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| story = Philip Mackie
| director = Eric McCleery<ref name="hotel"/>
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| language = English
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| runtime = 30 mins
| company = ABC
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| released =September 18, 1957 (Sydney)<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=ABC Weekly|date=18 September 1957|page=34|title=All the TV Programmes |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1334202001}}</ref>
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'''''The Right Person''''' is a 1957 Australian television play. It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare.<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>
'''''The Right Person''''' is a 1957 Australian television play. It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare.<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>


It went for 30 minutes and was filmed in ABC's Melbourne studios.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Gaslight on TV with Melbourne Cast|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19580102&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|date=2 January 1958|page=8}}</ref> It was broadcast in Sydney on September 18, 1957.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=ABC Weekly|date=18 September 1957|page=34|title=All the TV Programmes |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1334202001}}</ref>
It was filmed in ABC's Melbourne studios.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Gaslight on TV with Melbourne Cast|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19580102&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|date=2 January 1958|page=8}}</ref>
==Plot==
==Plot==
A suspense play about three people faced with events from the past in present-day Copenhagen.
A suspense play about three people faced with events from the past in present-day Copenhagen.
==Cast==
==Cast==
*Norman Griffiths
*Norman Griffiths
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*Carl Bleazby.
*Carl Bleazby.
==Production==
==Production==
The play had previously been shot for English television and turned into a film. The director was Eric McCleery. John Peters, who designed the Australian production, had worked on the film in England. The play was shot in Melbourne with some insert scenes filmed at the Hotel Federal on Collins Street. Frank Few was the cameraman.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=15 August 1957|page=21|title=Melbourne Hotel Film Scenes in "Live" TV Drama}}</ref>
The play had previously been shot for English television on the BBC<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4829026/ 1954 TV version] at [[IMDB</ref> and turned [[The Right Person|into a short film in 1955]] made by [[Hammer Films]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450835/ 1955 Film version] at [[IMDB]]</ref>. John Peters, who designed the Australian production, had worked on the film in England. The play was shot in Melbourne with some insert scenes filmed at the Hotel Federal on Collins Street. Frank Few was the cameraman.<ref name="hotel">{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=15 August 1957|page=21|title=Melbourne Hotel Film Scenes in "Live" TV Drama}}</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 02:32, 5 June 2020

The Right Person
Story byPhilip Mackie
Directed byEric McCleery[2]
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 18, 1957 (Sydney)[1]

The Right Person is a 1957 Australian television play. It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare.[3]

It was filmed in ABC's Melbourne studios.[4]

Plot

A suspense play about three people faced with events from the past in present-day Copenhagen.

Cast

  • Norman Griffiths
  • Laura James
  • Carl Bleazby.

Production

The play had previously been shot for English television on the BBC[5] and turned into a short film in 1955 made by Hammer Films[6]. John Peters, who designed the Australian production, had worked on the film in England. The play was shot in Melbourne with some insert scenes filmed at the Hotel Federal on Collins Street. Frank Few was the cameraman.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. 18 September 1957. p. 34.
  2. ^ a b "Melbourne Hotel Film Scenes in "Live" TV Drama". The Age. 15 August 1957. p. 21.
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. ^ "Gaslight on TV with Melbourne Cast". The Age. 2 January 1958. p. 8.
  5. ^ 1954 TV version at [[IMDB
  6. ^ 1955 Film version at IMDB


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