Coralie Lansdowne Says No | |
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Written by | Alex Buzo |
Date premiered | 1974 |
Original language | English |
Genre | comedy |
Coralie Lansdowne Says No is a play by Alex Buzo about a woman's struggle for independence. [1]
Coralie is an independent woman who refuses to settle down to one man. When she stays at an ex lover's beach house, a series of visitors make her re-think her place in the world.
The play was first produced by the Nimrod Theatre in 1974 as part of the Adelaide Festival of the Arts.
"Coralie Lansdowne Says No" | |
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Australian Theatre Festival episode | |
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
Directed by | Michael Carson |
Written by | Alex Buzo |
Produced by | Alan Burke |
Featured music | Janine Chapman |
Original air date | 20 July 1980 |
Running time | 93 mins |
The play was filmed by the ABC in 1980 [2] as the first part of the Australian Theatre Festival . [3]
Producer Alan Burke says Buzo changed his own play significantly but was very happy with the result saying it better represented what he wanted to write. [4]
The Sydney Morning Herald TV critic called it "a TV flop". [5]
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