The Four Poster (1964 film)

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The Four Poster
Based onplay by Jan de Hartog
Directed by James Upshaw
StarringAlastair Duncan, Anne Haddy
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time102 minutes
Production companyABC
Original release
Release12 August 1964 (1964-08-12) (Sydney) [1]
26 August 1964 (1964-08-26) (Melbourne) [2]

The Four Poster is a 1964 Australian television play based on the play The Fourposter by Jan de Hartog. It starred Anne Haddy and Alistair Duncan and was directed by James Upshaw. [3] [4]

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Cast

Production

It was one of 20 TV plays produced by the ABC in 1964, [5]

It was filmed in Sydney and was the first televised play to feature only two characters [4]

Reception

The critic from the Sydney Morning Herald said "there is no point in pretending that" the play was "important or even honest" being essentially "a family radio serial... but as an exercise in the capacities of two performers to turn from newly married youngsters into nostalgic or ghostly elders, it retains at least a sporting interest." [6]

The Age called it "a treat". [7]

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References

  1. "TV Guide news". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 August 1964. p. 13.
  2. "TV Guide". The Age. 20 August 1964. p. 35.
  3. "CRITIC Human jungle promises to be good". The Canberra Times . Vol. 38, no. 10, 926. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 August 1964. p. 10. Retrieved 1 March 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  4. 1 2 "AMUSEMENTS PAGE". The Canberra Times . Vol. 38, no. 10, 922. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 August 1964. p. 21. Retrieved 1 March 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "ABC Plans to Show Significant Works". The Age. 20 February 1964. p. 13.
  6. "THEATRE 'The Four Poster9 On Channel 2". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 17.
  7. "Teletopics". The Age. 3 September 1964.