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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> |
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> Advertising called it "the story of political intrigue, violence and romance in a Latin America state".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Advertising|date=14 July 1958|page=9}}</ref> |
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*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]] |
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Revision as of 15:05, 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] Advertising called it "the story of political intrigue, violence and romance in a Latin America state".[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Live newspaper Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 July 1958.
- ^ "Looking Ahead on Channel 2, ABN". ABC Weekly. 16 July 1959. p. 33.
- ^ "All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. p. 16.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "Leading Cast for Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 June 1958. p. 5.
- ^ "Advertising". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 July 1958. p. 9.
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