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'''''Ballad for One Gun''''' is a 1963 Australian television film about [[Ned Kelly]] broadcast on ABC. It was originally aired 17 July 1963 in Sydney and shown at later dates in other parts of Australia. It was written by [[Phillip Grenville Mann]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109898310 |title=TELEVISION AND RADIO. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=17 July 1963 |accessdate=15 March 2015 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref>
'''''Ballad for One Gun''''' is a 1963 Australian television film about [[Ned Kelly]] broadcast on ABC. It was originally aired 17 July 1963 in Sydney and shown at later dates in other parts of Australia. It was written by [[Phillip Grenville Mann]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109898310 |title=TELEVISION AND RADIO. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=17 July 1963 |accessdate=15 March 2015 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The director Ray Menmuir called it "“definitely a new approach and a new treatment of the whole Ned Kelly legend."<ref name="bull"/>
Australian drama was relatively rare on television at the time, although there had been a TV play called ''[[Ned Kelly (play)|Ned Kelly]]'' (1959) produced.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
The story of Ned Kelly which made him out to be "a dangerous embryo dictator, murderously vindictive and swaggeringly brutal in his hour of power."<ref name="smh"/>
The story of Ned Kelly which made him out to be "a dangerous embryo dictator, murderously vindictive and swaggeringly brutal in his hour of power." John Bell played Kelly but his face was never shown, he was only heard behind a mask.<ref name="smh"/>


==Cast==
==Cast==
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The play was acquired by the ABC and BBC in 1961.<ref>{{cite news|first=Valda|title=TV Merry Go Round|last=Marshall|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=3 September 1961|page=92}}</ref> Mann said "the play is not, and does not seek to be, an exact historical record."<ref name="age"/>
The play was acquired by the ABC and BBC in 1961.<ref>{{cite news|first=Valda|title=TV Merry Go Round|last=Marshall|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=3 September 1961|page=92}}</ref> Mann said "the play is not, and does not seek to be, an exact historical record."<ref name="age"/>


Raymond Menmuir made it after having been in Britain for two years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109897922 |title=THIS WEEK ON ABC3 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=10,588 |date=15 July 1963 |accessdate=16 February 2017 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It starred John Bell who called the play "definitely a new approach and a new treatment of the whole Ned Kelly legend... We play the Kelly gang rather like a band of young hoods but the crux of the play is in the change of motivations and attitudes".<ref name="bull"/>
Raymond Menmuir made it after having been in Britain for two years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109897922 |title=THIS WEEK ON ABC3 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=10,588 |date=15 July 1963 |accessdate=16 February 2017 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It starred John Bell who called the play "definitely a new approach and a new treatment of the whole Ned Kelly legend... We play the Kelly gang rather like a band of young hoods but the crux of the play is in the change of motivations and attitudes".<ref name="bull"/> Sets were adapted from [[Sidney Nolan]]'s paintings about Kelly.<ref name="bull"/>


==Reception==
==Reception==
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The ''Bulletin'' called it "ludicrous... a loud misfire".<ref name="bull">{{cite magazine|magazine=The Bulletin|title=TELEVISION Gore Hill Gutser |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-702009553|first=Frank|last=Roberts|date=27 June 1963|page=38}}</ref>
The ''Bulletin'' called it "ludicrous... a loud misfire".<ref name="bull">{{cite magazine|magazine=The Bulletin|title=TELEVISION Gore Hill Gutser |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-702009553|first=Frank|last=Roberts|date=27 June 1963|page=38}}</ref>
==Awards==

Mark McManus won a Best Television Performance award for his performance.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=The Bulletin|title=ONE MORE WEEK|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-689430238|date=12 November 1966|page=36}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 11:42, 27 May 2020

Ballad for One Gun
Written byPhilip Grenville Mann
Directed byRaymond Menmuir
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release17 July 1963 (Sydney)[1]
11 September 1963 (Melbourne)[2]

Ballad for One Gun is a 1963 Australian television film about Ned Kelly broadcast on ABC. It was originally aired 17 July 1963 in Sydney and shown at later dates in other parts of Australia. It was written by Phillip Grenville Mann.[3] The director Ray Menmuir called it "“definitely a new approach and a new treatment of the whole Ned Kelly legend."[4]

Australian drama was relatively rare on television at the time, although there had been a TV play called Ned Kelly (1959) produced.[5]

Plot

The story of Ned Kelly which made him out to be "a dangerous embryo dictator, murderously vindictive and swaggeringly brutal in his hour of power." John Bell played Kelly but his face was never shown, he was only heard behind a mask.[1]

Cast

Production

The play was acquired by the ABC and BBC in 1961.[6] Mann said "the play is not, and does not seek to be, an exact historical record."[2]

Raymond Menmuir made it after having been in Britain for two years.[7] It starred John Bell who called the play "definitely a new approach and a new treatment of the whole Ned Kelly legend... We play the Kelly gang rather like a band of young hoods but the crux of the play is in the change of motivations and attitudes".[4] Sets were adapted from Sidney Nolan's paintings about Kelly.[4]

Reception

The TV critic for Sydney Morning Herald thought there was an uneasy co-existence between the depiction of the Ned Kelly gang "as young hoodlums of today in a dream-setting" and "conventional and "Patriot" type inserts of the haughty, high-cravatted police official Captain Standish" and the "slapstick" bank holdup scene. He added that John Bell "played his role with fine command and energy, but had all too little chance to develop his subject or do it justice" and felt the play had "little to say either about Kelly or his story" and "often moved sluggishly and unconvincingly."[1]

The Bulletin called it "ludicrous... a loud misfire".[4]

Awards

Mark McManus won a Best Television Performance award for his performance.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ballad of One Gun". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 July 1963. p. 7.
  2. ^ a b "Ned Kelly - 1963". The Age. 5 September 1963. p. 9.
  3. ^ "TELEVISION AND RADIO". The Canberra Times. 17 July 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 15 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ a b c d Roberts, Frank (27 June 1963). "TELEVISION Gore Hill Gutser". The Bulletin. p. 38.
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. ^ Marshall, Valda (3 September 1961). "TV Merry Go Round". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 92.
  7. ^ "THIS WEEK ON ABC3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 588. 15 July 1963. p. 16. Retrieved 16 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "ONE MORE WEEK". The Bulletin. 12 November 1966. p. 36.


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