Plain Jane (Wednesday Theatre)

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"Plain Jane"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 1
Directed by Oscar Whitbread
Teleplay byStewart Love
Original air date5 January 1966 (1966-01-05)
Running time50 mins [1]
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"Plain Jane" is a 1966 Australian TV movie. It stars Elspeth Ballantyne and was produced by Oscar Whitbread for the ABC. [2] [3] "Plain Jane" aired on 5 January 1966 in Sydney and Melbourne, [4] and on 25 May 1966 in Brisbane. [5]

Contents

It was based on a TV play which had been performed by the BBC in 1963.

Plot

A man, Martin (Martin Magee), gets cold feet on the evening of his wedding to Kathleen. His friends give him advice, including a married couple, Adrian and Myrtle, but he is forced to make his own decision. [6]

Cast

Production

It was written by a Belfast school teacher. The play was performed on the BBC two years earlier by Eric Taylor who since joined the ABC. The play was filmed in Melbourne. [7]

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References

  1. "Television". The Age. 5 January 1966. p. 16.
  2. "What to stay home for". The Canberra Times . Vol. 40, no. 11, 354. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 January 1966. p. 17. Retrieved 27 February 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Leisure TV Drama Music Art Books Radio The Arts AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PERMANENT PRODUCER OF ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST ELEGANT INTIMATE THEATRES; A SMALL DEDICATION TO THESPIS Lifetime of theatre". The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 January 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 4 February 2020 via Trove.
  4. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 January 1966. p. 12.
  5. "To marry - or not?". TV Times. 18 May 1966. p. 14.
  6. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 January 1966. p. 14.
  7. "Untitled". The Age. 30 December 1965. p. 10.