A Rose Without a Thorn
A Rose Without a Thorn | |
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Based on | play by Clifford Bax |
Directed by | Alan Burke |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 60 mins |
Original release | |
Release | 10 September 1958 (1958-09-10) (live, Sydney)[1] |
Release | 2 November 1958 (1958-11-02) (recording, Melbourne)[2] |
A Rose without a Thorn is a 1958 Australian television play about King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine Howard. It was directed by Alan Burke from a play by Clifford Bax. The play was shown live in Sydney, recorded, then shown in Melbourne.[3]
Premise
The courtship and marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine Howard.
Cast
- Kevin Brennan as Henry VIII
- Margaret Wolfit as Anne of Cleves
- Elisabeth Waterhouse as Mary Lascelles
- Moray Powell as Thomas Cranmer
- Margo Lee as Catherine Howard
- Charles Tasman as Audley
- Jerome White as Thomas Culpepper
- John Huson as Earl of Hertford
- Philippa Baker
Production
A Rose Without a Thorn had been performed in 1933. It was adapted for Australian radio by Max Afford in 1940, a production much revived.[4][5] It was also filmed by British TV in 1948.[6]
It was the first production directed by Alan Burke after he joined the ABC full-time. Burke would go on to be one of the leading directors of the early days of Australian television.[7] Seven different sets were used in the program.[8]
It was broadcast in a series of "live" dramas on Sunday night on ABV-2 Melbourne. In order, they were The Governess, The Last Call, The Rose without a Thorn, The Lark, Citizen of Westminster, and Enemy of the People (the last of "the season").[9]
See also
- List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)
References
- ^ "All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. 10 September 1958. p. 34.
- ^ "Untitled". The Age. 31 October 1958. p. 24.
- ^ "Looking Ahead on Channel 2, ABN". ABC Weekly. 10 September 1958. p. 33.
- ^ Rose without a Thorn at AustLit
- ^ "SATURDAY PLAYBILL—". South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus. Vol. LII, no. 110. New South Wales. 15 December 1952. p. 2 (South Coast Times AND WOLLONGONG ARGUS FEATURE SECTION). Retrieved 12 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TELEVISION FLASH-BACK ON HISTORY". Morning Bulletin. No. 27, 089. Queensland. 19 April 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 12 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Alan Burke talks about the early days of Television". Gore Hill Studios.
- ^ "The Queen to make TV history". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 26, no. 21. 29 October 1958. p. 74. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Line Up of TV Dramas for Sunday Night". The Age. 26 September 1958. p. 24.
External links
- A Rose Without a Thorn at IMDb
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