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| based_on = play by [[Ludovic Kennedy]]
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| writer = [[Alan Seymour]]
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| released = May 19, 1958.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Suspense Drama|date=June 16, 1958|page=15}}</ref>
| released = 21 May, 1958 (Sydney)<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Suspense Drama|date=June 16, 1958|page=15}}</ref><br>15 July 1958 (Melbourne)<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=TV Guide|date=11 July 1958|page=30}}</ref>
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'''''Murder Story''''' is a 1958 Australian television play. It was based on a script by [[Ludovic Kennedy]] based on [[Derek Bentley case|the Croydon roof top murder]] and starred Neva Carr-Glynn, [[John Ewart]] and Douglas Kelly. It was directed by [[Raymond Menmuir]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title=All the TV Programmes|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1435955887|magazine=ABC Weekly|date=21 May 1958|page=34}}</ref>
'''''Murder Story''''' is a 1958 Australian television play. It was based on a script by [[Ludovic Kennedy]] based on [[Derek Bentley case|the Croydon roof top murder]] and starred Neva Carr-Glynn, [[John Ewart]] and Douglas Kelly. It was directed by [[Raymond Menmuir]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=All the TV Programmes|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1435955887|magazine=ABC Weekly|date=21 May 1958|page=34}}</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>
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==
[[File:Murder_Story_19_May_1958.png|thumb|right|Newspaper ad 19 May 1958]]
A 19 year old is sentenced to death for the murder of Constable Albert Tomkins.
A 19 year old, Jim Tanner, is sentenced to death for the murder of Constable Albert Tomkins. In prison, Tanner is taught to read and write. But he is executed.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Case That Shocked Britain for TV|date=11 July 1958|page=22}}</ref.

==Cast==
==Cast==
*John Ewart,
*John Ewart as Jim Tanner
*Neva Carr Glyn as his mother
*[[Richard Meikle]]
*Neva Carr Glyn
*Douglas Kelly as his father
*John Alden as prison chaplain
*Douglas Kelly
*Don Crosby as Warder Graves

*Deryck Barnes as Warder Barty
*Myrna Dodd as Cons Tomkins Widow
*[[Richard Meikle]] as Ted Clift, Jim's accomplice
*Frederick Powell as inspector
==Production==
==Production==
Kennedy's play had been performed for British TV in 1958 as an episode of ''[[Armchair Theatre]]''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1098447/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_11 Murder Story 1958 British version] at [[IMDb]]</ref>
Kennedy's play had been performed for British TV in 1958 as an episode of ''[[Armchair Theatre]]''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1098447/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_11 Murder Story 1958 British version] at [[IMDb]]</ref>
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==Reception==
==Reception==
The production was well received, the ''Woman's Weekly'' reviewer saying "Murder Story" and its actors engrossed—indeed hypnotised—me."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51940428 |title=Western heroes revolt |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |location=Australia, Australia |date=18 June 1958 |access-date=17 January 2020 |page=13 |via=Trove }}</ref> The show was repeated in January 1960 - when announcing this ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' said the production "was regarded as one of the ABC's best TV productions."<ref>{{cite news|first=Valda|last=Marshall|title=TV Merry Go Round|date=19 November 1959|page=25}}</ref>
According to ''The Age'' after the show screened in Melbourne "viewers and ABV-2 staff were visibly upset by the realism created" and "ABV-2 hostess Corinne Kerby was too upset to introduce the succeeding feature."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=18 July 1958|page=25}}</ref>
The production was well received critically, the ''Woman's Weekly'' reviewer saying "Murder Story" and its actors engrossed—indeed hypnotised—me."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51940428 |title=Western heroes revolt |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |location=Australia, Australia |date=18 June 1958 |access-date=17 January 2020 |page=13 |via=Trove }}</ref> The show was repeated in January 1960 - when announcing this ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' said the production "was regarded as one of the ABC's best TV productions."<ref>{{cite news|first=Valda|last=Marshall|title=TV Merry Go Round|date=19 November 1959|page=25}}</ref>


There was a production of Kennedy's original play put on at the Independent Theatre in Sydney shortly after the TV play aired.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225603984 |title="MURDER STORY" |newspaper=[[Le Courrier Australien]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 September 1958 |access-date=17 January 2020 |page=5 |via=Trove }}</ref>
There was a production of Kennedy's original play put on at the Independent Theatre in Sydney shortly after the TV play aired.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225603984 |title="MURDER STORY" |newspaper=[[Le Courrier Australien]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 September 1958 |access-date=17 January 2020 |page=5 |via=Trove }}</ref>

Revision as of 10:30, 6 June 2020

Murder Story
Genrethriller
Based onplay by Ludovic Kennedy
Written byAlan Seymour
Directed byRaymond Menmuir
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 mins[3]
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release21 May, 1958 (Sydney)[1]
15 July 1958 (Melbourne)[2]

Murder Story is a 1958 Australian television play. It was based on a script by Ludovic Kennedy based on the Croydon roof top murder and starred Neva Carr-Glynn, John Ewart and Douglas Kelly. It was directed by Raymond Menmuir.[4]

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[5]

Plot

Newspaper ad 19 May 1958

A 19 year old, Jim Tanner, is sentenced to death for the murder of Constable Albert Tomkins. In prison, Tanner is taught to read and write. But he is executed.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). The show was filmed live at ABC's Sydney studios.

Reception

According to The Age after the show screened in Melbourne "viewers and ABV-2 staff were visibly upset by the realism created" and "ABV-2 hostess Corinne Kerby was too upset to introduce the succeeding feature."[6]

The production was well received critically, the Woman's Weekly reviewer saying "Murder Story" and its actors engrossed—indeed hypnotised—me."[7] The show was repeated in January 1960 - when announcing this The Sydney Morning Herald said the production "was regarded as one of the ABC's best TV productions."[8]

There was a production of Kennedy's original play put on at the Independent Theatre in Sydney shortly after the TV play aired.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Suspense Drama". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 June 1958. p. 15.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 11 July 1958. p. 30.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. 21 May 1958. p. 34.
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. ^ The Age. 18 July 1958. p. 25. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ "Western heroes revolt". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia, Australia. 18 June 1958. p. 13. Retrieved 17 January 2020 – via Trove.
  8. ^ Marshall, Valda (19 November 1959). "TV Merry Go Round". p. 25.
  9. ^ ""MURDER STORY"". Le Courrier Australien. New South Wales, Australia. 19 September 1958. p. 5. Retrieved 17 January 2020 – via Trove.


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