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'''''Small Victory''''' is a 1958 television play broadcast by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. It was set during the [[Korean War]].<ref name="age">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19580919&id=VSUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5141,2937218&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|date=19 September 1958|page=20|title=From School Plays to Success on TV}}</ref> It was directed by [[William Sterling (director)|William Sterling]] and was shot in Melbourne where it aired 26 March 1958.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PlFVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nJUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6920%2C2967186|newspaper=The Age|title=BBC Lighting Expert Helps Produce TV Play by Australian|date=20 March 1959|page=11}}</ref>
'''''Small Victory''''' is a 1958 television play broadcast by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. It was set during the [[Korean War]].<ref name="age">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19580919&id=VSUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5141,2937218&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|date=19 September 1958|page=20|title=From School Plays to Success on TV}}</ref> It was directed by [[William Sterling (director)|William Sterling]] and was shot in Melbourne where it aired 26 March 1958.<ref name="light">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PlFVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nJUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6920%2C2967186|newspaper=The Age|title=BBC Lighting Expert Helps Produce TV Play by Australian|date=20 March 1959|page=11}}</ref>


It aired in Sydney on 24 April 1958.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1366355921|magazine=ABC Weekly|title=Looking Ahead on Channel 2|page=33|date=23 April 1958}}</ref>
It aired in Sydney on 24 April 1958.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1366355921|magazine=ABC Weekly|title=Looking Ahead on Channel 2|page=33|date=23 April 1958}}</ref>
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It was based on a play by Australian author [[Iain MacCormick (writer)|Iain MacCormick]]. The ABC later broadcast ''[[The Sound of Thunder (film)|Sound of Thunder]]'' and ''[[Act of Violence (1959 film)|Act of Violence]]'' (1958) by MacCormick.<ref name="smh">{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=March 23, 1959|page=19|title=Play By Local Writer}}</ref> Australian TV drama at the time would customarily consist of adaptations of stories that had been tried overseas.<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 was based on a play by Australian author [[Iain MacCormick (writer)|Iain MacCormick]]. The ABC later broadcast ''[[The Sound of Thunder (film)|Sound of Thunder]]'' and ''[[Act of Violence (1959 film)|Act of Violence]]'' (1958) by MacCormick.<ref name="smh">{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=March 23, 1959|page=19|title=Play By Local Writer}}</ref> Australian TV drama at the time would customarily consist of adaptations of stories that had been tried overseas.<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==
During the Korean War a group of people are trapped by North Korean troops at the Mission School of the Sacred Heart, including a priest, Father Riley, and a nun. War correspondent Thompson helps Korean orphan Sophie sneak into the Mission School.
During the Korean War a group of people are trapped by North Korean troops at the Mission School of the Sacred Heart, including a priest, Father Riley, and a nun, Sister Annalissa. American war correspondent Thompson helps Korean orphan Sophie sneak into the Mission School.
==Cast==
==Cast==
*Beverly Dunn as Sister Annalissa
*Beverly Dunn as Sister Annalissa
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*Sydney Conabere as Thompson
*Sydney Conabere as Thompson
*Kira Daniels as Sophie
*Kira Daniels as Sophie
*John Morgan as the political leader
*Bettine Kaufman
*Neville Thurgood as Sgt Little
*Judith Godden
*Laurier Lange
*Kira Daniel
*Tony Roberts
==Production==
BBC lighting expert W.R. Whitmore helped with the production (he was in Australia giving lectures on lighting in Sydney and Melbourne). Whitmore had helped light the BBC version. James, Dunn and Morgan had just appeared in the TV play ''Gaslight''.<ref name= "light"/> Director Will Sterling borrowed a machine gun from the army.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=3 April 1958|title=Personalities in News from the Studios|page=21}}</ref>
==Reception==
According to ''The Age'' the production was "well received".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=11 April 1958|page=29|title="Live" Variety Show in Unusual Setting}}</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 09:55, 6 June 2020

Small Victory is a 1958 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was set during the Korean War.[1] It was directed by William Sterling and was shot in Melbourne where it aired 26 March 1958.[2]

It aired in Sydney on 24 April 1958.[3]

It was based on a play by Australian author Iain MacCormick. The ABC later broadcast Sound of Thunder and Act of Violence (1958) by MacCormick.[4] Australian TV drama at the time would customarily consist of adaptations of stories that had been tried overseas.[5]

Plot

During the Korean War a group of people are trapped by North Korean troops at the Mission School of the Sacred Heart, including a priest, Father Riley, and a nun, Sister Annalissa. American war correspondent Thompson helps Korean orphan Sophie sneak into the Mission School.

Cast

  • Beverly Dunn as Sister Annalissa
  • Brian James as Father Riley
  • Sydney Conabere as Thompson
  • Kira Daniels as Sophie
  • John Morgan as the political leader
  • Bettine Kaufman
  • Neville Thurgood as Sgt Little
  • Judith Godden
  • Laurier Lange
  • Kira Daniel
  • Tony Roberts

Production

BBC lighting expert W.R. Whitmore helped with the production (he was in Australia giving lectures on lighting in Sydney and Melbourne). Whitmore had helped light the BBC version. James, Dunn and Morgan had just appeared in the TV play Gaslight.[2] Director Will Sterling borrowed a machine gun from the army.[6]

Reception

According to The Age the production was "well received".[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "From School Plays to Success on TV". The Age. 19 September 1958. p. 20.
  2. ^ a b "BBC Lighting Expert Helps Produce TV Play by Australian". The Age. 20 March 1959. p. 11.
  3. ^ "Looking Ahead on Channel 2". ABC Weekly. 23 April 1958. p. 33.
  4. ^ "Play By Local Writer". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 March 1959. p. 19.
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. ^ "Personalities in News from the Studios". The Age. 3 April 1958. p. 21.
  7. ^ ""Live" Variety Show in Unusual Setting". The Age. 11 April 1958. p. 29.


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