The Lady from the Sea (1961 film)

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The Lady from the Sea
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Ad from The Age 4 Oct 1961
Based on 1888 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen
Directed by William Sterling
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time75 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release4 October 1961 (1961-10-04) (Melbourne, live) [1]
Release17 January 1962 (1962-01-17) (Sydney, taped) [2]

The Lady from the Sea is a 1961 drama one-off presented on Australian broadcaster ABC. An adaptation of 1888 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, it went for 75 minutes and was telecast live on 4 October 1961 in Melbourne, and was recorded for showing in Sydney (it is not known if it was also shown on ABC's stations in Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth).

Contents

Per a search of their website, the National Archives may hold a copy, with running time listed as 1:23:12.

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. [3]

Plot

A young woman, Eldsa, is married but still carries a torch for a former lover, who she believes is drowned. The husband believes another man was also his wife's former lover. A young consumptive man seems to be interested in the wife, but actually wants her daughter. The former lover emerges from the sea.

Cast

Production

The play had been performed on Australian radio in February 1959. [4]

It was the first TV production for Lynne Flanagan and 14 year old Eva Freitag. [5]

Reception

The Australian Woman's Weekly TV critic said "The whole thing really had to be seen to be believed. There was so much talk of the sea, people drowning, so much trick photography that didn't come off, that I ended up feeling like a sea creature myself." [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 28 September 1961. p. 16.
  2. ↑ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 January 1962. p. 9.
  3. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. ↑ "Radio Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 April 1959. p. 103.
  5. ↑ "Ellida and the Stranger". The Age. 28 September 1961. p. 21.
  6. ↑ "ABN plans third historical TV serial". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 29, no. 35. Australia. 31 January 1962. p. 17. Retrieved 21 August 2020– via National Library of Australia.
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