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The play is set in London in the present day. Former wartime minister, Lord Athol Medway, publishes his memoirs attacking the leadership of Major-General Forbes Barrington-Hunt |
The play is set in London in the present day. Former wartime minister, Lord Athol Medway, publishes his memoirs attacking the leadership of Major-General Forbes Barrington-Hunt in the war during a disastrous commando raid. Barrington-Hunt sets out to clear his name.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104278408 |title=ANGRY GENERAL |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=38 |issue=10,820 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=13 April 1964 |accessdate=19 February 2017 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 09:34, 2 June 2020
| The Angry General | |
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| Written by | Allan Trevor |
| Directed by | Patrick Barton |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 11 March 1964 (Melbourne)[1] 15 April 1964 (Sydney) |
The Angry General is a 1964 Australian television play written by Australian author Allan Trevor.[2][3]
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]
Premise
The play is set in London in the present day. Former wartime minister, Lord Athol Medway, publishes his memoirs attacking the leadership of Major-General Forbes Barrington-Hunt in the war during a disastrous commando raid. Barrington-Hunt sets out to clear his name.[5]
Cast
- Raymond Westwell as Major-General Forbes Barrington-Hunt
- Edward Howell as Lord Athol Medway
- Williams Lloyd as Sir Geoffrey Bryson
- Norman Kaye as Major Derek Barrington-Hunt
- Joan Letch as Jane Barrington-Hunt
- Dorothy Bradley as Elizabeth Barrington-Hunt
- Joan MacArthur as Miriam Barrington-Hunt
- Campbell Copelin as Gen George Chaesling
- Douglas Kelly as Dobson
- Kenrick Hudson as Dickie
- Raymond O'Reilly as Hodge
- Neville Thurgood as Benbow
- Christine Calcutt as sister
Production
It was one of 20 TV plays produced by the ABC in 1964 (and one of only three Australian scripts).[6]
It was a play by Australian actor and author Allan Trevor and was produced in Melbourne. Trevor called the play "a study in motives — the motives that make people accept what is not right to achieve their own ends." He said the plot was "based very loosely on the case history of one of the numerous generals 'bowlerhatted' for no apparent reason during World War II." [7]
Reception
The TV critic for The Sydney Morning Herald thought that despite "a liberal sprinkling of cliches and a pattern of stilted patches in its dialogue" the play "maintained a high degree of tension... Two major merits distinguished it. One was the originality of its theme, and the other a consistently capable standard of acting."[8]
References
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 5 March 1964. p. 37.
- ^ "Training For The Showring". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, no. 10, 820. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 13 April 1964. p. 12. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "New series on 3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 754. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 31 July 1967. p. 13. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "ANGRY GENERAL". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, no. 10, 820. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 13 April 1964. p. 12. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "ABC Plans to Show Significant Works". The Age. 20 February 1964. p. 13.
- ^ "Australian Play Has a War Theme". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 April 1964. p. 13.
- ^ "The Angry General Produced on ABN". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 April 1964. p. 8.
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