Thirty-One Backyards

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ITV Television Playhouse
Written by Alan Seymour
Directed by Ray Menmuir
Production
Running time50 mins
Original release
Release16 May 1963 (1963-05-16)

Thirty One Backyards is a 1963 British 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 . [1]

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. [2] It was made by Rediffusion. [3]

Plot

A young Australian writer, Larry, works out his affair with a spirited English girl, Delphine. They meet at a party. [4] They move into a flat together that looks out into 31 backyards.

Cast

Reception

The Daily Record wrote "Ray and Susan managed to make this play zip along and fit delightfully between comedy and drama." [5]

The Liverpooll Echo wrote "it gave a distinct impression the author was preaching" but what "it lacked in subtlety it more than made up for in pace and gusto." [6] The Daily Mirror called it "a fluffy tale of love with a message about we English." [7] The Southern Daily Echo called it "meaningless, boring rubbish." [8]

The play aired in Australia in 1965. 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." [9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 28 January 1965.
  4. ↑ "leisure the arts TV RADIO DRAMA MUSIC BOOK5". The Canberra Times . 9 January 1965. p. 12. Retrieved 21 April 2020– via Trove.
  5. ↑ "Three cheers for Mr X". Daily Record. 17 May 1963. p. 17.
  6. ↑ "Telecrit". Liverpool Echo. 17 May 1963. p. 2.
  7. ↑ "Are we really so stuffy?". Daily Mirror. 17 May 1963. p. 18.
  8. ↑ "Want to try writing a TV play?". Southern Daily Echo. 17 May 1963. p. 3.
  9. ↑ "TVIEW". Tribune . New South Wales, Australia. 20 January 1965. p. 10. Retrieved 21 April 2020– via Trove.
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