In Writing
| In Writing | |
|---|---|
| Based on | play by Raymond Bowers |
| Directed by | Kevin Shine |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 75 minutes.[1] |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 7 June 1961 (Sydney) |
| Release | 2 August 1961 (Melbourne)[2][3] |
| Release | 6 May 1962 (Brisbane)[1] |
In Writing is a 1961 Australian television play by an Australian writer living in London, Raymond Bowers, and directed by Kevin Shine.
It was first presented on the BBC in London in 1956 and was also presented on stage and radio.[4][5]
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[6] It was one of several thrillers filmed in the early days of Australian television.[7][8]
Plot
[edit | edit source]According to the Sydney Morning Herald it was "the story of an unusual murder in London involving a husband and wife, investigated in an unorthodox manner by Detective-Inspector Hurst."[4] James Peebles has befriended John Clostin's wife and Clostin is unhappy with that.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Leonard Teale as Detective Inspector Hurst
- Ric Hutton as John Clostin
- Anne Haddy as Mrs Clostin
- James Workman as Pr Bowman
- Richard Parry as James Peebles
- Jack Ford as Sergeant
- Carolyn Keely as waitress
Production
[edit | edit source]It was produced for British TV in 1956 with a cast including Bernard Lee and Terence Morgan.
It was Bowers' second script done for Australian TV the first being It's the Geography That Counts.[1][9]
The play was also performed on Australian radio in 1961.[10]
Reception
[edit | edit source]The Sydney Morning Herald called it an "unpretentious little suspense play which several times tripped over its own excess of ingenuity" and "suppressed far too many major facts to play fair with the audience."[11]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- In Writing at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1956 British TV production at IMDb
