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'''''Sunday Costs Five Pesos''''' is a 1957 Australian television film based on the one-act stage play of the same name by [[Josefina Niggli]]. Aired live in [[Melbourne]],<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rzNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2ZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3489%2C2823734</ref> it was a comedy set in [[Mexico]]. It was produced by Paul O'Loughlin.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Looking Ahead on Channel 2 (ABN) |page=33|date=18 May 1957|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1555579317|magazine=ABC Weekly}}</ref> |
'''''Sunday Costs Five Pesos''''' is a 1957 Australian television film based on the one-act stage play of the same name by [[Josefina Niggli]]. Aired live in [[Melbourne]],<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rzNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2ZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3489%2C2823734</ref> it was a comedy set in [[Mexico]]. It was produced by Paul O'Loughlin.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Looking Ahead on Channel 2 (ABN) |page=33|date=18 May 1957|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1555579317|magazine=ABC Weekly}}</ref> |
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A [[kinescope]] recording was made of the broadcast and shown in [[Sydney]] at a later date. These were the only two cities in Australia with television at the time. Duration of the television play was approximately 30 minutes, and aired on [[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC]]. |
A [[kinescope]] recording was made of the broadcast and shown in [[Sydney]] at a later date. These were the only two cities in Australia with television at the time. Duration of the television play was approximately 30 minutes, and aired on [[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC]]. |
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Originally broadcast in Sydney on 15 May 1957<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=15 May 1957|page=9|title=Television News|page=9}}</ref> and in Melbourne on 21 June 1957<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Guide|newspaper=The Age|date=21 June 1957|page=16}}</ref>, it was one of the first comedies produced for Australian television, which had begun less than a year earlier. 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> |
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==Plot== |
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A Mexican woman deals with an unfaithful lover. |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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*Guy Le Claire |
*Guy Le Claire |
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*Melpo Zaracosta |
*Melpo Zaracosta (a Greek actor who had moved to Australia) |
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*Brenda Senders |
*Brenda Senders |
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*Audrey Teasdale |
*Audrey Teasdale |
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Revision as of 23:48, 3 June 2020
Sunday Costs Five Pesos is a 1957 Australian television film based on the one-act stage play of the same name by Josefina Niggli. Aired live in Melbourne,[1] it was a comedy set in Mexico. It was produced by Paul O'Loughlin.[2]
A kinescope recording was made of the broadcast and shown in Sydney at a later date. These were the only two cities in Australia with television at the time. Duration of the television play was approximately 30 minutes, and aired on ABC.
Originally broadcast in Sydney on 15 May 1957[3] and in Melbourne on 21 June 1957[4], it was one of the first comedies produced for Australian television, which had begun less than a year earlier. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[5]
Plot
A Mexican woman deals with an unfaithful lover.
Cast
- Guy Le Claire
- Melpo Zaracosta (a Greek actor who had moved to Australia)
- Brenda Senders
- Audrey Teasdale
- Joan Landor
See also
References
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rzNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2ZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3489%2C2823734
- ^ "Looking Ahead on Channel 2 (ABN)". ABC Weekly. 18 May 1957. p. 33.
- ^ "Television News". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 May 1957. p. 9.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 21 June 1957. p. 16.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
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