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| released = 23 July 1958 (Melbourne, live)<ref name="age">{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=18 July 1958|title=Drama of Revolution to Test Techniques|page=26}}</ref><br>6 January 1960 (Sydney)
| released = 23 July 1958 (Melbourne, live)<ref name="age">{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=18 July 1958|title=Drama of Revolution to Test Techniques|page=26}}</ref><br>6 January 1960 (Sydney)<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=6 January 1960|title=TV Guide|page=16}}</ref>
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'''''The Public Prosecutor''''' is a 1958 television play broadcast by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. It was set during the [[French Revolution]] and was based on a play by [[Fritz Hochwälder]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=4 January 1960|page=21|title=Channel News}}</ref>
'''''The Public Prosecutor''''' is a 1958 television play broadcast by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. It was set during the [[French Revolution]] and was based on a play by [[Fritz Hochwälder]]. It was shown live in Melbourne in July 1958 but did not screen in Sydney until 1960.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=4 January 1960|page=21|title=Channel News}}</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==

The Public Prosecutor is responsible for rounding up victims of the guillotine. He wants the name of a man known only to Theresia. Meanwhile the French Assembly of Deputies debate the end of terror. The identity of the final victim is a surprise.
==Cast==
==Cast==
*Frank Gatliff as the Prosecutor
*Frank Gatliff as Fouquier, the Prosecutor
*John Morgan as Tallien, Theresia's husband
*John Morgan as Tallien, Theresia's husband
*Patricia Kennedy as Theresia
*Patricia Kennedy as Theresia
==Production==
==Production==
It was shot at ABC's studios at Rippon Lea. It took eight weeks to prepare and involved construction of an eight foot guillotine.<ref name="age"/>
It was shot at ABC's new studios at Rippon Lea. It was Patricia Kennedy's second TV performance following playing Mrs Rattenbury in ''Killer in Close Up''.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=18 July 1958|title="Live" TV Drama|page=25}}</ref> The play took eight weeks to prepare and involved construction of an eight foot guillotine.<ref name="age"/>

Designer John Peters had also designed sets depicting revolutionary France in the film ''[[The Elusive Pimpernel]]''.<ref>{{cite news|date=18 July 1958|newspaper=The Age|page=27|title=Round Up}}</ref>
==Reception==
GTV-9 engineers called up after the broadcast to congratulate ABV-2 on the technical excellence of the program.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=1 August 1958|page=23|title=Round up}}</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 10:28, 8 June 2020

The Public Prosecutor
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Written byWilliam Sterling
Based onplay by Fritz Hochwälder.
Production
company
ABC
Release dates
23 July 1958 (Melbourne, live)[1]
6 January 1960 (Sydney)[2]
Running time
75 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Public Prosecutor is a 1958 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was set during the French Revolution and was based on a play by Fritz Hochwälder. It was shown live in Melbourne in July 1958 but did not screen in Sydney until 1960.[3]

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]

Plot

The Public Prosecutor is responsible for rounding up victims of the guillotine. He wants the name of a man known only to Theresia. Meanwhile the French Assembly of Deputies debate the end of terror. The identity of the final victim is a surprise.

Cast

  • Frank Gatliff as Fouquier, the Prosecutor
  • John Morgan as Tallien, Theresia's husband
  • Patricia Kennedy as Theresia

Production

It was shot at ABC's new studios at Rippon Lea. It was Patricia Kennedy's second TV performance following playing Mrs Rattenbury in Killer in Close Up.[5] The play took eight weeks to prepare and involved construction of an eight foot guillotine.[1]

Designer John Peters had also designed sets depicting revolutionary France in the film The Elusive Pimpernel.[6]

Reception

GTV-9 engineers called up after the broadcast to congratulate ABV-2 on the technical excellence of the program.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Drama of Revolution to Test Techniques". The Age. 18 July 1958. p. 26.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 January 1960. p. 16.
  3. ^ "Channel News". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 January 1960. p. 21.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. ^ ""Live" TV Drama". The Age. 18 July 1958. p. 25.
  6. ^ "Round Up". The Age. 18 July 1958. p. 27.
  7. ^ "Round up". The Age. 1 August 1958. p. 23.


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