Flowering Cherry
The Flowering Cherry is a 1958 play written by Robert Bolt.
The play was performed on Broadway in 1959.[1]
Adaptations
The play was adapted for British television in 1963.[2]
1963 Australian TV adaptation
Flowering Cherry | |
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Directed by | Colin Dean |
Produced by | Colin Dean |
Written by | Noel Robinson |
Based on | play by Robert Bolt |
Starring | Grant Taylor |
Distributed by | ABC |
Release date | 13 February 1963 |
Running time | 75 mins |
Country | Australia |
It was filmed for Australian TV in 1963, directed by Colin Dean and starring Grant Taylor, Peter Adams, Don Pascoe, Elizabeth Ferris, Margo Lee, Frank Taylor and Rosalind Seagrave.
It was the first drama to be simultaneously presented in Sydney and Melbourne via coaxial cable.[3][4][5]
Cast
- Grant Taylor as Mr Cherry
- Margo Lee as Mrs Cherry
- Rosalind Seagrave as Taylor's daughter
- Frank Taylor
- Elizabeth Ferris
- Don Pascoe
- Peter Adams as Taylor's son
Reception
The TV critic for the Sydney Morning Herald thought "Grant Taylor was well in command" of his role but that Colin Dean's production "was rather too crowded."[6] Val Marshall of the same paper called it "a first rate production" in which Taylor and Lee were "brilliant".[7]
See also
- Robert Bolt#Partial list of plays for more information
References
- ↑ "BroadwayWorld.com – The Flowering Cherry".
- ↑ "imdb.com - Flowering Cherry (1963)".
- ↑ The Flowering Cherry at National Film and Sound Archive
- ↑ "PLAY STAR". The Canberra Times. 13 February 1963. p. 25. Retrieved 9 March 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Live Drama On Wednesday". The Canberra Times. 11 February 1963. p. 20. Retrieved 9 March 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Drama Review Bolt Play On Channel 2". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 February 1963. p. 7.
- ↑ Marshall, Valda (17 February 1963). "TV Merry Go Round". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 66.
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