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The played toured the UK in the 1970s with Jean Kent, and Dermot Walsh in leading roles. It was retitled 'Home on the Pigs back.'
The played toured the UK in the 1970s with Jean Kent, and Dermot Walsh in leading roles. It was retitled 'Home on the Pigs back.'
==1970 TV Play==
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| director = Eric Taylor
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The TV adaptation was part of the ''[[Australian Plays]]'' series.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date= July 26, 1970|page=109|title=Television|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122794829/?terms=%22chimes%20at%20midnight%22%20abc&match=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=18 June 1970|page=29|title=Back to Drama|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121465219/}}</ref>
===Plot===
An aging actress, a widow called Maxine, is haunted by the memory of a son who drowned. Her stepson wants her property. She has a younger lover, Mark.
===Cast===
*Margot Lee as Maxine
*John Bonney as Mark
*Pat Bishop as Portia
*Don Pascoe as Victor
==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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*[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C823780 1970 TV adaptation] at [[AustLit]]
*[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C823780 1970 TV adaptation] at [[AustLit]]
*[http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=12839066&S=1 Copy of script for 1970 version] at [[National Archives of Australia]]
*[http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=12839066&S=1 Copy of script for 1970 version] at [[National Archives of Australia]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380334/ 1970 TV play] at [[IMDB]]
[[Category:Australian plays]]
[[Category:Australian plays]]
[[Category:1969 plays]]
[[Category:1969 plays]]
[[Category:Australian television plays]]

Revision as of 10:03, 12 September 2020

Eden House is a 1969 play by Australian author Hal Porter.[1]

It was adapted for TV in 1970.

The played toured the UK in the 1970s with Jean Kent, and Dermot Walsh in leading roles. It was retitled 'Home on the Pigs back.'

1970 TV Play

"Eden House"
Australian Plays episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 1
Directed byEric Taylor
Teleplay byJune Hollyer
Original air date21 June 1970
List of episodes

The TV adaptation was part of the Australian Plays series.[2][3]

Plot

An aging actress, a widow called Maxine, is haunted by the memory of a son who drowned. Her stepson wants her property. She has a younger lover, Mark.

Cast

  • Margot Lee as Maxine
  • John Bonney as Mark
  • Pat Bishop as Portia
  • Don Pascoe as Victor

References

  1. ^ "Generation gap provides the drama". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, , no. 12, 569. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 March 1970. p. 13. Retrieved 6 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  2. ^ "Television". Sydney Morning Herald. July 26, 1970. p. 109.
  3. ^ "Back to Drama". The Age. 18 June 1970. p. 29.