The Lark (1958 film)

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The Lark
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Written byAlan Seymour
Music byRobert Hughes
Production
company
ABC
Distributed byATN-2
Release dates
16 November 1958 (Melbourne)[1]
January 1959 (Sydney)[2]
Running time
90 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Lark is a 1959 Australian TV play.

Cast

  • Beverly Dunn as Joan of Arc
  • Frank Gatliff as Cauchon
  • Christopher Hill as Warwick
  • Robert Peach as the Inquisitor
  • Jeffrey Hodgson as the Dauphin
  • John Morgan as the Promoter
  • Moira Carleton as Joan's mother
  • Mary Ward as Queen Yolande
  • Laura Jane Casson as Agnes Sorel
  • Carol Potter as the little Queen
  • Brin Newton-John as the Archbishop of Rheims

Production

It was shot in Melbourne using a cast of 24 and seven sets which occupied the entire 60ft by 80 ft of Melbourne's Studio 32, one of the largest studios in Melbourne.[2]

It starred Beverly Dunn as Joan. Dunn had played the role in Melbourne Little Theatre in 1956.[3][1]

References

  1. ^ a b "From School Plays to Success on TV". The Age. 19 September 1958. p. 20.
  2. ^ a b "ABN to Screen "The Lark"". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 January 1959. p. 11.
  3. ^ "The Lark to be Played Here". The Age. 11 February 1956. p. 4.

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