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'''''You Can't Win 'Em All''''' is a 1962 Australian television play directed by [[Patrick Barton]]. Filmed in London, it was based on a play by Alun Owen which had been previously filmed by the BBC in 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startrader.co.uk/Action%20TV/guide60s/corriganblake.htm|title=Corrigan Blake|website=Action TV}}</ref>
'''''You Can't Win 'Em All''''' is a 1962 Australian television play directed by [[Patrick Barton]]. Filmed in London, it was based on a play by Alun Owen which had been previously filmed by the BBC in 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startrader.co.uk/Action%20TV/guide60s/corriganblake.htm|title=Corrigan Blake|website=Action TV}}</ref>
[[File:You_cant_win_cast_30_Aug_1962,_Page_25_-_The_Age_at_Newspapers_com.png|thumb|right|Alan Hopood, Judith Thompson, Syd Conbaere, The Age 30 Aug 1962]]

==Premise==
==Premise==
In a South American state on the brink of revolution, the leader of the revolutionaries (Alan Hopgood) and his sister (Judith Thompson) meet a stranded British wireless operator (Syd Conabere) and invite him to join them. He does — because he needs money.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 24, 1962 |page=13|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=New Play by Welsh Author|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121282893/?terms=%22you%2Bcan%27t%2Bwin%22}}</ref>
In a South American state on the brink of revolution, the leader of the revolutionaries (Alan Hopgood) and his sister (Judith Thompson) meet a stranded British wireless operator (Syd Conabere) and invite him to join them. He does — because he needs money.<ref name="new">{{cite news|date=September 24, 1962 |page=13|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=New Plays by Welsh Author|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121282893/?terms=%22you%2Bcan%27t%2Bwin%22}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
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*Christine Nolan
*Christine Nolan


==Original Play==
It was based on a play by Alun Owen, which aired on the BBC in February 1962. Jack Hedley played Corrigan Blake.

''The Guardian'' said it "never achieved reality" and had some "surprisingly dull dialogue."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259682723/?terms=%22corrigan%20blake%22&match=1|date=5 February 1962|page=7|title=Television|first=Mary|last=Crozier}}</ref>

The lead character of the play, Corrigan Blake, featured in a TV series of the same name made by the BBC in 1963.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217926/ Corrigan Blake] at [[IMDB]]</ref> ''The Guardian'' said "it falls flat and hard".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259754459/?terms=%22corrigan%20blake%22&match=1|date=16 May 1962|page=7|title=Television|first=Mary|last=Crozier}}</ref>
==Production==
==Production==
It was the first TV play produced by Patrick Barton, an Englishman who had lived in Australia for two years. Most ABC drama in Melbourne until then had been done by William Sterling or Christopher Muir. Barton said the play was different in tone to other works by Barton.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=ABV-2 Tries Out a New Producer|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V3FVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jJYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6009%2C4788550|date=30 August 1962|page=13}}</ref>
It was the first TV play produced by Patrick Barton, an Englishman who had lived in Australia for two years. Most ABC drama in Melbourne until then had been done by William Sterling or Christopher Muir. Barton said the play was different in tone to other works by Owen.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=ABV-2 Tries Out a New Producer|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V3FVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jJYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6009%2C4788550|date=30 August 1962|page=13}}</ref>


Kevin Bartlett designed it.
Kevin Bartlett designed it.
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The quality of the production was criticised.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136931501 |title=Australian TV production 'Blasphemous' |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=10,390 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=23 November 1962 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The quality of the production was criticised.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136931501 |title=Australian TV production 'Blasphemous' |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=10,390 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=23 November 1962 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


''The Age'' said "the production was racy to match the play and the hand of the producer, though firm, never intruded."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b-tjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7021%2C2034353|title=Teletopics|date=13 September 1962|page=14}}</ref>
''The Age'' said "the production was racy to match the play and the hand of the producer, though firm, never intruded. One, however, cannot pass without congratulating actor Sydney Conabere for making the character of Corrigan Blake so completely Corrigan Blake."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b-tjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7021%2C2034353|title=Teletopics|date=13 September 1962|page=14}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 05:21, 3 November 2020

You Can't Win 'Em All
Ad in The Age 5 Sep 1962
Written byAlun Owen
Directed byPatrick Barton
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerBernard Heron
Running time75 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
Release5 September 1962 (Melbourne)[1]
3 October 1962 (Sydney)[2]

You Can't Win 'Em All is a 1962 Australian television play directed by Patrick Barton. Filmed in London, it was based on a play by Alun Owen which had been previously filmed by the BBC in 1961.[3]

File:You cant win cast 30 Aug 1962, Page 25 - The Age at Newspapers com.png
Alan Hopood, Judith Thompson, Syd Conbaere, The Age 30 Aug 1962

Premise

In a South American state on the brink of revolution, the leader of the revolutionaries (Alan Hopgood) and his sister (Judith Thompson) meet a stranded British wireless operator (Syd Conabere) and invite him to join them. He does — because he needs money.[4]

Cast

  • Syd Conabere as Corrigan Blake
  • Alan Hopgood as Feliz
  • Norman Kaye as Selasco
  • Leon Lissek as Chalo
  • James Lynch as Julio
  • Judith Thompson as Anna Maria, sister of Feliz
  • Christopher HIll as 1st Guard
  • Lorenzo Nolan as 2nd Guard
  • Roly Barlee
  • Carl Bleazby
  • Sonia Borg
  • Brian Hannan
  • Gordon Davis
  • Anne Charleston
  • Madeleine Howell
  • Janet Keyte
  • Lyndell Rowe
  • Andrew Lodge
  • Neil Curnow
  • Joseph Segal
  • Christine Nolan

Original Play

It was based on a play by Alun Owen, which aired on the BBC in February 1962. Jack Hedley played Corrigan Blake.

The Guardian said it "never achieved reality" and had some "surprisingly dull dialogue."[5]

The lead character of the play, Corrigan Blake, featured in a TV series of the same name made by the BBC in 1963.[6] The Guardian said "it falls flat and hard".[7]

Production

It was the first TV play produced by Patrick Barton, an Englishman who had lived in Australia for two years. Most ABC drama in Melbourne until then had been done by William Sterling or Christopher Muir. Barton said the play was different in tone to other works by Owen.[8]

Kevin Bartlett designed it.

Reception

The quality of the production was criticised.[9]

The Age said "the production was racy to match the play and the hand of the producer, though firm, never intruded. One, however, cannot pass without congratulating actor Sydney Conabere for making the character of Corrigan Blake so completely Corrigan Blake."[10]

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 30 August 1962. p. 33.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 October 1962. p. 26.
  3. ^ "Corrigan Blake". Action TV.
  4. ^ "New Plays by Welsh Author". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 September 1962. p. 13.
  5. ^ Crozier, Mary (5 February 1962). "Television". The Guardian. p. 7.
  6. ^ Corrigan Blake at IMDB
  7. ^ Crozier, Mary (16 May 1962). "Television". The Guardian. p. 7.
  8. ^ "ABV-2 Tries Out a New Producer". The Age. 30 August 1962. p. 13.
  9. ^ "Australian TV production 'Blasphemous'". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 390. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 November 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 21 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Teletopics". The Age. 13 September 1962. p. 14.


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