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'''''Sixty Point Bold''''' is a 1959 Australian television play which aired on ABC. It was produced by the Sydney station of the network, ABN-2, and was [[kinescope]]d/telerecorded for showing in Melbourne on ABV-2. It was the second 90-minute live television play produced by ABN.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Live newspaper Play|date=14 July 1958|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OXlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D-UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3474%2C3370336}}</ref> It was written and produced by [[Royston Morley]] and aired July 16, 1959 for 90 minutes.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=ABC Weekly|title=Looking Ahead on Channel 2, ABN
'''''Sixty Point Bold''''' is a 1959 Australian television play which aired on ABC. It was produced by the Sydney station of the network, ABN-2, and was [[kinescope]]d/telerecorded for showing in Melbourne on ABV-2. It was the second 90-minute live television play produced by ABN.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Live newspaper Play|date=14 July 1958|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OXlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D-UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3474%2C3370336}}</ref> It was written and produced by [[Royston Morley]] and aired July 16, 1959 for 90 minutes.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=ABC Weekly|title=Looking Ahead on Channel 2, ABN
|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1446587479|page=33|date=July 16, 1959}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|page=16|magazine=ABC Weekly| title=All the TV Programmes |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1446587501}}</ref>
|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1446587479|page=33|date=July 16, 1959}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|page=16|magazine=ABC Weekly| title=All the TV Programmes |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1446587501}}</ref>

The archival status of the production is not known, given the wiping of the era.
The archival status of the production is not known, given the wiping of the era.


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*Charles Tasman
*Charles Tasman
*John Alden.
*John Alden.
==Production==
It was the third in a series of plays dealing with a man in political power.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=30 June 1958|page=5|title=Leading Cast for Play}}</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]]
*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]]

Revision as of 15:04, 31 May 2020

Sixty Point Bold is a 1959 Australian television play which aired on ABC. It was produced by the Sydney station of the network, ABN-2, and was kinescoped/telerecorded for showing in Melbourne on ABV-2. It was the second 90-minute live television play produced by ABN.[1] It was written and produced by Royston Morley and aired July 16, 1959 for 90 minutes.[2][3] The archival status of the production is not known, given the wiping of the era.

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]

Plot

Set in a fictional South American country, it concerned a newspaper magnate Andre Charvet who clashes with the president of the nation, whose democratic government has replaced a dictatorship. Charveet brings a foreign correspondent called David back to the country to campaign against the President.

Cast

  • Kevin Brennan as Andre Charvet
  • James Condon as President Ortega de Riverda
  • Dinah Shearing as Maria Charvet
  • Bruce Beeby as Paul Crevel, Maria's lover
  • Harp McGuire as David, a foreign correspondent
  • Charles Tasman
  • John Alden.

Production

It was the third in a series of plays dealing with a man in political power.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Live newspaper Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 July 1958.
  2. ^ "Looking Ahead on Channel 2, ABN". ABC Weekly. 16 July 1959. p. 33.
  3. ^ "All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. p. 16.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. ^ "Leading Cast for Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 June 1958. p. 5.