A Provincial Lady (film)
| A Provincial Lady | |
|---|---|
| Based on | play by Ivan Turgenev |
| Written by | Miles Malleson |
| Directed by | Patrick Barton |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 mins[2] |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Release | 2 September 1964 (Melbourne)[1] |
A Provincial Lady is a 1964 Australian television play.[3][4]
Plot
[edit]Daria, seeking to advance the career of husband Alexi, invites his employer to dinner. The Count is a childhood friend who was devoted to Daria.[5]
Cast
[edit]- Michael Duffield as Alexi Stupendev
- Beverley Dunn as Daria Stupendev
- Allan Bickford as Misha
- Keith Lee as Count Lubin
- Martin Magee as Apollo
- Louise Homfrey as Vasilvena
- William Lloyd as the secretary
Reception
[edit]The TV critic for the Sydney Morning Herald thought "the air of leisurely introspection and nostalgia which can confidently be expected in any nineteenth-century Russian play... was only intermittently captured" in the production due in part to the acting and "the obviously contrived and stagey set" but "a certain charm kept coming out like the sun from behind clouds."[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Patrick Barton Interprets Bubbling Comedy of Manners". The Age. 27 August 1964. p. 14.
- ^ "TODAY'S TV". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 10, 958. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 September 1964. p. 23. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Patrick Barton Interprets Bubbling Comedy of Manners by Ivan Turgenev". The Age. 27 August 1964. p. 26.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 27 August 1964. p. 35}.
- ^ "Turgenev Satire On ABN2". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 September 1964. p. 15.
External links
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