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The Public Prosecutor
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Written byWilliam Sterling
Based onplay by Fritz Hochwälder.
Production
company
ABC
Release dates
  • 23 July 1958 (1958-07-23) (Melbourne, live)[1]
  • 6 January 1960 (1960-01-06) (Sydney)[2]
Running time
75 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Public Prosecutor is a 1958 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was set during the French Revolution and was based on a play by Fritz Hochwälder. It was shown live in Melbourne in July 1958 but did not screen in Sydney until 1960.[3]

Plot

The Public Prosecutor is responsible for rounding up victims of the guillotine. He wants the name of a man known only to Theresia. Meanwhile the French Assembly of Deputies debate the end of terror. The identity of the final victim is a surprise.

Cast

  • Frank Gatliff as Fouquier, the Prosecutor
  • John Morgan as Tallien, Theresia's husband
  • Patricia Kennedy as Theresia

Production

The play had been performed by the BBC in 1957.[4]

It was shot at ABC's new studios at Rippon Lea. It was Patricia Kennedy's second TV performance following playing Mrs Rattenbury in Killer in Close Up.[5] The play took eight weeks to prepare and involved construction of an eight foot guillotine.[1]

Designer John Peters had also designed sets depicting revolutionary France in the film The Elusive Pimpernel.[6]

Reception

GTV-9 engineers called up after the broadcast to congratulate ABV-2 on the technical excellence of the program.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Drama of Revolution to Test Techniques". The Age. 18 July 1958. p. 26.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 January 1960. p. 16.
  3. ^ "Channel News". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 January 1960. p. 21.
  4. ^ 1957 BBC Version at IMDb
  5. ^ ""Live" TV Drama". The Age. 18 July 1958. p. 25.
  6. ^ "Round Up". The Age. 18 July 1958. p. 27.
  7. ^ "Round up". The Age. 1 August 1958. p. 23.


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