The Sub-Editor's Room

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The Sub-Editor's Room
Based onplay by Leslie Rees
Written by Leslie Rees
Directed byLeslie Rees
Starring Edward Howell
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
Release18 December 1956 (1956-12-18) [1]

The Sub-Editor's Room is a 1956 Australian television play. It was produced and written by Leslie Rees. It was the first Australian-written television drama to air on Australian television. [2] [3]

Contents

The word "slut" was spoken in dialogue several times. [4]

No copy of the production exists but a copy of the script survives at the National Archives of Australia. [5]

Original play

It was based on a one act play Rees wrote in 1937. [6] [7] [8]

Cast

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References

  1. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 December 1956. p. 8.
  2. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  3. Day, Christopher (1981). "TV Drama". In Peter Beilby (ed.). Australian TV: The First 25 Years. Thomas Nelson. p. 138.
  4. "TELEVISION PARADE". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 24, no. 31. Australia. 2 January 1957. p. 20. Retrieved 29 May 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  5. Vagg, Stephen (17 January 2022). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: The Sub-Editor's Room". Filmink.
  6. "NEW THEATRE LEAGUE". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 31, 027. New South Wales, Australia. 12 June 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 7 June 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  7. The Sub Editor's Room original play at AustLit
  8. ""STARS OF THE AIR" LESLIE REES, WRITER AND PLAY EDITOR". Wodonga And Towong Sentinel . No. 2952. Victoria, Australia. 15 September 1944. p. 1. Retrieved 18 February 2019 via National Library of Australia.