Candida (The General Motors Hour)

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"Candida"
The General Motors Hour episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 3
Directed by Peter Cotes
Original air date5 August 1962 (1962-08-05) [1] [2]
Running time90 mins
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"Candida" is a 1962 Australian television play. [3]

It was an adaptation of the play Candida by George Bernard Shaw and was directed by visiting producer Peter Cotes. It was one of several productions Cotes did in Australia. It was originally made for HSV-7 then presented as part of the General Motors Hour . [4] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. [5]

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Plot

Candida is married to Rev James Morrell.

Cast

Production

Joan Miller had performed the title role on the West End in 1953. [6] The production was shot in Melbourne. [7]

It was one of four productions Cotes made in Australia, the others being Long Distance, Suspect, and Shadow of the Vine. He said he would have made more but for the credit freeze. [8] Cotes made it a year before it aired. [9] [10]

Reception

The TV critic for the Sydney Morning Herald said the production "had all the virtues of brilliant casting and all the vices of poor technique... [it] appeared simply as a televised stage production, without any special reference to the distinctive vocabulary of TV, production itself. In addition, camera work, sound and sets were well below par for the course; camera angles were monotonous and too inclusive_, sound poor, and sets fussily elaborate and consequently distracting. Few will cavil at the quality of the acting, however." [11]

The Bulletin also gave it a poor review saying it "had a fine period setting, Miss Joan Miller in the title role, and dialogue to match the furnishings." [12]

The Age called it "another example of a brilliant professional at work" although felt Miller "did not however have the impact of her earlier roles." [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Television for 1962" (PDF). GMH People. May 1962. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 2 August 1962. p. 15.
  3. ↑ "Candida Sunday Week". 26 July 1962. p. 8.
  4. ↑ "Peter Cotes Drama Out of Storage". The Age. 31 May 1962. p. 8.
  5. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. ↑ "Shaw Play on TCN". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 1062. p. 12.
  7. ↑ "Candida Sunday Week". The Age. 26 July 1962. p. 8.
  8. ↑ "Credit Squeeze Hits Plans for Drama". The Age. 20 July 1961. p. 11.
  9. ↑ "Plays Not Shown But Mission Completed". The Age. 24 August 1961. p. 13.
  10. ↑ "Peter Cotes Drama Out of Storage". The Age. 31 May 1962. p. 8.
  11. ↑ "Candida" On Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 August 1962. p. 6.
  12. ↑ Roberts, Frank (11 August 1962). "REVIEWS TELEVISION INJECT SOME IMAGINATION". The Bulletin. p. 33.
  13. ↑ "Teletopics". The Age. 9 August 1962. p. 14.


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