President Wilson in Paris | |
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Based on | President Wilson in Paris by Ron Blair |
Written by | Ron Blair |
Directed by | Julian Pringle |
Starring | Tim Elliott Robyn Nevin Dennis Miller |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Julian Pringle |
Running time | 80 mins |
Production company | ABC |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | September 1973 [1] |
President Wilson in Paris is a 1973 play by Ron Blair set during the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. [2] It was also adapted for television by the ABC.
President Woodrow Wilson is in Paris for the peace talks after World War One. They are visited by the mysterious Colonel House.
The stage play's original production was directed by John Bell and debuted at the Nimrod Theatre in Sydney on 7 February 1973. The cast consisted of John Krummel, Anna Volska and Max Cullen. [3] Reviewing it, H. G. Kippax of the Sydney Morning Herald gave it a "hearty recommendation." [4]
The play was subsequently performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company. [5]
The play was filmed at the ABC's Sydney studios in 1973 with a new cast including Tim Elliot as Woodrow Wilson, Robyn Nevin as Edith Wilson and Dennis Miller as Colonel House. [6] It was one of a series of Australian stage plays filmed by the ABC in the early 1970s.
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