The Ambitious Servant Girl

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The Ambitious Servant Girl
Starring June Bronhill
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producer Christopher Muir
Production company Australian Broadcasting Commission
Original release
Release1962 (1962)

The Ambitious Servant Girl is a 1962 TV play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was an opera and was directed by Christopher Muir. [1] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. [2]

It stars June Bronhill is 40 minutes long. It was shot in Melbourne.

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References

  1. "GAY ITALIAN PERIOD OPERA". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 30, no. 2. 31 October 1962. p. 4 (Television). Retrieved 10 December 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  2. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.