A Rose Without a Thorn

A Rose without a Thorn
Directed by Alan Burke
Based on play by Clifford Bax
Distributed by ABC
Release date
 10 September 1958 (live, Sydney)
2 November 1958 (recording, Melbourne)
Running time
 60 mins
Country Australia
Language English

A Rose without a Thorn is a 1958 Australian TV play about King Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine Howard. It was directed by Alan Burke from a play by Clifford Bax. The play was shown live in Sydney, recorded, then shown in Melbourne.

It was the first production directed by Alan Burke after he joined the ABC full-time. Burke would go on to be one of the leading directors of the early days of Australian television.[1] Seven different sets were used in the program.[2]

Cast

Production

A Rose Without a Thorn had been performed in 1933. It was adapted for Australian radio by Max Afford in 1940, a production much revived.[3][4] It was also filmed by British TV in 1948.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Alan Burke talks about the early days of Television". Gore Hill Studios.
  2. ↑ "The Queen to make TV history". The Australian Women's Weekly. 26 (21). 29 October 1958. p. 74. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Rose without a Thorn at AustLit
  4. ↑ "SATURDAY PLAYBILL—". South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus. LII (110). New South Wales. 15 December 1952. p. 2 (South Coast Times AND WOLLONGONG ARGUS FEATURE SECTION). Retrieved 12 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "TELEVISION FLASH-BACK ON HISTORY". Morning Bulletin (27, 089). Queensland. 19 April 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 12 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.


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