The Sponge Room

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The Sponge Room
Directed by Patrick Barton
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time50 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
Release22 April 1964 (1964-04-22) (Melbourne) [1]
Release9 September 1964 (1964-09-09) (Sydney) [2]

The Sponge Room is an Australian television film which aired in 1964 on ABC. Produced in Melbourne, [3] it aired in a 50-minute time-slot and was an adaptation of an overseas stage play, written by Willis Hall and Keith Waterhouse. [4]

Contents

It is not known if a copy of the television film still exists, given the wiping of the era.

Premise

A married man secretly meets with a woman each week at the natural history museum in London. [5]

Cast

Production

The play had been produced on stage in Sydney that year under the direction of Ken Hannam. [6] [7] It had also been performed on ABC radio that year. [8]

It was one of 20 TV plays produced by the ABC in 1964. [9]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald praised Barton using "the extremely effective device" of a background of "complete silence from start to finish". [10]

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References

  1. "TV Guide". 22 April 1964. p. 14.
  2. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 September 1964. p. 15.
  3. "What to stay home for". The Canberra Times . Vol. 39, no. 10, 944. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 September 1964. p. 17. Retrieved 19 February 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times . Vol. 39, no. 10, 944. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 September 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 19 February 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "TV Guide". The Age. 16 April 1964.
  6. "Music and theatre". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 August 1964. p. 14.
  7. "Sponge Room at AMP". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 June 1964. p. 10.
  8. "Premier on AR Exit the King". The Age. 18 June 1964. p. 26.
  9. "ABC Plans to Show Significant Works". The Age. 20 February 1964. p. 13.
  10. ""The Sponge Room" on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 September 1964. p. 10.