Write Me a Murder (Wednesday Theatre)

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"Write Me a Murder"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 47
Directed by Henri Safran
Teleplay by Kenneth Hayles
Based on Write Me a Murder
by Frederick Knott
Original air dates8 December 1965 (1965-12-08) (Sydney, Melbourne) [1] [2]
Running time60 mins
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"Write Me a Murder" is a television play that aired in 1965 as part of ABC's Wednesday Theatre . It was directed by Henri Safran. [3] Murder mysteries were a popular subject matter on Australian television at the time. [4]

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Cast

Production

The show was made in Sydney. Francesca Crespi did the design. Henri Safran, who directed, said the drama came from not wondering "whodunnit" but from "will the murderer get caught". [5]

Reception

The Bulletin said "Safran tried to force life into the mummified corpse of another of those traditional British murder mysteries, set in a decaying mansion and suffering from mouldy plot." [6]

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References

  1. "TV Guide". The Age. 2 December 1965. p. 19.
  2. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 December 1965. p. 13.
  3. "What to stay home for..." The Canberra Times . 6 December 1965. p. 17. Retrieved 23 June 2015 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Vagg, Stephen (February 18, 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. "Will Murderer Be Caught?". The Age. 2 December 1965. p. 15.
  6. Miller, Dale (18 December 1965). "TELEVISION British Institution". The Bulletin. p. 54.