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'''''The Sponge Room''''' is an Australian television film which aired in 1964 on ABC. Produced in Melbourne,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131747456 |title=What to stay home for |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39 |issue=10,944 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=7 September 1964 |accessdate=19 February 2017 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> it aired in a 50-minute time-slot |
'''''The Sponge Room''''' is an Australian television film which aired in 1964 on ABC. Produced in Melbourne,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131747456 |title=What to stay home for |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39 |issue=10,944 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=7 September 1964 |accessdate=19 February 2017 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> it aired in a 50-minute time-slot and was an adaptation of an overseas stage play, written by Willis Hall and Keith Waterhouse.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131747469 |title=WEDNESDAY |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39 |issue=10,944 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=7 September 1964 |accessdate=19 February 2017 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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It is not known if a copy of the television film still exists, given the [[wiping]] of the era. |
It is not known if a copy of the television film still exists, given the [[wiping]] of the era. |
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The play had been produced on stage in Sydney that year under the direction of [[Ken Hannam]].<ref>{{cite news|date=5 August 1964|title=Music and theatre|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/123942716/?terms=%22sponge%2Broom%22|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sponge Room at AMP|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/123907404/?terms=%22sponge%2Broom%22|date=23 June 1964|page=10|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> It had also been performed on ABC radio that year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122078321/?terms=%22sponge%2Broom%22|date=18 June 1964|page=26|newspaper=The Age|title=Premier on AR Exit the King}}</ref> |
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It was one of 20 TV plays produced by the ABC in 1964.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=ABC Plans to Show Significant Works|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g5FVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vpYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6982%2C3380131|date=20 February 1964|page=13}}</ref> |
It was one of 20 TV plays produced by the ABC in 1964.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=ABC Plans to Show Significant Works|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g5FVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vpYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6982%2C3380131|date=20 February 1964|page=13}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
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Revision as of 04:05, 24 October 2020
| The Sponge Room | |
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| Directed by | Patrick Barton |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 50 mins |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Release | 22 April 1964 (Melbourne)[1] 9 September 1964 (Sydney)[2] |
The Sponge Room is an Australian television film which aired in 1964 on ABC. Produced in Melbourne,[3] it aired in a 50-minute time-slot and was an adaptation of an overseas stage play, written by Willis Hall and Keith Waterhouse.[4]
It is not known if a copy of the television film still exists, given the wiping of the era.
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[5]
Premise
A married man secretly meets with a woman each week at the natural history museum in London.[6]
Cast
- Julia Blake as Hilary
- Terry Norris as Colin
- Neil Curnow as the attendant
Production
The play had been produced on stage in Sydney that year under the direction of Ken Hannam.[7][8] It had also been performed on ABC radio that year.[9]
It was one of 20 TV plays produced by the ABC in 1964.[10]
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald praised Barton using "the extremely effective device" of a background of "complete silence from start to finish".[11]
References
- ^ "TV Guide". 22 April 1964. p. 14.
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 September 1964. p. 15.
- ^ "What to stay home for". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 10, 944. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 September 1964. p. 17. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 10, 944. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 September 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 16 April 1964.
- ^ "Music and theatre". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 August 1964. p. 14.
- ^ "Sponge Room at AMP". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 June 1964. p. 10.
- ^ "Premier on AR Exit the King". The Age. 18 June 1964. p. 26.
- ^ "ABC Plans to Show Significant Works". The Age. 20 February 1964. p. 13.
- ^ ""The Sponge Room" on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 September 1964. p. 10.
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