Brumby Innes
1973 Australian TV series or program
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Brumby Innes is a play by Katharine Susannah Prichard, written in the 1920s but not performed professionally until 1972. A TV film adaptation was broadcast in 1973.[1]
Based onBrumby Innes
by Katharine Susannah Prichard
by Katharine Susannah Prichard
Written byKatharine Susannah Prichard
StarringDennis Miller
Lynette Curran
Vic Marsh
Peter Cummins
Lynette Curran
Vic Marsh
Peter Cummins
Country of originAustralia
| Brumby Innes | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Brumby Innes by Katharine Susannah Prichard |
| Written by | Katharine Susannah Prichard |
| Starring | Dennis Miller Lynette Curran Vic Marsh Peter Cummins |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 75 mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | Network 10 |
| Release | 26 June 1973 |
Premise
A station manager lives alone in the outback except for his best friend and local black women. A white woman arrives.
Play
Prichard's play had been written in the 1920s. In 1927 it won a competition for best Australian play.[2][3]
It was performed in 1972 at The Pram Factory, Melbourne in an Australian Performing Group and Nindethana Theatre co-production.[4][5][6]
TV adaptation
- Dennis Miller as Brumby Innes
- Lynette Curran
- Vic Marsh
- Peter Cummins as Jack Carey
