A Rose Without a Thorn

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A Rose Without a Thorn
Based onplay by Clifford Bax
Directed by Alan Burke
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 mins
Original release
Release10 September 1958 (1958-09-10) (live, Sydney) [1]
Release2 November 1958 (1958-11-02) (recording, Melbourne) [2]

A Rose without a Thorn is a 1958 Australian television play about King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine Howard. It was directed by Alan Burke from a play by Clifford Bax. The play was shown live in Sydney, recorded, then shown in Melbourne. [3]

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Premise

The courtship and marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine Howard.

Cast

Production

A Rose Without a Thorn had been performed in 1933. It was adapted for Australian radio by Max Afford in 1940, a production much revived. [4] [5] It was also filmed by British TV in 1948. [6]

It was the first production directed by Alan Burke after he joined the ABC full-time. Burke would go on to be one of the leading directors of the early days of Australian television. [7] Seven different sets were used in the program. [8]

It was broadcast in a series of "live" dramas on Sunday night on ABV-2 Melbourne. In order, they were The Governess , The Last Call , The Rose without a Thorn, The Lark , Citizen of Westminster , and Enemy of the People (the last of "the season"). [9]

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References

  1. "All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. 10 September 1958. p. 34.
  2. "Untitled". The Age. 31 October 1958. p. 24.
  3. "Looking Ahead on Channel 2, ABN". ABC Weekly. 10 September 1958. p. 33.
  4. Rose without a Thorn at AustLit
  5. "SATURDAY PLAYBILL—". South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus . Vol. LII, no. 110. New South Wales. 15 December 1952. p. 2 (South Coast Times AND WOLLONGONG ARGUS FEATURE SECTION). Retrieved 12 February 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  6. "TELEVISION FLASH-BACK ON HISTORY". Morning Bulletin . No. 27, 089. Queensland. 19 April 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 12 February 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Alan Burke talks about the early days of Television". Gore Hill Studios.
  8. "The Queen to make TV history". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 26, no. 21. 29 October 1958. p. 74. Retrieved 9 February 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Line Up of TV Dramas for Sunday Night". The Age. 26 September 1958. p. 24.