Season of Australian Plays
Season of Australian Plays was an anthology series of 6 television movies screened by the ABC in 1979. Written by six different writers they covered different genres and looked at different areas of life and characteristics in 1970s Australia. They began on 14th October with Burn the Butterflies[1] and played over six consecutive Sunday nights concluding with Banana Bender on 18th November.[2]
Films
[edit]- October 14[3]
- Burn the Butterflies[1]
- Writer
- Director
- Cast
- Ray Barrett as Prime Minister Joe Delaney
- Fred Parslow as Deputy Prime Minister
- Monica Maughan as Senator Brairley Anderson
- Gerald Maguire as PM's private secretary
- George Mallaby as Minister for Overseas Trade
- John Bowman as probing television reporter
- October 21[4]
- Mismatch[5]
- Writer
- Barry Donnelly
- Director
- Cast
- Stephen O'Rourke as Richard Harrington
- Jane Harders as Marsha Harrington
- October 28[6]
- Gail[7]
- Writer
- Keith Thompson
- Director
- John Gauci
- Cast
- Sally Cooper as Gail Edwards
- Terry Gill as Dad
- Nanette Wallace as Mum
- November 4[8]
- Money in the Bank[9]
- Writer
- Director
- John Walker
- Cast
- Max Meldrum as George
- Tom Richards as Charlie
- Barbara Stephens as Maggie
- November 11[10]
- The Rock Pool[11]
- Writer
- Director
- Chris Thomson
- Cast
- Bunney Brooke as Toddy
- Ed Devereaux as Ernie
- Lyn James as Myra
- November 18[12]
- Banana Bender[2]
- Writer
- John May
- Director
- John Walker
- Cast
- John Hargreaves as Tom Harvey
- Lyndell Rowe as Maureen
- Maurie Fields as Smiley
Accolades
[edit]1980 Sammy Awards[13]
- Best TV play - Burn the Butterflies
- Best writer TV play - Keith Thompson (Gail)
1980 Logie Awards[14]
- Best actress in a single drama - Bunney Brooke (The Rock Pool)
- Best single drama - Burn the Butterflies
References
[edit]- ^ a b Shelley, Garry (8 October 1979), "Plays from top local writers", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ a b Groves, Don (18 November 1979), "This banana has the wrong twist", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ "Channel 3". The *Canberra Times. 12 October 1979.
- ^ "Channel 3". The *Canberra Times. 19 October 1979.
- ^ Lawrence, Mark (18 October 1979), "Sparks fly as cultures clash", The Age
- ^ "Channel 3". The Canberra Times. 26 October 1979.
- ^ Lawrence, Mark (25 October 1979), "Honest portrait of adolescence", The Age
- ^ "Channel 3". The Canberra Times. 2 November 1979.
- ^ Lawrence, Mark (1 November 1979), "Little funny about money", The Age
- ^ "Channel 3". The Canberra Times. 9 November 1979.
- ^ "Forget the hits - don't miss this", The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 November 1979
- ^ "Channel 3". The Canberra Times. 16 November 1979.
- ^ "Gold Sammy award winners". The Canberra Times. 18 October 1980.
- ^ "The Logie winners". The Canberra Times. 15 March 1980.