Crisis (1963 TV play)

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Crisis
GenreDrama
Directed byGavin Kelly
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerDennis Lane
Production locationBrisbane
Production companyChristian Television Association
Original release
Network QTQ9
Release27 October 1963 (1963-10-27)

Crisis is a 1963 Australian television play filmed in Brisbane made by the Christian Television Association. The cast included thirty volunteers from Sandcliffe Little Theatre and the Redcliff Music and Arts Society. Equipment was donanted by Brisbane General Hospital, the Red Cross and the Post Office. [1]

Contents

The play was a rare television drama filmed in Brisbane at the time. It may be the first drama made by Brisbane commercial stations in the 1960s, although the ABC produced several including Vacancy in Vaughan Street and Ring Out Wild Bells . [2] [3] There was another play on a commercial station, Dear Edgar . [4]

The play featured an early performance from Gerard Kennedy.

Premise

A man's wife goes to hospital and the man cannot accept it is serious.

Cast

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References

  1. "Crisis". TV Week Qld. 14 October 1963. p. 34.
  2. "Oh Those bells". TV Times. 4 November 1964. p. 12.
  3. "New ABC-TV Play". TV Week Qld. 7 November 1964. p. 25.
  4. "Dear Edgar". TV Week Qld. 19 October 1963. pp. 24–25.