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| director = [[Alan Burke (director)|Alan Burke]]
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| writer = Laurence Houseman
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| based_on = the play ''[[Victoria Regina (play)|Victoria Regina]]'' by [[Laurence Housman]]
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| released =27 March 1963 (Sydney, Melbourne)<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=The Young Victoria|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YsEQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1JQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5997%2C3329190|date=21 March 1963|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Advertisement|date=27 March 1963|page=25}}</ref>
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'''''The Young Victoria''''' is an Australian television film of 1963 which aired on [[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC]] on 27 March 1963. Based on the play ''[[Victoria Regina (play)|Victoria Regina]]'', it is a 60-minute drama about the courtship and marriage of [[Queen Victoria]] to [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]]. It stars Lola Brooks as Victoria and [[Ric Hutton]] as Albert.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YsEQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1JQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7050%2C3373703|newspaper=The Age|title=TV Guide|date=21 March 1963}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=TV Times|title=She'd Never Seen a Man Shave|date=21 March 1963}}</ref>

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'''''The Young Victoria''''' is an Australian television film of 1963 which aired on [[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC]] on 27 March 1963. Based on the play ''[[Victoria Regina (play)|Victoria Regina]]'', it is a 60-minute drama about the courtship and marriage of [[Queen Victoria]] to [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]]. It stars Lola Brooks as Victoria and [[Ric Hutton]] as Albert.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YsEQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1JQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7050%2C3373703|newspaper=The Age|title=TV Guide|date=21 March 1963}}</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>


The production was reduced to four vignettes. It was sponsored by the International ' Theatre Institute, the drama-wing of-UNESCO, to celebrate World Theatre day.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Lola Brooks as Victoria|date=18 March 1963|page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104592555 |title=The Story Of Mexico |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=10,495 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=27 March 1963 |accessdate=9 February 2017 |page=31 |via=National Library of Australia}}
The production was reduced to four vignettes. It was sponsored by the International ' Theatre Institute, the drama-wing of-UNESCO, to celebrate World Theatre day.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104592555 |title=The Story Of Mexico |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=10,495 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=27 March 1963 |accessdate=9 February 2017 |page=31 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It was shown on the same day in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide to celebrate the day.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122022715/?terms=%22young%20victoria%22&match=1|date=21 March 1963|title=The Young Victoria|page=27}}</ref>
==Premise==
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The courtship of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

==Cast==
==Cast==
*Lola Brooks as Victoria
*Lola Brooks as Victoria
*Ric Hutton as Albert
*Ric Hutton as Albert
*Anne Beecher
*Anne Beecher
*Jasmine Greenfield
*Jasmine Greenfield as Lady Jane
*Benita Harvey
*Benita Harvey
*Jessica Noad
*Jessica Noad as a duchess
*Alastair Roberts
*Alastair Roberts
*Frank Taylor
*Frank Taylor
*Judith Thompson
*Judith Thompson
*Vaughan Tracey
*Vaughan Tracey
*Rhod Walker
*Rhod Walker as Prince Ernest, Albert's brother
==Production==
Douglas Smith did the sets.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Lola Brooks as Victoria|date=18 March 1963|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121230994/?terms=%22young%20victoria%22&match=1}}</ref>
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==Reception==
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The ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'' gave the film a mixed review, calling it "mildly entertaining and agreeably presented" but also "these excerpts did not succeed in amounting to a play... it was all rather like a musical comedy without the music".<ref>{{cite news|title=Houseman play on television|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kYRWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1OUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1750%2C8052453|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=28 March 1963}}</ref>


The ''Age'' gave it a mixed review.<ref>{{cite news|title=Teletopics|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AIcTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6910%2C584896|newspaper=The Age|date=4 April 1963|page=14}}</ref>
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==Reception==
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The ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'' gave the film a mixed review, calling it "mildly entertaining and agreeably presented" but also "these excerpts did not succeed in amounting to a play... it was all rather like a musical comedy without the music".<ref>{{cite news|title=Houseman play on television|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kYRWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1OUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1750%2C8052453|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=28 March 1963}}</ref> The ''Age'' gave it a mixed review.<ref>{{cite news|title=Teletopics|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AIcTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6910%2C584896|newspaper=The Age|date=4 April 1963|page=14}}</ref>


The ''Bulletin'' gave the production "three cheers".<ref>{{Citation
The ''Bulletin'' gave the production "three cheers".<ref>{{Citation

Revision as of 12:51, 21 September 2020

The Young Victoria
Ad in The Age 27 Mar 1963
Based onthe play Victoria Regina by Laurence Housman
Directed byAlan Burke
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 mins[3]
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release27 March 1963 (Sydney, Melbourne)[1][2]

The Young Victoria is an Australian television film of 1963 which aired on ABC on 27 March 1963. Based on the play Victoria Regina, it is a 60-minute drama about the courtship and marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert. It stars Lola Brooks as Victoria and Ric Hutton as Albert.[4][5]

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[6]

The production was reduced to four vignettes. It was sponsored by the International ' Theatre Institute, the drama-wing of-UNESCO, to celebrate World Theatre day.[7] It was shown on the same day in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide to celebrate the day.[8]

Premise

The courtship of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Cast

  • Lola Brooks as Victoria
  • Ric Hutton as Albert
  • Anne Beecher
  • Jasmine Greenfield as Lady Jane
  • Benita Harvey
  • Jessica Noad as a duchess
  • Alastair Roberts
  • Frank Taylor
  • Judith Thompson
  • Vaughan Tracey
  • Rhod Walker as Prince Ernest, Albert's brother

Production

Douglas Smith did the sets.[9]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald gave the film a mixed review, calling it "mildly entertaining and agreeably presented" but also "these excerpts did not succeed in amounting to a play... it was all rather like a musical comedy without the music".[10]

The Age gave it a mixed review.[11]

The Bulletin gave the production "three cheers".[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Young Victoria". The Age. 21 March 1963. p. 14.
  2. ^ "Advertisement". The Age. 27 March 1963. p. 25.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 21 March 1963. p. 35.
  4. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 21 March 1963.
  5. ^ "She'd Never Seen a Man Shave". TV Times. 21 March 1963.
  6. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  7. ^ "The Story Of Mexico". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 495. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 March 1963. p. 31. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "The Young Victoria". 21 March 1963. p. 27.
  9. ^ "Lola Brooks as Victoria". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 March 1963. p. 13.
  10. ^ "Houseman play on television". Sydney Morning Herald. 28 March 1963.
  11. ^ "Teletopics". The Age. 4 April 1963. p. 14.
  12. ^ The bulletin, 6 April 1963, retrieved 28 October 2019


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