence Medway.
Cast
- Donald McTaggart as Ernie Pettifer
- Gwen Wheeler as Mrs Jessup
- Toby Harris as Arthur Jessup.
- Judith Stephenson as Florence Medway, a boarder
- Betty Ross as Violent Anderson, another boarder[4] Duration was 30 minutes.
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald called it "pleasantly amusing at best but also containing inconsistencies and some feeble touches."[5]
Other shows shot in Brisbane would include The Monkey Cage.
See also
- Roundabout – First television drama short produced in Melbourne
- The Twelve Pound Look – First television drama short produced in Sydney
- The Rose and the Crown - first television drama short produced in Perth
References
- ^ "First Perth-produced ABC play by J.B. Priestley". The Age. 5 September 1963. p. 10.
- ^ "Brisbane's First Television Play". The Canberra Times. 31 July 1963. p. 33. Retrieved 23 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "ABV – Channel 2". The Age. 8 August 1963. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ "Play on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 August 1963. p. 8.
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