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[[Barry Creyton]] later recalled, "I remember during my vital speech to Jessica, “how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank”, a makeup girl dropped a jar nearby. That was very disconcerting, but being live, we just continued as if a makeup jar dropping onto concrete was a common sound in old Venice." He also remembered that when the programm was recorded that "lost half an hour of sound", so he and Annette Andre "had to go back to the studio to loop one of our scenes."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/barry-creyton-live/|title=Barry Creyton Live!|date=October 11, 2020}}</ref> |
[[Barry Creyton]] later recalled, "I remember during my vital speech to Jessica, “how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank”, a makeup girl dropped a jar nearby. That was very disconcerting, but being live, we just continued as if a makeup jar dropping onto concrete was a common sound in old Venice." He also remembered that when the programm was recorded that "lost half an hour of sound", so he and Annette Andre "had to go back to the studio to loop one of our scenes."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/barry-creyton-live/|title=Barry Creyton Live!|date=October 11, 2020}}</ref> |
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Leonard Teale had appeared in a production of the play at the Independent.<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Lane|title=The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Volume 2|publisher=National Film and Sound Archive|year=2000|page=124-127}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 09:33, 14 October 2020
| The Merchant of Venice | |
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| Directed by | Alan Burke |
| Based on | play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare |
| Starring | Owen Weingott |
Production company | |
Release dates | 13 September 1961 (Sydney) 25 October 1961 (Melbourne)[1] |
Running time | 120 mins[2] |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
The Merchant of Venice is a 1961 Australian television adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. [3] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]
Cast
- Owen Weingott as Shylock[5][6]
- Tanya Halesworth as Portia
- Annette Andre as Jessica
- Barry Creyton as Lorenzo
- John Faasen as Gratiano
- Ron Graham as Bassanio
- Carolyn Keely as Nerissa
- Alistair Roberts as Lancelot Gobbo
- Leonard Teale as the Prince of Morocco
- John Unicomb as Antonio
Production
The Sydney Morning Herald called it "the most important television play of the year. and among Sydney's actresses the role of Portia was the most sought after."[7]
It went to the relatively inexperienced Tanya Halesworth who was a presented at the ABC. Director Alan Burke said he saw Portia "as a beautiful debutante, the darling of the deb set of her day. I wanted a beautiful girl for the role, one with wit, astuteness, vivacity; but one with a little bit of edge to her tongue. Tanya has all these."[8]
Annette Andre later recalled "here I was, a nice Catholic girl – God! I’m a long way from that now – playing Jessica, daughter of Shylock. I would’ve loved to play Portia, but Tanya gave a wonderful performance."[9]
Barry Creyton later recalled, "I remember during my vital speech to Jessica, “how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank”, a makeup girl dropped a jar nearby. That was very disconcerting, but being live, we just continued as if a makeup jar dropping onto concrete was a common sound in old Venice." He also remembered that when the programm was recorded that "lost half an hour of sound", so he and Annette Andre "had to go back to the studio to loop one of our scenes."[10]
Leonard Teale had appeared in a production of the play at the Independent.[11]
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald called it "a masterful piece of work in which a predominant young cast gave the play flesh-and-blood virility".[12]
The play was screened in Melbourne along with two other Shakespeare plays on the school syllabus, A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Royston Morley production of Hamlet.[1]
References
- ^ a b "'Clever' Ghost in TV Hamlet". The Age. 21 September 1961. p. 22.
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 11 September 1961. p. 15.
- ^ ""The Merchant" a TV triumph". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 29, no. 17. 27 September 1961. p. 19. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald 14 September 1961 "The Merchant on Television" p.13
- ^ http://barry-creyton.com/biography.html
- ^ "Tanya's Surprise Portia Role". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 September 1961. p. 12.
- ^ "Tanya-an alluring, vivacious Portia". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 29, no. 14. 6 September 1961. p. 19. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (29 August 2020). "Annette Andre: My Brilliant Early Australian Career". Filmink.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (11 October 2020). "Barry Creyton Live!". Filmink.
- ^ Lane, Richard (2000). The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Volume 2. National Film and Sound Archive. p. 124-127.
- ^ ""The Merchant" on Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 September 1061. p. 11.
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