Roundabout (1957 film)

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Based onplay by Michael Clayton-Hutton
Written byWilliam Sterling
Directed byBill Eldridge
Country of originAustralia
Roundabout
Ad from 4 Jan 1957
Based onplay by Michael Clayton-Hutton
Written byWilliam Sterling
Directed byBill Eldridge
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 mins[1]
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABV-2
Release4 January 1957 (1957-01-04)[2]

Roundabout is a television movie, or rather a live television play, which aired on Australian television in 1957. Broadcast 4 January 1957 on ABC station ABV-2, it is notable as the first example of television drama produced in Melbourne.[3][4]

It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare.[5]

"Official" television broadcasting in the city had only begun two months earlier. There seems to have been a Melbourne production and a Sydney production, as happened with The Twelve Pound Look.

The original TV listing in The Age newspaper described the plot as "a woman's reactions to her husband's suspected affair with another woman".[6]

Melbourne cast

Production

The show is based on a 1952 one-act play by Michael Clayton-Hutton.

A Melbourne production was aired live on 4 January 1957 over 30 minutes. Production was by Bill Eldridge.[7] Filming took place at ABC's studios at Ripponlea. Star Patrick Horgan was appearing on stage at the time and had to get in a taxi to the theatre after filming.[8] Beverly Dunn went on to appear in a number of live TV productions.[9]

Sydney production

Roundabout
Based onplay by Michael Clayton-Hutton[10]
Directed byRaymond Menmuir
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release19 February 1957 (1957-02-19)[11]

A Sydney production was directed by Raymond Menmuir and aired February 19, 1957.[12][13]

Cast

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