A Curate in Bohemia

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A Curate in Bohemia
Based onnovel by Norman Lindsay
Written by Michael Boddy
Directed by Alan Burke
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Release1972 (1972)

A Curate in Bohemia is a 1972 Australian TV play based on the 1913 novel by Norman Lindsay of the same name. It was one of a series of adaptations of Lindsay works on the ABC in 1972. [1]

Contents

Plot

A man considering entering the priesthood falls in with some artists.

Production

Series producer Alan Burke said "A Curate in Bohemia, written when Lindsay was a very young man, is like a Marx Brothers knockabout farce. And we played it like that. [2]

Cast

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References

  1. "LINDSAY NOVELS ON TV". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 40, no. 9. 2 August 1972. p. 18. Retrieved 9 February 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Norman Lindsay novels adapted for television". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 September 1972. p. 16.