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'''''Split Level''''' is a 1964 Australian TV play directed by [[Ken Hannam]] and written by Noel Robinson.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=The Bulletin| title=ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT When Will the Sleepy Giant Turn Over? Reassurance for an elderly relative |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-698907026|page=50|date=10 July 1965}}</ref> It aired on 7 October 1964 and was shot in Sydney at ABC's Gore Hill Sutdios.<ref name="smh"/>
'''''Split Level''''' is a 1964 Australian TV play directed by [[Ken Hannam]] and written by Noel Robinson.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=The Bulletin| title=ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT When Will the Sleepy Giant Turn Over? Reassurance for an elderly relative |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-698907026|page=50|date=10 July 1965}}</ref> It aired on 7 October 1964 and was shot in Sydney at ABC's Gore Hill Studios.<ref name="smh"/>


Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<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>
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<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==
Stephanie is married to architect, and they have two children. Her husband is having an affair.
Stephanie is married to architect Mike, and they have two children, Hilary and Keith. Mike is having an affair.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=TV Guide|date=8 October 1964|page=26}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
*Diana Davidson as Stephanie Stewart
*Diana Davidson as Stephanie Stewart
*[[Leonard Teale]] as the architect
*[[Leonard Teale]] as Mike Stewart
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*[[Jacki Weaver]] as Hilary
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*[[Ruth Cracknell]]
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*Elizabeth Pusey as Keith
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*Julianna Allan
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*Barbie Rogers as Rosemary
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*Judi Farr
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*[[Ruth Cracknell]] as Alison
⚫
*Winifred Green
⚫
*Judi Farr as Vonnie
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*Muriel Hopkins
⚫
*Winifred Green as Mrs Stewart
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*Joan Morrow
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*Eve Wynne as Mrs Conlon
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*[[Max Phipps]]
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*Julianna Allan as Carol
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*Elizabeth Pusey as child of Stephanie
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*Muriel Hopkins as Mrs Brooke
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*Barbie Rogers
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*Joan Morrow as Janet
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*[[Jacki Weaver]] as children of Stephanie
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*[[Max Phipps]] as Louis
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*Eve Wynne
*Pat Hill
*Pat Hill
*Joan Winchester
*Joan Winchester
*Leonard Bullen
*Leonard Bullen
*Jonathon Constable
*Jonathon Constable
==Production==
*[[Max Phipps]]
It was Noel Robinson's first original script produced for TV, although she had done a number of adaptations. Director Ken Hannam said "this is the best constructed TV play to come to me from a local author. I have no doubt Miss Robinson will become a most important writer in the next few years."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=5 October 1964|page=30|title=Sydney Woman Writer's Play}}</ref>

==Reception==
==Reception==
According to the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' "as an exercise in how to make a very small amount of plot fill out an hour of television drama" the play "was technically a success" but "left a good deal to be desired" being "a soap opera transposed to the upper social scale with a faintly intellectual flavour of play-readings, feature walls and flower arrangements." The critic allowed that director Hannan "extracted welcome liveliness from plenty of scene and camera angle changes, and thus at. least kept the eye busy even when the mind tended to wander."<ref name="smh">{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=8 October 1964|page=16|title=TV Play on Channel 2}}</ref>
According to the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' "as an exercise in how to make a very small amount of plot fill out an hour of television drama" the play "was technically a success" but "left a good deal to be desired" being "a soap opera transposed to the upper social scale with a faintly intellectual flavour of play-readings, feature walls and flower arrangements." The critic allowed that director Hannan "extracted welcome liveliness from plenty of scene and camera angle changes, and thus at. least kept the eye busy even when the mind tended to wander."<ref name="smh">{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=8 October 1964|page=16|title=TV Play on Channel 2}}</ref>

Revision as of 01:41, 3 June 2020

Split Level
Written byNoel Robinson
Directed byKen Hannam
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release7 October 1964 (Sydney)
14 October 1964 (Melbourne)[1]

Split Level is a 1964 Australian TV play directed by Ken Hannam and written by Noel Robinson.[2] It aired on 7 October 1964 and was shot in Sydney at ABC's Gore Hill Studios.[3]

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

Plot

Stephanie is married to architect Mike, and they have two children, Hilary and Keith. Mike is having an affair.[5]

Cast

  • Diana Davidson as Stephanie Stewart
  • Leonard Teale as Mike Stewart
  • Jacki Weaver as Hilary
  • Elizabeth Pusey as Keith
  • Barbie Rogers as Rosemary
  • Ruth Cracknell as Alison
  • Judi Farr as Vonnie
  • Winifred Green as Mrs Stewart
  • Eve Wynne as Mrs Conlon
  • Julianna Allan as Carol
  • Muriel Hopkins as Mrs Brooke
  • Joan Morrow as Janet
  • Max Phipps as Louis
  • Pat Hill
  • Joan Winchester
  • Leonard Bullen
  • Jonathon Constable

Production

It was Noel Robinson's first original script produced for TV, although she had done a number of adaptations. Director Ken Hannam said "this is the best constructed TV play to come to me from a local author. I have no doubt Miss Robinson will become a most important writer in the next few years."[6]

Reception

According to the Sydney Morning Herald "as an exercise in how to make a very small amount of plot fill out an hour of television drama" the play "was technically a success" but "left a good deal to be desired" being "a soap opera transposed to the upper social scale with a faintly intellectual flavour of play-readings, feature walls and flower arrangements." The critic allowed that director Hannan "extracted welcome liveliness from plenty of scene and camera angle changes, and thus at. least kept the eye busy even when the mind tended to wander."[3]

References

  1. ^ "Drama Sorts Out Domestic Rift". The Age. October 8, 1964. p. 13.
  2. ^ "ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT When Will the Sleepy Giant Turn Over? Reassurance for an elderly relative". The Bulletin. 10 July 1965. p. 50.
  3. ^ a b "TV Play on Channel 2". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 October 1964. p. 16.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (February 18, 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 8 October 1964. p. 26.
  6. ^ "Sydney Woman Writer's Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 October 1964. p. 30.


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