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| studio = [[Australian Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
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| released = 29 November 1961 (Melbourne)<ref>{{Cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=23 November 1961|title=TV Guide|page=37}}</ref><br>9 May 1962 (Sydney)<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=7 May 1962|title=TV Guide|page=17}}</ref>
| released = 9 May 1962 (Sydney)
| runtime = 60 mins
| runtime = 60 mins<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=29 November 1961|page=23|title=Wednesday TV}}</ref>
| country = Australia
| country = Australia
| language = [[English language|English]]
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'''''The Big Deal''''' is a 1961 Australian TV play shot in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite news|title=Big Deal Next Week|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=29 April 1962|page=107}}</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>
'''''The Big Deal''''' is a 1961 Australian TV play.<ref>{{cite news|title=Big Deal Next Week|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=29 April 1962|page=107}}</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==
A worked at a plastics factory (Don Crosby) dreams of being a millionaire.
Herbie, a despatch worker at a plastics factory, dreams of being a millionaire, but he lacks the killer instinct. His friend Julian dreams of creating novelties from plastic.


==Cast==
==Cast==
*Donald Crosby
*Donald Crosby as Herbie Schiff
*Marie Renshaw
*Marie Renshaw as Lillian
*Edward Howell as Solly Parness
*Ken Goodlet as Julian Ring
*Ken Goodlet as Julian Ring
*Morton Smith as Al Konits

*Diana Bell as Ginger
*Brenda Beddison as Claire
*Keith Hudon as Ralph
*Roland Renshaw
*[[Campbell Copelin]]
*Carole Potter
*Nancy Cato
*James Lynch
==Production==
The play had been broadcast in London and New York but this was its first production in Australia. Brenda Beddison and Morton Smith made their debuts in "live" drama.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=23 November 1961|page=28|title=Untitled}}</ref>
==Reception==
==Reception==
The critic from the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' thought the play was "neither comical, subtle, ironic, nor in fact even,remotely entertaining" having "no plot worthy of the name, and its theme, tenuous to say the least, gained nothing from the hourlong treatment" with "dialogue of unrelieved stodginess, produced without imagination, dramatic sense or photographic skill."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Television Play Production|date=10 May 1962|page=10}}</ref>
The critic from the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' thought the play was "neither comical, subtle, ironic, nor in fact even,remotely entertaining" having "no plot worthy of the name, and its theme, tenuous to say the least, gained nothing from the hourlong treatment" with "dialogue of unrelieved stodginess, produced without imagination, dramatic sense or photographic skill."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Television Play Production|date=10 May 1962|page=10}}</ref>

Revision as of 10:07, 15 June 2020

The Big Deal
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Written byCharles Cohen
StarringDon Crosby
Production
company
Release dates
29 November 1961 (Melbourne)[1]
9 May 1962 (Sydney)[2]
Running time
60 mins[3]
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Big Deal is a 1961 Australian TV play.[4] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[5]

Plot

Herbie, a despatch worker at a plastics factory, dreams of being a millionaire, but he lacks the killer instinct. His friend Julian dreams of creating novelties from plastic.

Cast

  • Donald Crosby as Herbie Schiff
  • Marie Renshaw as Lillian
  • Edward Howell as Solly Parness
  • Ken Goodlet as Julian Ring
  • Morton Smith as Al Konits
  • Diana Bell as Ginger
  • Brenda Beddison as Claire
  • Keith Hudon as Ralph
  • Roland Renshaw
  • Campbell Copelin
  • Carole Potter
  • Nancy Cato
  • James Lynch

Production

The play had been broadcast in London and New York but this was its first production in Australia. Brenda Beddison and Morton Smith made their debuts in "live" drama.[6]

Reception

The critic from the Sydney Morning Herald thought the play was "neither comical, subtle, ironic, nor in fact even,remotely entertaining" having "no plot worthy of the name, and its theme, tenuous to say the least, gained nothing from the hourlong treatment" with "dialogue of unrelieved stodginess, produced without imagination, dramatic sense or photographic skill."[7]

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 23 November 1961. p. 37.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 May 1962. p. 17.
  3. ^ "Wednesday TV". The Age. 29 November 1961. p. 23.
  4. ^ "Big Deal Next Week". Sydney Morning Herald. 29 April 1962. p. 107.
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. ^ "Untitled". The Age. 23 November 1961. p. 28.
  7. ^ "Television Play Production". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 May 1962. p. 10.


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