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Air dates varied including 28 June in [[Canberra]] and 29 June in Melbourne. |
Air dates varied including 28 June in [[Canberra]] and 29 June in Melbourne. |
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==Plot== |
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A man meets a spinster during a holiday visit, likes her, but flees marriage, re turns the next year more determined and finds her unhappily married to someone else. |
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Cast included Nonie Stewart, John Nash, Reg Cameron, Betty Ross, [[Elaine Cusick]], Donald McTaggart, and Vic Hughes. |
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==Cast== |
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*Nonie Stewart |
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*John Nash |
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*Reg Cameron |
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*Betty Ross* |
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*[[Elaine Cusick]] |
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*Donald McTaggart |
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*Vic Hughes |
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==Reception== |
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The [[Sydney Morning Herald]] noted it was the fourth television play to be produced by ABC's Brisbane station, and compared it highly unfavourably with the "slick, high professional and sometimes world-class productions" being produced in [[Sydney]] at the time.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k59WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1756%2C1163083|title = Brisbane needs more lessons|last = |first = |date = 4 July 1965|work = [[The Sun-Herald]]|access-date = 23 October 2015|via = }}</ref> |
The [[Sydney Morning Herald]] noted it was the fourth television play to be produced by ABC's Brisbane station, and compared it highly unfavourably with the "slick, high professional and sometimes world-class productions" being produced in [[Sydney]] at the time.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k59WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1756%2C1163083|title = Brisbane needs more lessons|last = |first = |date = 4 July 1965|work = [[The Sun-Herald]]|access-date = 23 October 2015|via = }}</ref> |
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''The Bulletin'' said " Intelligently produced by John Croyston, it [the show] had everything but a good time-slot. It was buried after the late news. The duty announcer urged viewers to stay up for it, and I hope some did. They would have found that “The Quiet Season” was one of those small plays requiring sensitive management, and this Croyston achieved in a masterly way. He also used outside film of trees, rocks and waves to suggest the locale, passages of time, even action which had occurred. The story... is not wildly dramatic material, nor a new plot, but it has poignant, bitter sweet possibilities, and, for once, these were fully realised by the camera and the actors. Often, darting close-ups were used to catch a fleeting expression, a small, quick gesture. Croyston, better known for his radio productions, will be worth watching as a television man."<ref>{{Citation |
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==Status== |
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The [[National Archives of Australia]] hold a film copy of this TV short under the title ''Quiet Season'' (without the "the"), with 7 May 1965 given as the date, and a running time of 28:46, and notes it has been digitised.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Quiet Season|url = http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=13467304|website = National Archives of Australia|accessdate = 2015-10-23}}</ref> |
The [[National Archives of Australia]] hold a film copy of this TV short under the title ''Quiet Season'' (without the "the"), with 7 May 1965 given as the date, and a running time of 28:46, and notes it has been digitised.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Quiet Season|url = http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=13467304|website = National Archives of Australia|accessdate = 2015-10-23}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:00, 2 April 2019
The Quiet Season is a 1965 Australian television short. It aired on the Australian Broadcasting Commission and was produced in the studios of their Brisbane station (ABQ).
It was produced by John Croyston and written by Melbourne writer John Cameron. The outdoor scenes were filmed at Woody Point.[1]
Air dates varied including 28 June in Canberra and 29 June in Melbourne.
Plot
A man meets a spinster during a holiday visit, likes her, but flees marriage, re turns the next year more determined and finds her unhappily married to someone else.
Cast
- Nonie Stewart
- John Nash
- Reg Cameron
- Betty Ross*
- Elaine Cusick
- Donald McTaggart
- Vic Hughes
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald noted it was the fourth television play to be produced by ABC's Brisbane station, and compared it highly unfavourably with the "slick, high professional and sometimes world-class productions" being produced in Sydney at the time.[2]
The Bulletin said " Intelligently produced by John Croyston, it [the show] had everything but a good time-slot. It was buried after the late news. The duty announcer urged viewers to stay up for it, and I hope some did. They would have found that “The Quiet Season” was one of those small plays requiring sensitive management, and this Croyston achieved in a masterly way. He also used outside film of trees, rocks and waves to suggest the locale, passages of time, even action which had occurred. The story... is not wildly dramatic material, nor a new plot, but it has poignant, bitter sweet possibilities, and, for once, these were fully realised by the camera and the actors. Often, darting close-ups were used to catch a fleeting expression, a small, quick gesture. Croyston, better known for his radio productions, will be worth watching as a television man."[3]
Status
The National Archives of Australia hold a film copy of this TV short under the title Quiet Season (without the "the"), with 7 May 1965 given as the date, and a running time of 28:46, and notes it has been digitised.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Melbourne play on ABC-3". The Canberra Times. 28 June 1965. p. 1 Section: TELEVISION and radio GUIDE. Retrieved 23 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Brisbane needs more lessons". The Sun-Herald. 4 July 1965. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ The bulletin, John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880, retrieved 2 April 2019
{{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Quiet Season". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
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