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'''''Gaslight''''' is a 1958 television play broadcast by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] based on the 1938 play ''[[Gas Light (play)|Gas Light]]'' by Patrick Hamilton. It starred Beverley Dunn.<ref name="bev">{{cite news|title=From School Plays to Success on TV|newspaper=The Age|date=September 19, 1958|page=20|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19580919&id=VSUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5141,2937218&hl=en}}</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>
'''''Gaslight''''' is a 1958 television play broadcast by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] based on the 1938 play ''[[Gas Light (play)|Gas Light]]'' by Patrick Hamilton. It starred Beverley Dunn.<ref name="bev">{{cite news|title=From School Plays to Success on TV|newspaper=The Age|date=September 19, 1958|page=20|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19580919&id=VSUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5141,2937218&hl=en}}</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>

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It was one of a number of TV performances given by Dunn, others including ''[[Roundabout (1957 film)|Roundabout]]'', ''[[The Lark (1959 film)|The Lark]]'', ''[[The Small Victory]]'' and ''[[Fair Passenger]]''.<ref name="bev"/>

==Plot==
==Plot==
Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman, Bella Manningham, moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if means driving his wife insane.<ref>{{cite magazine|title= "GASLIGHT" on TV |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1414269500|magazine=ABC Weekly|date=26 February 1958|page=33}}</ref>
Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman, Bella Manningham, moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if means driving his wife insane.<ref>{{cite magazine|title= "GASLIGHT" on TV |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1414269500|magazine=ABC Weekly|date=26 February 1958|page=33}}</ref>
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William Sterling came down from Sydney to direct. It was the eleventh play to be performed live on Melbourne television - the others were ''[[Roundabout (1957 film|Roundabout]]'', ''[[The Twelve Pound Look (1956 film)|The Twelve Pound Look]]'', ''[[Holiday in Biarritz]]'', ''[[Fair Passenger]]'', ''[[The Right Person]]'', ''[[Dark Brown]]'', ''[[The Duke in Darkness]]'', ''[[The Sound of Thunder (film)|The Sound of Thunder]]'' and ''[[Killer in Close Up]]''.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Gaslight on TV with Melbourne Cast|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CkwRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dJUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5774%2C162594|date=2 January 1958|page=8}}</ref>
William Sterling came down from Sydney to direct. It was the eleventh play to be performed live on Melbourne television - the others were ''[[Roundabout (1957 film|Roundabout]]'', ''[[The Twelve Pound Look (1956 film)|The Twelve Pound Look]]'', ''[[Holiday in Biarritz]]'', ''[[Fair Passenger]]'', ''[[The Right Person]]'', ''[[Dark Brown]]'', ''[[The Duke in Darkness]]'', ''[[The Sound of Thunder (film)|The Sound of Thunder]]'' and ''[[Killer in Close Up]]''.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Gaslight on TV with Melbourne Cast|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CkwRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dJUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5774%2C162594|date=2 January 1958|page=8}}</ref>


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It was one of a number of TV performances given by Dunn, others including ''[[Roundabout (1957 film)|Roundabout]]'', ''[[The Lark (1959 film)|The Lark]]'', ''[[The Small Victory]]'' and ''[[Fair Passenger]]''.<ref name="bev"/>
==Reception==
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' said the "production was well received by viewers and critics in Melbourne."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=29 January 1958|page=13|title="Gaslight" from Melbourne}}</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 13:11, 5 June 2020

Gaslight
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Based onplay Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton
CinematographyFrank Few[2]
Release dates
8 January 1958 (Melbourne, live)
4 March 1958 (Sydney, taped)[1]
Running time
75 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Ad from 3 Mar 1958

Gaslight is a 1958 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation based on the 1938 play Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton. It starred Beverley Dunn.[3] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]

Plot

Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman, Bella Manningham, moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if means driving his wife insane.[5]

Cast

  • Beverley Dunn as Bella Manningham [6]
  • Brian James as Manningham
  • John Morgan as Inspector Rough
  • Mary Ward as Elizabeth
  • Judith Godden as Nancy the housemaid
  • Neville Thurgood as police constable

Production

William Sterling came down from Sydney to direct. It was the eleventh play to be performed live on Melbourne television - the others were Roundabout, The Twelve Pound Look, Holiday in Biarritz, Fair Passenger, The Right Person, Dark Brown, The Duke in Darkness, The Sound of Thunder and Killer in Close Up.[7]

It was one of a number of TV performances given by Dunn, others including Roundabout, The Lark, The Small Victory and Fair Passenger.[3]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said the "production was well received by viewers and critics in Melbourne."[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 March 1958. p. 10.
  2. ^ "Names in TV, Radio". The Age. 2 January 1958. p. 19.
  3. ^ a b "From School Plays to Success on TV". The Age. 19 September 1958. p. 20.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. ^ ""GASLIGHT" on TV". ABC Weekly. 26 February 1958. p. 33.
  6. ^ "Advertisement". The Age. 3 March 1958. p. 9.
  7. ^ "Gaslight on TV with Melbourne Cast". The Age. 2 January 1958. p. 8.
  8. ^ ""Gaslight" from Melbourne". Sydney Morning Herald. 29 January 1958. p. 13.


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