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==Plot==
==Plot==
A 19-year-old, Jim Tanner is sentenced to death for the murder of Constable Albert Tomkins. In prison, Tanner is taught to read and write. But he is executed.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Case That Shocked Britain for TV|date=11 July 1958|page=22}}</ref>
A 19-year-old, Jim Tanner is sentenced to death for the murder of Constable Albert Tomkins. In prison, Tanner is taught to read and write. But he is executed.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Case That Shocked Britain for TV|date=11 July 1958|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/123479640/?terms=%22murder%20story%22&match=1}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
*John Ewart as Jim Tanner
*[[John Ewart]] as Jim Tanner
*Neva Carr Glyn as his mother
*[[Neva Carr Glyn]] as his mother
*Douglas Kelly as his father
*Douglas Kelly as his father
*John Alden as prison chaplain
*[[John Alden (actor)|John Alden]] as prison chaplain
*Don Crosby as Warder Graves
*[[Don Crosby]] as Warder Graves
*Deryck Barnes as Warder Barty
*Deryck Barnes as Warder Barty
*Myrna Dodd as Cons Tomkins Widow
*Myrna Dodd as Cons Tomkins Widow
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==Production==
==Production==
Kennedy's play had been performed for British TV in 1958 as an episode of ''[[Armchair Theatre]]''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1098447/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_11 Murder Story 1958 British version] at [[IMDb]]</ref>
Kennedy's play had been performed for British TV in 1958 as an episode of ''[[Armchair Theatre]]''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1098447/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_11 Murder Story 1958 British version] at [[IMDb]]</ref>
The show was filmed live at ABC's Sydney studios.
The show was filmed live at ABC's Sydney studios at Gore Hill.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=19 May 1958|title=Advertisement|page=15}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
According to ''The Age'' after the show screened in Melbourne "viewers and ABV-2 staff were visibly upset by the realism created" and "ABV-2 hostess Corinne Kerby was too upset to introduce the succeeding feature."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=18 July 1958|page=25|title=Realism in TV Drama Upsets viewers, staff}}</ref>
According to ''The Age'' after the show screened in Melbourne "viewers and ABV-2 staff were visibly upset by the realism created" and "ABV-2 hostess Corinne Kerby was too upset to introduce the succeeding feature."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=18 July 1958|page=25|title=Realism in TV Drama Upsets viewers, staff|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122286108/?terms=%22murder%20story%22&match=1}}</ref>


The production was well received critically, the ''Woman's Weekly'' reviewer saying "Murder Story" and its actors engrossed—indeed hypnotised—me."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51940428 |title=Western heroes revolt |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |location=Australia, Australia |date=18 June 1958 |access-date=17 January 2020 |page=13 |via=Trove }}</ref> The show was repeated in January 1960 - when announcing this ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' said the production "was regarded as one of the ABC's best TV productions."<ref>{{cite news|first=Valda|last=Marshall|title=TV Merry Go Round|date=19 November 1959|page=25}}</ref>
The production was well received critically, the ''Woman's Weekly'' reviewer saying "Murder Story" and its actors engrossed—indeed hypnotised—me."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51940428 |title=Western heroes revolt |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |location=Australia, Australia |date=18 June 1958 |access-date=17 January 2020 |page=13 |via=Trove }}</ref> The show was repeated in January 1960 - when announcing this ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' said the production "was regarded as one of the ABC's best TV productions."<ref>{{cite news|first=Valda|last=Marshall|title=TV Merry Go Round|date=19 November 1959|page=25}}</ref>
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There was a production of Kennedy's original play put on at the Independent Theatre in Sydney shortly after the TV play aired.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225603984 |title="MURDER STORY" |newspaper=[[Le Courrier Australien]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 September 1958 |access-date=17 January 2020 |page=5 |via=Trove }}</ref>
There was a production of Kennedy's original play put on at the Independent Theatre in Sydney shortly after the TV play aired.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225603984 |title="MURDER STORY" |newspaper=[[Le Courrier Australien]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 September 1958 |access-date=17 January 2020 |page=5 |via=Trove }}</ref>


Raymond Menuir, John Edwart and Alan Seymour worked together again on ''[[Bodgie (film)|Bodgie]]'' (1959).
==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]]
*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]]

Revision as of 09:43, 29 October 2020

Murder Story
Genrethriller
Based onplay by Ludovic Kennedy
Written byAlan Seymour
Directed byRaymond Menmuir
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 mins[3]
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release21 May, 1958 (Sydney)[1]
15 July 1958 (Melbourne)[2]
Newspaper ad 19 May 1958

Murder Story is a 1958 Australian television play. It was based on a script by Ludovic Kennedy based on the Croydon roof top murder and starred Neva Carr-Glynn, John Ewart and Douglas Kelly. It was directed by Raymond Menmuir.[4]

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[5]

Plot

A 19-year-old, Jim Tanner is sentenced to death for the murder of Constable Albert Tomkins. In prison, Tanner is taught to read and write. But he is executed.[6]

Cast

Production

Kennedy's play had been performed for British TV in 1958 as an episode of Armchair Theatre.[7] The show was filmed live at ABC's Sydney studios at Gore Hill.[8]

Reception

According to The Age after the show screened in Melbourne "viewers and ABV-2 staff were visibly upset by the realism created" and "ABV-2 hostess Corinne Kerby was too upset to introduce the succeeding feature."[9]

The production was well received critically, the Woman's Weekly reviewer saying "Murder Story" and its actors engrossed—indeed hypnotised—me."[10] The show was repeated in January 1960 - when announcing this The Sydney Morning Herald said the production "was regarded as one of the ABC's best TV productions."[11]

There was a production of Kennedy's original play put on at the Independent Theatre in Sydney shortly after the TV play aired.[12]

Raymond Menuir, John Edwart and Alan Seymour worked together again on Bodgie (1959).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Suspense Drama". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 June 1958. p. 15.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 11 July 1958. p. 30.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 May 1958.
  4. ^ "All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. 21 May 1958. p. 34.
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. ^ "Case That Shocked Britain for TV". The Age. 11 July 1958. p. 22.
  7. ^ Murder Story 1958 British version at IMDb
  8. ^ "Advertisement". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 May 1958. p. 15.
  9. ^ "Realism in TV Drama Upsets viewers, staff". The Age. 18 July 1958. p. 25.
  10. ^ "Western heroes revolt". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia, Australia. 18 June 1958. p. 13. Retrieved 17 January 2020 – via Trove.
  11. ^ Marshall, Valda (19 November 1959). "TV Merry Go Round". p. 25.
  12. ^ ""MURDER STORY"". Le Courrier Australien. New South Wales, Australia. 19 September 1958. p. 5. Retrieved 17 January 2020 – via Trove.


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