Thirty-One Backyards

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Thirty-One Backyards
Written by Alan Seymour
Directed by Raymond Menmuir
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time50 mins [1]
Production companyABC
Original release
Network ABC
Release10 January 1965 (1965-01-10) (Sydney) [2]
Release31 January 1965 (1965-01-31) (Melbourne)

Thirty One Backyards is a 1965 television play directed and produced by Raymond Menmuir and starring Ray Barrett. It was written by Alan Seymour and was an episode of ITV Television Playhouse . [3]

Contents

The play was by an Australian writer and done with Australian cast and director but was made in London. It was one of four plays by Australian writers bought for Australian television. [4] It was made by Rediffusion. [5]

Plot

A young Australian writer, Larry, works out his affair with a spirited English girl, Delphine. They meet at a party. [6]

Cast

Reception

The Tribune said "The play, a competent and entertaining observation on some aspects of the British character and way of life, took an amusing stab at exploding the myth that all Australian men are tall, bronzed gods. The production and direction were very good indeed." [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "SUNDAY". The Canberra Times . Vol. 39, no. 11, 044. 4 January 1965. p. 15. Retrieved 16 February 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "TV Guide". 4 January 1965. p. 11.
  3. ↑ "leisure the arts TV RADIO DRAMA MUSIC BOOK5". The Canberra Times . Vol. 39, no. 11, 049. 9 January 1965. p. 12. Retrieved 8 May 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "DID YOU KNOW?". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 31, no. 38. 19 February 1964. p. 16. Retrieved 8 May 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 28 January 1965.
  6. ↑ "leisure the arts TV RADIO DRAMA MUSIC BOOK5". The Canberra Times . 9 January 1965. p. 12. Retrieved 21 April 2020– via Trove.
  7. ↑ "TVIEW". Tribune . New South Wales, Australia. 20 January 1965. p. 10. Retrieved 21 April 2020– via Trove.
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