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The Late Edwina Black (TV play)

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The Late Edwina Black is a 1964 Australian television play. It was based on a play by William Morum and William Dinner which had been filmed numerous times before. It was adapted by Noel Robinson.

It aired on the ABC in Melbourne on 23 September 1964 and in Sydney on 16 September 1964. It was filmed in Sydney.[1][2]

Plot

At Amberwood, a country estate not far from London, Edwina Black has been murdered with arsenic. Several people could be suspects including her husband Gregory, his spinster lover Linda, and elderly housekeeper Ellen. Inspector Grey investigates.

Cast

  • Anne Haddy as Linda Graham
  • Ron Haddrick as Gregory Black
  • Ethel Gabriel as Ellen,
  • John Grey as Inspector Martin of Scotland Yard

Production

ABC designer Jack Montgomery found two 70 year old dresses in a house in Ashfield.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Original Dress for Period play". The Age. 17 September 1964. p. 17.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 September 1964. p. 27.
  3. ^ "Dresses for the Parts". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 September 1964. p. 14.