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The Sunday ''Sydney Morning Herald'' critic called it "a first rate piece of drama, with a case and a quality of acting that was well-nigh flawless."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=21 October 1962|page=87|title=TV Merry Go Round|first=Valda|last=Marshall}}</ref> |
The Sunday ''Sydney Morning Herald'' critic called it "a first rate piece of drama, with a case and a quality of acting that was well-nigh flawless."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=21 October 1962|page=87|title=TV Merry Go Round|first=Valda|last=Marshall}}</ref> |
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The ''Woman's Weekly'' called it "one of the strongest and most moving plays yet presented on TV."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43202079 |title=From convict girl to colonial lady |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=30, |issue=2 |location=Australia, Australia |date=31 October 1962 |accessdate=8 July 2020 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 13:56, 8 July 2020
The Case of Private Hamp | |
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Based on | the novel King and Country by James Lansdale Hodson |
Directed by | Colin Dean |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 55 mins |
Production company | ABC |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 17 October 1962 (Sydney)[1] 28 November 1962 (Melbourne)[2] |
The Case of Private Hamp is a 1962 Australian television film which aired on the ABC. Despite the wiping of the era, a copy of the presentation exists as a kinescope recording. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]
It was based on a novel which was turned into the 1964 film King and Country. The novel had been adapted for radio in Melbourne in 1957.[4]
Plot
The court martial of Private Arthur Hamp who was accused of desertion in Passchendaele, France, 1917. He is defended by Hargreaves.
Cast
- Edward Hepple as Private Hamp
- John Llewellyn as Lt Webb
- Ric Hutton as Captain Hargreaves
- John Armstrong as Cpl Haslem
- Donald Philps as Col Eckersley
- Rhod Walker as court martial president
- Richard Howe as Lt Midgeley
- James Scullin as Cpl Barnes
- Richard Parry as Captain O'Sullivan
- Ron Haddrick as padre
- John O'Sullivan as Johnson
- Don Pascoe as sergeant major
Production
Designer Jack Montgomery created trenches by mixing bran with black earth. The cast was all male. Ric Hutton had just appeared in a TV production of Madam Butterfly.[5]
Reception
The TV critic for the Sydney Morning Herald said it featured "capable acting"[6]
The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald critic called it "a first rate piece of drama, with a case and a quality of acting that was well-nigh flawless."[7]
The Woman's Weekly called it "one of the strongest and most moving plays yet presented on TV."[8]
See also
References
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 October 1962. p. 25.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 22 November 1962. p. 19.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "Three Nights of Parliament". The Age. 31 August 1957. p. 20.
- ^ "TV play Puts Deserter in Court Martial". The Age. 22 November 1961. p. 15.
- ^ "Army Play Televised". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 October 1962. p. 8.
- ^ Marshall, Valda (21 October 1962). "TV Merry Go Round". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 87.
- ^ "From convict girl to colonial lady". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 30, , no. 2. Australia, Australia. 31 October 1962. p. 17. Retrieved 8 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
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